Description

The Honolulu Board of Water Supply is hiring a Water Quality Administrator (Program Administrator). The position is responsible for planning, directing, organizing, administers and certifies the public health and safety, regulatory conformance and environmental protection of the department's water sources, treatment, and delivery systems through program managers and staff in various specialized scientific and technical areas of expertise. The position has the final authority over subordinates' water quality decisions. The position makes process control and system integrity decisions about water quality when advising GAC changeovers and reservoir chlorination dosages and frequencies, chlorination of new mains, placement of facilities in service based on Micro/Chem lab test results, and provides direction and guidance in response to water quality issues.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Planning, directing, organizing and administering the compliance and enforcement of the department’s water sources, treatment, storage and distribution system, operations, maintenance, planning, construction, renovation and remediation in accordance with all federal, state, and county drinking water and environmental protection regulations and statues, chemistry, microbiology, biochemistry, biology, and toxicology principles, public health statues, regulations, standards, ordinances, permits, and water supply industry practices.
• Planning, developing, directing, organizing and administering the centralized intra and inter-departmental and inter-agency planning, coordination and execution of various environmental studies and research programs, and the surveillance, identification, resolution, protection and mitigation of industrial, agricultural, radiological, biotechnological and other pollution threats including natural and man-made disaster threats and problems to the department’s drinking water sources, treatment, storage and delivery systems and the environment as a whole.
• Determining, planning, directing, and administering the development, implementation and enforcement of department policies and procedures pertaining to water quality and environmental protection programs within the framework of federal, state and county regulations, statutes, rules and ordinances and the department’s goals, objectives, standards and requirements.
• Analyzing all reports, studies, and information to assess the impact on water quality and environmental protection policies and changes on the provision of services to the general public.
• Directing the preparation of plans for the modification or expansion of programs and budgets.
• Performing other related duties.

Requirements

Minimum Qualification Requirements
At time of application, you must be a citizen, national or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:
Equivalent to graduation from a regionally-accredited four year college or university with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, geochemistry, environmental science, biology, or a closely-related field.

Substitution: Work experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis. Such experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and analytical ability normally gained from attainment of a bachelor's degree. 

The education requirement must be met at the time of application.  Education obtained outside of the United States must be comparable to a degree earned at a regionally-accredited college/university in the United States. In order to receive credit for the education, a foreign credential evaluation (FCE) must be provided. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.

Verification Requirement: In order to be given credit for your education, clearly list your education credentials on your application.  As part of the hiring process, you may be asked to furnish documentation to verify your education to satisfy this education qualification requirement.  If available, please attach an electronic copy of your diploma and/or official transcript which shows the embossed seal or applicable FCE to your application. Or mail a photocopy of your documents to the following address: Department of Human Resources, 650 South King Street, 10th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813. Copies will not be returned. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted. All information on your documentation must be legible and complete in order to be given credit.  

If you do not have your documentation to verify your education at this time, please note that if selected for the job, you will need to furnish verification documents in order to move forward in the hiring process.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:
Six (6) years of experience in the practices, principles and techniques of laboratory analyses and scientific investigation of water contaminants, and two (2) years of which shall have involved monitoring and enforcing compliance of environmental rules and regulations, or designing water quality studies or projects incorporating the review, interpretation and analysis of data to formulate conclusions and recommendations; including or supplemented by three (3) years of experience in a managerial/administrative capacity.

Applicable Skills:

• Knowledge of principles and practices of supervision and administration.
• Knowledge of principles of chemistry, toxicology and microbiology.
• Knowledge of laboratory practices and current laboratory test methods.
• Knowledge of techniques and technologies used to conduct regulatory testing of drinking water.
• Knowledge of environmental rules and regulations, monitoring, compliance and enforcement.
• Ability to review and interpret drinking water regulations and identify critical requirements and deadlines for compliance.
• Ability to plan, direct and manage the actions required for ensuring compliance with rule requirements.
• Ability to identify and correct deviations to avoid non-compliance with the requirements.
• Ability to formulate, direct, implement and enforce rules, regulations, policies, program requirements and procedures.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT:
State of Hawaii, Board of Certification of Public Water System Distribution System Operator Grade 4 License, at the time of application.