Supervisor, Operations Engineer - Waste Treatment Plants

Wind River Environmental services and maintains a broad array of non-hazardous liquid waste systems, including grease traps, septic tanks and related waste systems. Headquartered in Marlborough, MA we offer a full suite of services to business, residential and municipal customers throughout the East Coast. The Operations Engineer reports directly to the SVP, Plant Operations and is regionally responsible for managing the treatment plant personnel and attaining plant facility performance improvement through data-driven process improvements, equipment upgrades, productivity management, and continuous improvement strategies. This includes mentoring and supporting Plant Operations Supervisors, P&L report generation and monitoring, and customer generation.

Location - Taunton, MA

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Directly manage plant facility, supervisors and or lead operators on day-to-day operations at facilities to ensure coverage of all shifts, optimal uptime, minimal wait time for disposal customers and that project schedules are maintained, and projects proceed according to plan.

• Attain facility performance improvement through data-driven process improvements, equipment upgrades, productivity management, and continuous improvement strategies.

• Plans, justifies, organizes, directs, and controls installation, engineering repair, upgrades, and expansion activities for projects at the treatment facilities to avoid downtime and to assure profitable reliable operations and growth.

• Develops relationship with key customers, to ensure retention of customers and acquisition of new customers to support companies' growth goals.

• Assists with Regulatory compliance with all permits and reporting requirements ensuring compliance with all laws and regulations.

• Develops project scope, budgets, and delivery schedules for requested projects, and responsible for ensuring tasks/projects are completed within budget and on schedule.

• Supervises facility engineering activities including material ordering, shipping, labor plans, job site supervision, job folder updates, develop SOP's, O&M manuals, and reports.

• Understand, monitor and manage facility P&Ls to assist in maintaining and improving budgeted Branch Profit through labor management, oversight of all financial aspects including operating costs and vendor management.

• Contributes to an effective operations organization that is committed to customer and employee satisfaction and profitable growth.

• Ensure the implementation of all company policies, procedures, and tools at the facilities.

• Instill professional customer service mindset where team members are inspired to provide excellence in service through responsive, communication and commitment to internal and external customers.

• Develop plant operator team members to be customer focused, technically competent, effective, and productive.

• Initiatives to identify, promote and acquires additional 3rd party disposal customers. Works with other senior staff to manage clients in region. Participates in the development of proposals.

• Creates and manages cost estimates and project schedules.

• Performs detailed engineering calculations & analysis to solve complex issues.

• Supervises and supports the work of others and mentors plant personnel, Operators, and junior level engineer & environmental technical staff.

• Maintain and champion Wind River Environmental EH&S and compliance standards.

• Other duties as assigned as needed.

Knowledge, Sills & Abilities:

• Bachelor degree in Engineering

• Working knowledge of wastewater treatment operations

• Demonstrated experience in financial management and reporting

• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Ability to manage complex projects and multi-task

• Excellent organizational skills

• Ability to operate with minimal supervision

• Proficient in Microsoft Office

• Must have a valid driver's license

• Ability to travel up to 10%