City and County of Honolulu · 4 months ago
WATER QUALITY ADMINISTRATOR (PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR)
Hawaii, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$10,802/mo - $10,802/mo
6+ years expThe City and County of Honolulu is hiring a Water Quality Administrator (Program Administrator) responsible for ensuring the public health and safety of the department's water systems. This role includes overseeing compliance with regulations, managing environmental studies, and making critical decisions regarding water quality and treatment processes.
GovernmentNon ProfitPublic Safety
No H1B
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
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
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
Verification Requirement: In order to be given credit for your education, clearly list your education credentials on your application
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
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
State of Hawaii, Board of Certification of Public Water System Distribution System Operator Grade 4 License, at the time of application
Company
City and County of Honolulu
City and County of Honolulu is a government organization that offers administrative services.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Lori Kahikina
Executive Director and CEO
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