Do you enjoy solving environmental challenges to optimize the recycling of 40 million gallons of wastewater each day? Join Fairfax County's award-winning Wastewater Management Team that is responsible for protecting both the public’s health and the region’s water quality.

We seek a Wastewater Treatment Division Director with proven experience in leadership and managing water recycling. Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the successful operation of the Noman M. Cole, Jr. Water Recycling Facility (Noman Cole), 24-hours each day, 7 days each week. The plant recycles an average 40 million gallons of wastewater daily and provides more than 1 MGD of recycled water to reuse customers.
• Ensuring successful implementation of programs required by federal, state, and local regulations and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. To meet program objectives, keeping awareness of industry best practices, research, and emerging technologies to recommend innovations and continuous process improvement.
• Ensuring the treatment plant achieves permit limits and compliance requirements and collaborating with regulatory authorities and other stakeholders to ensure continued compliance and environmental protection.
• Planning business objectives, developing organizational policies, coordinating between departments, establishing responsibilities and procedures for attaining objectives, and devising metrics to measure program success.
• Selecting, leading, and managing teams and team members at every level of the organization. This includes coaching, mentoring, employee development, and training staff.
• Overseeing, tracking, and optimizing fund expenditures to protect facilities and the health, safety, security, and well-being of the Noman Cole employees, its visitors, onsite vendors or contractors, and the public.
• Representing Noman Cole as a subject matter expert on regional and state boards as well as in any legal proceedings.
• Managing employees through coaching, mentoring, employee development, rules, regulations, policies, directions, orders, and guidelines to ensure the efficient, economical, sustainable performance and management of the affairs of the Noman Cole plant.
• Ensuring the Noman Cole division adheres to all county policies, standards, procedures and guidelines, including personnel and procurement.
• Coordinate major capital renewal projects with construction project management staff while ensuring safe, continuous treatment operations.

The ideal candidate has proven success with:

• Operating large water or advanced wastewater treatment utilities.
• Using historical water or wastewater treatment data to measure plant performance, plan for required maintenance and capital improvements, and ensure compliance with regulations and permits.
• Leading and communicating with front-line office and skilled trades staff.
• Communicating with lay audiences including in high stakes settings such as before the public or the Board of Supervisors.
• Working independently and in a team environment with shared responsibilities, including working with other departments collaboratively.
• Performing maintenance and capital projects in accordance with public procurement requirements.

Wastewater Management is part of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES), please visit us here to learn more about us.

DPWES is a diverse, nationally accredited and award-winning public works agency with approximately 1,000 employees providing solid waste, capital facility development, wastewater, stormwater, urban forestry, and land acquisition management services for the most populous county in Virginia. Join our team to help us protect the environment and serve the people of Fairfax County by creating and preserving a sustainable community that is an ideal place to live, work, and play for everyone.

Benefits:
Fairfax County Government is committed to our employees, and offers comprehensive benefits, including a defined-benefit retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; paid leave; tuition reimbursement; and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Through our LiveWell Program and the County Benefits Division, we endeavor to cultivate a culture of wellbeing that empowers, educates, and engages employees and retirees to make life-long choices that promote a holistic approach to their physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial wellness. Please review our awesome benefits:

• Benefits
• Retirement

Note: Wastewater Management positions are responsible for providing uninterrupted sewer service to residents during extreme inclement weather or other emergencies. This position is designated as emergency service and is subject to 24-hour on-call and may be required to report to work during extreme inclement weather or other emergencies, including after-hours and weekend work during emergency incidents to fulfill emergency service duties.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for “Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to”)
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major work in civil, sanitary chemical, engineering or a related field; plus nine years of increasingly responsible engineering experience relating to the design and operation of wastewater treatment plants, three years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED: 

• A valid driver's license.
• Waste Management Facility Operator's License Class I within 12 months of hire.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, credit check, a pre-employment physical examination, and driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15+ years of experience with wastewater utilities, water or sewerage facilities, or entities subject to environmental regulation, 24/7 operations, and emergency response.
• Licensure as a professional engineer in civil engineering, wastewater engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, or a related field of engineering.
• 10+ years collaborating with regulatory authorities and other stakeholders regarding compliance requirements for a public works, utility, or other environmental entity subject to environmental regulation.
• 10+ years of experience implementing programs to meet federal, state, or local regulations at a public works, utility, or other environmental entity subject to environmental regulation.
• 5+ years selecting, leading and managing teams to achieve business objectives, coordinating between departments, and devising metrics to measure program success.
• 5+ years overseeing maintenance and capital projects in accordance with public procurement requirements, including tracking and optimizing fund expenditures for a public works program, utility, or other entity subject to environmental regulation.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to drive a county vehicle. Ability to hear normally in order to recognize backup alarms of the construction equipment. Occasional exposure to airborne substances. Ability to read, write and communicate clearly with staff and customers. Ability to sit, stand and walk for extended periods. Ability to visit and walk construction sites including industrial facilities and sanitary sewer pump stations or sites with varying terrain, and buildings under construction with temporary stairs and ladders. Physically and mentally able to use all applicable personal protective equipment indoors and outdoors as required. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce. 

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact 703-324-4900 for assistance. TTY 703-222-7314. DHREmployment@fairfaxcounty.gov. EEO/AA/TTY.