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W/WW Operations Manager
Apex Companies, LLC. Provide day-to-day leadership, technical guidance, and compliance-focused oversight for water and wastewater operations and maintenance services .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in water and wastewater treatment operations, including compliance, sampling, and maintenance. Proven ability to lead and mentor staff while ensuring regulatory adherence and operational reliability.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Water Treatment OperationsWastewater Treatment OperationsRegulatory ComplianceOperator-In-Responsible-ChargeTechnical Direction
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Hard Skills
SamplingMaintenanceTroubleshootingProcess ControlsPump OperationElectrical TroubleshootingMechanical SystemsFacility MaintenanceDocumentationPerformance Management
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsCoachingMentoringOrganizational SkillsCollaboration
Certifications & Qualifications
Water Operator CertificationWastewater Operator CertificationProfessional Engineer License
Industry Keywords
DEP ReportingCompliance DocumentationSafety PoliciesClient ServiceOperational Reliability
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide day-to-day leadership, technical guidance, and compliance-focused oversight for water and wastewater operations and maintenance services
- Supervise, schedule, coach, and support operations and maintenance staff providing circuit-rider services
- Oversee staffing assignments, operator coverage, site visits, sampling, maintenance, and emergency response support
- Travel to and review water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, and related infrastructure
- Review treatment operations, maintenance activities, process controls, field observations, and operating data
- Serve as or coordinate with the operator-in-responsible-charge where required and properly licensed/certified
- Direct and review sampling, field measurements, operational readings, and compliance data
- Review laboratory data, sampling results, maintenance logs, operator reports, and facility records
- Support regulatory reporting, permit compliance, and client communication
- Identify, troubleshoot, and help resolve operational, mechanical, process, maintenance, and compliance issues
- Recommend improvements to system performance, reliability, safety, and regulatory compliance
- Support water and wastewater projects involving operations, maintenance, startup, commissioning, and compliance
- Collaborate on proposal development, scope definition, project delivery, client meetings, change management, and account coordination
- Assist with startup and commissioning planning and activities for treatment facilities
- Train Apex staff and client personnel on operations, maintenance, sampling, safety, documentation, and troubleshooting
- Monitor field work for compliance with safety policies, regulations, client expectations, and standard operating procedures
- Lead or support safety meetings, tailgate discussions, and field coaching
- Evaluate employee performance, identify training needs, counsel staff, and correct job-skill deficiencies
- Mentor and develop operators, support certification progress, and improve technical and professional capabilities
- Maintain relationships with operators, project managers, engineers, clients, subcontractors, laboratories, vendors, and regulators
- Provide technical consultation and operations advice to management, clients, project teams, and field staff
- Perform administrative duties involving supervision, scheduling, documentation, reporting, training, performance management, and project support
- Support operations and maintenance projects for municipal, commercial, and private clients
- Perform other duties as required
Requirements
What you’ll need- Prior experience supervising water or wastewater operators, field staff, maintenance staff, or circuit-rider teams preferred
- Strong working knowledge of water and/or wastewater treatment operations, including treatment processes, pump stations, lift stations, sampling, maintenance, troubleshooting, and regulatory compliance
- Current high-level water and/or wastewater operator certification with relevant subclasses preferred
- Professional Engineer license or other relevant technical credentials may be considered depending on experience and role responsibilities
- Experience serving as an operator-in-responsible-charge, lead operator, chief operator, operations supervisor, compliance lead, or similar technical operations role preferred
- Ability to lead field staff and provide practical technical direction on treatment operations, process controls, sampling, maintenance, and compliance issues
- Ability to interpret permits, operating requirements, engineering plans, specifications, process data, laboratory results, maintenance logs, and regulatory correspondence
- Familiarity with DEP reporting, sampling requirements, compliance documentation, and regulatory expectations
- Practical knowledge of water and wastewater sampling, pump operation and repair, plumbing systems, electrical troubleshooting, controls, mechanical systems, and facility maintenance
- Ability to troubleshoot operational problems and recommend corrective actions
- Ability to recognize system deficiencies, maintenance needs, process issues, safety concerns, and compliance risks
- Strong communication skills for explaining technical issues to operators, project managers, engineers, clients, contractors, and regulatory stakeholders
- Ability to coach, mentor, and develop operations staff, including certified, non-certified, and certification-track employees
- Strong organizational skills for managing schedules, documentation, reporting deadlines, staff assignments, client needs, and multiple facilities
- Ability to collaborate with project managers and engineering staff while maintaining technical and compliance standards
- Comfort working with varied treatment technologies across multiple facilities
- Strong commitment to safety, regulatory compliance, client service, operational reliability, and practical problem-solving
- Ability to travel to client sites as needed
Benefits
Comp & perks- $10,000 sign-on bonus, subject to the terms and conditions of the Company's sign-on bonus program
- Annual bonus opportunities
- Company-subsidized medical and dental insurance
- Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Tuition assistance
- Cross-training and opportunities to work on a variety of environmental projects
- Performance-based bonuses and other incentives
- Continued technical and professional development opportunities
- Opportunity to work alongside experienced environmental industry professionals