Water Treatment Plant Project Manager
On-siteQuesta, New Mexico, United States
Job Summary
Manage and lead the plant's operations team across 24/7, two-shift coverage while overseeing the compliance team to ensure consistent discharge and regulatory requirements are met. Run the operation like a project, handling schedule, budget, resourcing, and performance daily. Lead commissioning activities, troubleshoot process and equipment issues, and own day-to-day chemical treatment processes including coagulation, lime softening, chemical precipitation, clarification, and filtration. Build and mentor a strong, accountable team culture while partnering with client and project leadership to keep the site running safely, compliantly, and efficiently.
Required Qualifications
- 10–15+ years of experience in water/wastewater treatment operations
- Strong working knowledge of chemical water treatment processes — coagulation, lime softening, chemical precipitation, clarification, and filtration
- Proven experience managing people and managing projects — you can run a team and a P&L-style operation at once
- Commissioning experience on treatment facilities
- Strong troubleshooting instincts — process, mechanical, and people problems alike
- Team-first mindset with the leadership presence to run a 24/7 operation
- Operator's license strongly preferred
- PE preferred, not required
- OSHA 30 or similar safety certification a plus
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