Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.

What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran?

Each day presents different challenges and learning opportunities as we strive to maintain compliance and produce the highest quality water for the local citizens. If you enjoy working outdoors protecting nature’s precious resource, water, then this position is for you. Woodard & Curran is dedicated to our employee’s growth and development and wants to help you on your career path.

We are seeking an Chief Operator with a minimum Florida class “A” wastewater certification. In this role you will be very involved with the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and management, maintaining close client communications, and other administrative duties.

The Chief Operator regularly participates and manages the daily operations and maintenance of the Wastewater Treatment Facility in compliance with all Federal, State, and local regulations. This is accomplished by scheduling staff, giving appropriate direction to staff in the operation and maintenance of the plant assigned, budgeting, purchasing, completing, and submitting the Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR's) and Monthly Operation Reports (MOR’s) to the Florida Department of Environmental Projection (FDEP) per regulations, ensuring accuracy of all reports, utilizing the Hach Wims system to create plant specific DMR's, MOR’s and any other required regulatory reporting for submission as needed, maintaining records, and utilizing the work management system. Other duties include developing the capital budget and executing capital projects; overseeing payroll; ensuring proper facility coverage; employee evaluations; ensuring the facility is maintained; obtaining samples for analysis; maintaining accurate records and an open relationship with customers and community. Trains and mentor operators to perform at their full potential.

The Chief Operator will play an active role in the coordination and communication with assigned staff, client representatives, contractors, and any assigned engineering firms. He or she will also work closely with all parties to ensure effective system operation and optimization. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing hands-on work and producing all required reports. He or she will coordinate the on-going daily operation of the utility system.