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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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On-Site Energy Resources Superintendent
FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 18502 Salary Grade: ZE7
Approved: December 01, 2000 Last Revised: September 11, 2017

Purpose:
  Responsible for directing the operations, maintenance, safety, and environmental compliance of a combined heat and power plant or a district cooling plant.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
1. Develops and manages the O & M and CIP budgets. Develops, implements, and monitors goals and objectives. Develops and monitors performance measures. Establishes program/project priorities.
2. Resolves personnel issues.
3. Creates, reviews, or revises procedures/processes to increase efficiency.
4. Reports trends, deviations, and compliance, as required.
5. Ensures compliance with all applicable safety and environmental regulations.
6. Optimizes the operations and maintenance of energy plants to minimize costs and maximize     reliability.
7. Manages customer relations for on-site and district energy customers.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 
  • Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
• Knowledge of operations, maintenance, and environmental processes and procedures for district cooling plant or a combined heat and power plant.
• Knowledge of power generation concepts, principles, and alternatives
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and Local requirements affecting district cooling plants or combined heat and power plants.
• Skill in managing around-the-clock operation and maintenance activities
• Skill in applying sound engineering and/or management principles in identifying, analyzing, and resolving issues
• Skill in setting priorities
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical staff
• Ability to establish meaningful performance measures
• Ability to create and maintain positive relationships with internal and external customers
Minimum Qualifications:
 
• Graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent, plus eight (8) years experience in the operation and maintenance of a generating plant, a combined heat and power plant, a district cooling plant with thermal energy storage, or related industrial or utility scale production facilities, two (2) of which were in a supervisory capacity
 
Any combination of education and experience may be subsituted for the minimum qualifications. 
Licenses and Certifications Required:
  None

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.