Job Specification
ASSISTANT CHIEF SEWAGE PLANT OPERATOR
DEFINITION
Assists the Chief Sewage Plant Operator in supervising,
coordinating, and directing the work performed by all operators engaged
in operating and maintaining equipment at a sewage treatment facility.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The distinction between this level and that of Sewage Plant
Operator Foreman lies in the degree to which each class has
responsibility for such matters as work planning and organization
of the unit, issuance of work assignments to subordinates and review
of their job performance, and the exercise of supervisory personnel
functions.
The Assistant Chief Sewage Plant Operator has substantially
greater responsibility and authority than a foreman with regard to
such elements.
The foreman class represents the first full level of supervision
in this series. Assistant Chief Sewage Plant Operators on the other
hand are generally responsible for and more involved with assisting
the chief operator in:
Analyzing work requirements, and determining staff resources,
equipment, and other resources needed to accomplish work assignments,
and making adjustments among subordinate units as deemed appropriate.
Establishing and adjusting long-range schedules, priorities, and
deadlines for regular and special work assignments, and coordinate
work schedules among subordinate units.
Reviewing, approving, modifying, or rejecting changes in functions,
structure, position design, staffing levels, and the like proposed by
subordinates and collaborate with higher levels of management in
making decisions relating to major changes in work plans or operations.
Coordinating work operations among subordinates units and with
other organizations on matters that may adversely affect other
operations or programs.
Reviewing and analyzing records and reports of work procedures
costs, and equipment, and staff resource utilization in order to
evaluate progress, and to control or reduce costs.
Reporting progress and resolution of problems in the achievement
of goals and objectives to higher levels of management.
Typically, the Assistant Chief Sewage Plant Operator assists in
directing the accomplishment of assigned work operations within the
limits of policies and guidelines established by management officials,
and oral and written instructions provided by superiors. Completed
work is evaluated by superiors for overall effective and economical
use of personnel, equipment, materials, and methods to meet goals
and quality standards.
The Assistant Chief Sewage Plant Operator is involved with:
Planning
Assists in planning and scheduling work assignments on a
long-range basis for accomplishment by the units supervised within
schedules and priorities established by higher level supervision.
In doing this the Assistant Chief Sewage Plant Operator
assists in analyzing work schedules, determining manpower, equipment,
material requirements, and methods to be used and assists in planning
work for which he is responsible.
The Assistant Chief Sewage Plant Operator assists in providing
information and advice to higher level supervision on such matters as
ability to accomplish work assignments as scheduled, budget estimates,
changes in work procedures and standards, rearrangement of machinery
or other changes in facilities.
Work Direction
Assists in translating basic management goals and objectives
into effective work operations, establishing a good working climate to
encourage employees to participate in achieving management goals,
and to promote efficient and economical work operations. Assists in
scheduling, coordinating, and directing the accomplishment of work
operations by subordinates. Assists in determining personnel,
material, equipment, and facilities needed.
Assists in establishing basic priorities and work sequences,
and maintaining balanced workload among subordinates through proper
distribution of work projects and allotment of manpower, equipment, and
materials.
In order to be classified in this category, the position must
involve the supervision of at least three or more employees on a
regular and recurring basis, must occupy a significant or substantial
portion of the employee's working time and must not be infrequent,
incidental, emergency, or temporary in nature.
A substantial portion of the employee's time includes
directing and guiding subordinates in the performance of their duties,
assisting in coordinating the work of the unit, instructing new
employees in the performance of their duties and reviewing and
evaluating the work performance of subordinates.
Positions in this class typically assist the Chief Sewage
Plant Operator in all phases (or at least the preponderance) of the
specialized activities involved in the operation and maintenance of the
plant.
Generally, the responsibility for handling the total plant operations
is divided or shared between the Chief Sewage Plant Operator and the
Assistant Chief Sewage Plant Operator who serves as the "alter ego" to
the chief and in his or her absence assumes all of the duties, responsibilities,
and authority of the chief's position. Generally the decisions made by the
assistant chief carry the same "weight" or authority as though they were
made by the chief.
Positions whose functions, responsibilities and authority are
limited to the performance of only a small portion or aspect of the
sewage treatment processes or to the more routine tasks should be
classified under the title most appropriate for the duties performed.
The employees in this class may perform duties representative
of those performed by subordinates, but the performance of such duties
does not encompass the majority of the employee's time and is merely
and adjunct to the supervisory responsibilities.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
Assists in supervising the work activities of employees.
Issues work assignments.
Enforces safety regulations, trains new employees, and recommends
action to be taken regarding promotions, discipline, etc.
Suggests changes in procedures and provides working instructions
to operators, repairers, and other skilled and unskilled workers.
Assists in supervising and works with operators engaged in various
wastewater treatment processes such as power generating, grit removal,
pump and blower operations, and sludge filtration and/or incineration.
Assists in supervising and works with employees in various waste
water processes, and maintenance and repair activities such as:
Monitoring control panels and adjusting valves and gates manually
or by remote control to regulate the flow of sewage into and out of
system.
Starting and stopping pumps, engines, and generators to control
the flow of raw sewage through filtering, setting, aeration, and sludge
digestion processes.
Maintaining work logs and records pertaining to meter and gauge
readings.
Collecting sewage samples and conducting routine laboratory tests
to determine P.H. and impurities.
Seeing that the proper amounts and mixtures of chemicals are fed
into the equipment based on laboratory test results.
Cleaning of equipment and disposal or incineration of sludge.
Performing minor repairs to mechanical plant equipment which may
include the replacement of packing in pumps or valves, replacement of
bearing in motors and pumps, and lubrication of machines and equipment
parts.
Inspects work areas to determine material and equipment needed.
May inspect equipment, such as pumps, settling tanks, filters, and
panel boards to detect malfunctions.
May supervise workers in the maintenance of buildings and grounds.
May be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic
and/or manual recording and information systems used by the
agency, office, or related units.
REQUIREMENTS:
EXPERIENCE:
Four (4) years of experience in operating, adjusting,
regulating, repairing, and maintaining pumps, valves, electric motors,
and other electrical and mechanical equipment used in a sewage
treatment plant.
LICENSE:
Appointees may be required to possess a current and valid
Public Wastewater Systems Operator License and/or a Public Water
Treatment System Operator License of the appropriate class issued
by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license
valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than
employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties
of the position.
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of the various wastewater (sewage) processes, for
example, power generating, grit removal, pump and blower, and sludge
filtration of incineration.
Knowledge of the equipment and the function of the various
units of equipment found in a sewage plant such as panelboard, settling
tanks, grit, and pumps and valves.
Knowledge of the procedures used in collecting samples of
wastewater, how to test samples and what adjustments must be
made to chemical feed equipment as a result of these tests.
Knowledge of the methods used in disposing of liquids and
solids resulting from wastewater treatment.
Knowledge of the safety to be observed while working with
sludge or in the presence of gases or fumes or in a work area which
has open tanks and manholes.
Ability to follow established procedures and standards.
Ability to make judgments and decisions within the frameworks
of established practices and procedures.
Ability to give suitable assignments and instructions to
employees engaged in the operation, maintenance, and repair of
wastewater treatment plant equipment and machinery.
Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or
manual recording and information systems used by the agency,
office, or related units.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in
English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American
Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable
forms of communication.
Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as
long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after
reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations.
If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause
the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
This job specification is applicable to the following title code: | | Job
Spec
Code | Variant | State,
Local or
Common | Class of
Service | Work
Week | State
Class
Code | Local
Class
Code | Salary
Range | Note | | 05279 | | L | C | | N/A | 04 | | - |
This job specification is for local government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.
CAH 11/04/2011 |
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