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https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/11959781 Requisition ID:
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Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued.
People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you
will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along
with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our
benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness,
emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.
We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity
across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide
essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace
different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American
Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more
information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.
About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater
utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to
1886, We Keep Life Flowing by providing safe, clean, reliable and
affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14
million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military
installations. American Water\'s 6,500 talented professionals leverage
their significant expertise and the company\'s national size and scale
to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees,
investors and other stakeholders.
As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water
expects to invest \$30 to \$34 billion in infrastructure repairs and
replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next
10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core
operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its
commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the
environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.
American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality
Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron\'s 100 Most
Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency\'s WaterSense Excellence Award, among additional
state, local and national recognitions.
For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Primary Role
Responsible for supervising and managing the personnel, capital
resources and business processes that are engaged in the functional area
of production of water and/or wastewater operations.
Key Accountabilities
- Develop and support a team of front-line supervisory and hourly
staff engaged in production operations.
- Support and promote training and development activities to ensure
that personnel obtain and maintain appropriate operator
certifications from regulating agencies.
- Resolve union and/or non-union labor issues, with the assistance of
Human Resources.
- Collect data to track the financial performance of production
operations to ensure that business plan goals are met, within area
of responsibility.
- Oversees the construction of new and/or upgraded production
facilities in accordance with approved CAPEX budget.
- Implement a preventative maintenance program for capital assets that
provides OPEX savings and defers CAPEX spending, where possible.
- Monitor the effectiveness of security efforts at all water
production and wastewater facilities, including assistance in the
preparation of Vulnerability Assessments and Emergency Response
Plans.
- Implement work activities and systems to ensure that water
production and wastewater treatment are meetin all regulatory
standards.
- Oversee operational and business processes to ensure that American
Water policies are followed, best practices are implemented, and
internal/external reporting requirements are satisfied.
Knowledge/Skills
- Knowledge of the regulated water and wastewater business and the
regulations impacting the business.
- Knowledge of company policies and procedures and management
theories, practices, and trends.
- Expert knowledge of process and operational areas.
- Leadership, mechanical aptitude.
Experience/Education
- Five (5) years of relevant supervisory experience preferred.
- Bachelor\'s Degree in operational discipline, management, or related
technical discipline preferred.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
Certifications & Licenses
- Valid driver\'s license required.
- Class A and/or Class 1 Operators license preferred, or the ability
to obtain.
- Class B Operators license required.
Hours/Schedule
- Full-time
- Monday-Friday, day shift
- Rotating on-call responsibility
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