Job Description

OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
ASSIGN: TEAM LEADER

JOB CODE 50372

Effective Date: Rev. 09/09N

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Operations & Maintenance Technician assigned as Team Leader provides leadership for a group or section of Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Technicians involved in the day-to-day operation and maintenance of water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants or wastewater lift stations, remote water transmission, storage, and delivery sites. A Team Leader is expected to monitor the technical performance of the facility and make any necessary adjustments to ensure all internal requirements as well as those of various local, state, and federal regulatory agencies are met. Incumbents must work effectively in a highly dynamic environment involving both planned and unplanned activities. A Team Leader may also have responsibility for oversight of specialty maintenance crafts, equipment operators, or other Operations & Maintenance Technicians assigned to environmental, health, and safety programs, or work planning and scheduling functions. Work is evaluated by an Operations & Maintenance Supervisor through conferences, reports, results achieved, and feedback from subordinate staff. Team Leader is the Level 4 skill block level of the Operations & Maintenance Technician base classification. The knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience required, along with the specific Grade 4 certifications required, will vary depending on the division in which the assignment is made. Level 4 skill block Team Leader assignment employees must complete nine skill blocks in the previous three levels and must have a minimum of six months of experience at each facility/division credited in one of the following combinations:

  • Two Water Treatment Plants and one Wastewater Treatment Plant
    OR
  • Two Wastewater Treatment Plants and one Water Treatment Plant
    OR
  • Wastewater Collection, Water Distribution, and one Wastewater Treatment Plant
    OR
  • Wastewater Collection, Water Distribution, and one Water Treatment Plant
  • Team Leaders provide advanced level operation control, maintenance, and calibration/troubleshooting of instrumentation, electrical repairs, flow meters, oxygen reduction potential meters, Ph probes, chlorine analyzers, and related equipment.

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
    These examples do not include all possible tasks in this work, and do not limit the assignment of related tasks in any position of this classification.

    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

    Knowledge of:

    Skill in: Ability to:

    Additional Requirements:


    Last Modified on 09/25/2009 18:53:00