Power Plant Operations Shift Supervisor jobs in Bremerton, WA

Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices including hiring, discipline, evaluation, motivating, and providing a team working environment.

Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations and Process Control:  Responsible for the operations of CKTP's wastewater treatment, Biosolids processing, and recycled water production.  Legally responsible under Washington Administrative Code for operation of the Central Kitsap Wastewater Treatment Facility in compliance with State National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit as the operator in charge and back up operator in responsible charge as defined in WAC 173-230.  Evaluates wastewater process trends and data to adjust process control parameters to ensure treatment of effluent meets NPDES permit requirements. The knowledge and understanding of the treatment processes (physical, biological, and chemical); preliminary, primary, secondary biological nutrient removal (BNR), tertiary treatment (up flow sand filters), air and odor systems and UV disinfection.   Troubleshoot and make proper adjustments with seasonal hydraulic flows and loadings.  Involved with daily sampling, routine laboratory, process control tests and analysis, trend charts, examine microorganisms for biological conditioning of the plant, filament identification (Gram and Neisser stains) to determine corrective action, proper usage of chemical addition for process recovery and water reclamation.  Review laboratory data and make process control decisions.  Knowledge of the growth pressures of the air, RAS and WAS on a biological system, and the effects upstream for disinfection and tertiary treatment.  Operate, monitor, and control equipment and systems using complex computer systems.   Manage written and/or computerized information systems including logs, reports, lab and process data, trouble reports and work requests.  Knowledge of the description, function, major components, causes for alarms and remote monitoring and control system for the equipment and systems in the preliminary, primary, and secondary, solids handling, and odor control.  Knowledge of the description and function of computerized remote and supervisory control systems (SCADA) used to control, operate and monitor a major wastewater treatment system.  Knowledge of operating, monitoring, maintaining and training on the equipment and systems in the preliminary treatment, primary treatment, secondary treatment, and solids handling areas.  Knowledge of purchasing policies and procedures. 

CKTP's Wastewater Biosolids Program - Dewatering/Thickening/Septic Receiving:   Supervise operation of gravity thickeners, gravity belt thickeners (GBT), rotating drum thickeners (RDT), a centrifuge for dewatering and a septage receiving station.  Supervise operation of two parallel primary anaerobic digesters, gas conditioning system, waste flame burner, and a 250 KW Cogeneration system.  Supervise operation of polymer systems needed for thickening and dewatering. Perform needed testing for polymer bidding during contract performance testing.   Scheduling of the biosolids loads for delivery to land sites. Order and maintain polymers for all plants.  Review plant biosolids management and hauling programs to ensure compliance with output and equipment capability, direct plant processing adjustments where necessary.              

Supervisory Responsibilities:  Scheduling and prioritizing work orders with other divisions, departments, and agencies.   Plan, schedule and provide training to others and maintain training records on employees.  Coordinate division, department and other agencies responses to unusual occurrences and emergencies; take corrective action as appropriate.  Ensure adherence to all policies, standards, and procedures.

Prepare technical reports of plant operations for submittal to management and state and federal regulatory agencies.  Assume operational responsibilities in the absence of the Utility Operations Manager for all shifts and for other operations.  Lead, teach and coach; provide direction; prepare and conduct performance evaluations and take disciplinary actions.   Facilitate long- and short-term workload planning, budgeting, training, and performance management.  Ensure the application of safety policies, procedures, and practices for confined space entry, fall protection, hazard communication, recognition and control, hazardous energy control, emergency response and evacuation, accident prevention, hearing conservation, preventing back injuries, respiratory protection, fire safety, department facilities and operations, forklift training, plant-specific safety information and other department-wide safety information.  Interpret and apply technical information from plant drawings, technical data sheets, operations and maintenance manuals and laboratory test results. 

Establish and maintain effective working relationship with the public, vendors, contractors, regulatory agencies, team members and other work groups.  Plan, schedule, coordinate, monitor and review the daily work of a crew and the long-range planning and scheduling of a crew. Ensure timely completion and quality of work by crew.  Participate in long-range facilities planning.  Review and evaluate employee job performance and provide constructive feedback; provide mentoring; recommend and/or initiate disciplinary action.  Requisition supplies and equipment, maintain inventory, ensure requisition procedures are followed and make some budget decisions for operations.  Review plans, designs, or procedures for assigned segment of major construction projects with contractors, design engineers, vendors, and agency's construction management division.  Organize, coordinate, and provide technical expertise on long-range special projects; provide direction to senior staff on special projects.  

Perform the duties of the other classifications within the Wastewater Treatment Operations series as needed.     

Perform related work as required.