Pretreatment Compliance Specialist Senior - Austin Water

About This Position ABOUT AUSTIN WATER: For over 100 years, Austin Water has been committed to providing safe, reliable, high-quality, and affordable water services to our customers. Today, we serve over 1,000,000 people in the Austin metropolitan area, across more than 548 square miles. As one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, we’re not just keeping up—we’re leading the way with sustainable infrastructure, advanced treatment technology, and environmental innovation. Austin Water consistently ranks among the best in the country when it comes to water quality. We also treat, return, and recycle wastewater in ways that protect environmental resources. Austin Water exceeds federal and state requirements for clean water and environmental compliance at our water and wastewater treatment plants. Job Description: Purpose: Under minimal supervision and using advanced knowledge of concepts, practices, procedures, and regulations, verify and ensure compliance of the pretreatment regulated community. Responsible for projects of advanced scope and complexity. 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. Leads teams responsible for conducting, and reporting on investigations, audits, surveillance, monitoring, inspection, sampling, analyses, research, training, outreach, recognition, permitting, registration, enforcement and other environmental and pretreatment-related activities and programs. Initiates the negotiation to resolve cases or enforcement proceedings for environmental, pretreatment, and pollution prevention issues of diverse scope and complexity. Review and ensure all plans and proposals meet or exceed all federal, state, and local code/ordinance/regulations pretreatment guidelines and criteria. Collect, process, analyze and evaluate information and data submitted within permit applications, contracts, schedules, proposals, self-monitoring reports and laboratory reports to provide approvals, recommendations and assess compliance with applicable regulations. Interpret and explain City policies and procedures, and provide technical information/ advice, assistance and training for internal and external customers. Conduct case file preparation, initiate and participate in administrative and criminal enforcement proceedings and provide testimony in legal proceedings, for alleged violations of regulations. Research, develop, review, interpret, recommend, and implement changes to specifications, standards, policies, procedures, codes, regulations and ordinances. Leads public outreach efforts, initiatives, task forces, and committees; represent department at board and commission meetings; and conduct and make presentations for internal and external customers. Perform inventory procurement and control functions, and consult with and monitor performance of contractors.10. Perform rotational on-call duty and respond to spill and/or emergency events, incidents, complaints, actions and other related situations. Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others. 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 applicable Federal, State, and Local regulations. Knowledge of City practices, policies, and procedures. Knowledge of architectural and engineering principles and practices Skill in oral and in written communication. Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing. Skill in using computers and related software applications. Skill in data analysis and problem solving. Skill in planning and organizing. Skill in providing leadership, training, guidance, and technical suppor…

View the full posting and apply