Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Salary : $61,257.25 - $102,095.55 Annually

Location : BURKE (FL06), VA

Job Type: FT Hourly W BN

Job Number: 24-02783

Department: DPWES Wastewater Management

Opening Date: 01/11/2025

Closing Date: 1/24/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

Pay Grade: S22

Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

$2,500 Signing Bonus*

This job opportunity is being re-announced. Applicants who previously applied for this job do not need to re-apply; all applications will be considered.

Join Fairfax County and be part of the Wastewater Management Team that is responsible for protecting both the public's health and the region's water quality. Our mission, vision, and values are committed to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated supervisor with a strong work ethic, organizational skills, and the ability to lead a team effectively. The ideal candidate should have a positive attitude, eager to work in a supportive environment, and committed to learning, growing, and taking on new challenges.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage multiple projects with competing priorities, complete tasks safely and on time, and demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Planning and scheduling regular and emergency work, creating daily work schedules, and managing time for yourself and staff.
• Enforces safety rules and regulations, assign work to field staff, and use desktop and laptop computers, as well as the county's Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system and Geographic Information System (GIS), to review, create, and complete work orders.
• Provides customer service to citizens, agencies, and contractors is key for this role, as well as performing field visits to ensure staff are properly equipped with PPE and traffic control setups.

This position resides in the Sewer Maintenance Group. Responds to sanitary sewer overflows, backups and other sewer emergency trouble calls and teach subordinates the SOPs for responding to trouble calls. Guides staff on difficult not so common jobs and on special projects. In the case of an emergency, deploys and works with crews to restore flow, perform area clean up and take steps to mitigate contamination of the environment. Able to manage multiple projects with different priorities and complete the job in a timely and safe manner.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Strong leadership skills to manage, train, and develop a team; provide feedback, enforce policies, and address performance issues.
• Dependable, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities; ensure work is completed efficiently, safely, and on time.
• Ensure adherence to safety standards and regulations, enforce safety practices, and manage emergency response situations.
• Clear verbal and written communication to lead the team, interact with citizens, contractors, and agencies, and document operations.

Wastewater Management is part of the Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES), please watch this video 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.

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:
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.

*A $2,500 signing bonus is available to new county employees hired into positions requiring a CDL. Applicants must possess a valid CDL at time of application submission to be eligible.
Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to the following: high school diploma or GED issued by a state department of education, and four years of increasingly responsible experience related to the maintenance of municipal facilities and infrastructure from either a public or private organization.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

• Valid driver's license.
• Commercial driver's license (CDL) Class "B".
  • Tanker Endorsement within 3 months of hire.
• VDOT Work Zone Safety Traffic Control Intermediate Certification within 12 months of hire.

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
A minimum of 2 years of proven experience in the following:

• Supervisor of field staff or Team Lead. Responsible for managing and directing maintenance repair work.
• Extensive knowledge or experience operating sewer/construction-related equipment such as: Sewer Combination Truck, Excavator, Backhoe, Dump truck, Skid steer and general hand tools.
• Managing all maintenance-related repairs, that include inspections of sanitary sewer systems, plant operating areas, or facilities and applying safety rules and regulations.
• Proficient using maintenance related programs, Microsoft Word, Excel, and web searches, GIS, and an Enterprise Asset Management Program (EAMP).
• General knowledge of construction, sanitary sewer/water hydraulics or maintenance related activities.
• Possession of a Confined Space Entry certification.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 75 lbs. and use hand tools. Ability to lift/ slide up to 90 lbs. with assistance. Ability to physically navigate rough, uneven terrain and typical construction sites to perform field inspections at project construction sites or potential sites for future facilities. Ability to stand and work on your feet for 8 hours. Must be able to operate keyboard driven equipment and use other automated technology to input, access and retrieve information from a laptop or desktop. Visual acuity is required to read data on computer monitors such as GIS maps. Must be capable of pushing, pulling, lifting, bending, stooping, walking, and climbing to enter permitted confined spaces using certified non-entry retrieval such as in and out of catch basins and manholes. Per safety requirements, confined spaces may not be entered by persons who weigh 310lbs. or more. Must be physically fit to perform manual labor in all types of environments. This requires the ability to work around and in contact with raw sewage, endure variable and extreme weather conditions such as hot, cold, during rain, noisy environments, etc. Requires the ability to stand, stoop, bend, reach, walk, climb, sit, kneel, crawl, lift, as well as work in strenuous and uncomfortable positions for long periods of time to manipulate materials with manual dexterity, use of hoses, and operate units up to 12 feet tall to set up and perform maintenance. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

BONUS ELIGIBILITY:
Positions within this classification that require a CDL that are general merit may be eligible for a one-time hiring incentive bonus for new county employees only. This bonus program requires a signed payback agreement between the department and employee. Must have CDL at time of hire.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home () 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 for assistance. TTY . EEO/AA/TTY.

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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Commuter Benefit Program
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program: