About CCWD

Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) provides safe, reliable, high-quality water and related services that support the health and vitality of the communities it serves. Through responsible stewardship of both its infrastructure and its people, CCWD is committed to building and sustaining a skilled workforce prepared to meet today’s needs and tomorrow’s challenges.

Why Work Here

Meaningful Public Service Play a direct role in supporting safe, reliable water service that protects public health and strengthens the communities we serve.
Collaborative, Mission-Driven Culture Work alongside dedicated professionals who value integrity, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement in service to the public.
Competitive Total Rewards & Professional Growth CCWD offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including competitive pay, medical/dental/vision coverage, retirement benefits, paid leave, and opportunities that support ongoing professional growth.

The Opportunity

Contra Costa Water District’s Operations & Maintenance department is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Water Treatment Superintendent. This is a key leadership role that will serve as the District's Chief Treatment Operator, responsible for overall performance, reliability, and regulatory compliance across three T5 water treatment plants and two packaged treatment systems within Los Vaqueros Watershed. This position will be located in our Bollman Water Treatment Plant in Concord, CA. Please visit the following to view the brochure: Water Treatment Superintendent

We Are Looking For Someone Who Is

An experienced hands-on professional with strong leadership and decision-making skills.
A skilled professional with the ability to anticipate issues before they impact water quality or plant reliability.
A comfortable leader evaluating performance data, sustainable solutions, and process improvement efforts.
A confident and strategic leader who empowers and fosters a culture of accountability, safety, and professional growth.
A motivated self-starter with the ability to approach complex operational and regulatory challenges with a proactive and analytical mindset.

What You Will Typically Be Responsible For

Building and maintaining positive working relationships with employees and key stakeholders.
Supervising and mentoring two direct supervisors, supporting professional operator development, and promoting a culture of safety, inclusion, accountability, and shared responsibility.
Serve as a key cross-departmental liaison partnering with Engineering, Maintenance, Water Quality, Planning and executive leadership to ensure aligned operations and coordinated decision-making.
Coordinating operational and water quality communication with wholesale and retail partners to maintain strong interagency relationships, transparency, reliability, and public confidence.
Overseeing regulatory compliance, state reporting, and agency coordination to ensure compliance with all drinking water requirements.

A Few Reasons You Might Enjoy This Job

Your desire to make a positive difference in the lives of Contra Costa Water District employees and the community.
Making a direct impact by protecting public health in ensuring safe, high-quality drinking water for 550,000 plus customers while supporting long-term water reliability and community resiliency.
Working with highly effective and collaborative teams in a culture that values teamwork, data-driven decisions, and continuous improvement.
Opportunity to be engaged in a combination of technical leadership and strategic management balancing daily operations in an impactful role.
Providing technical expertise and the ability to engage diverse interests and obtain input and support for decisions.
Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts while building consensus across operations, engineering, regulators, and leadership staff.
Providing project leadership to gain project buy-in from internal and external stakeholders.
Leading capital budgets and key infrastructure projects for three different treatment plants.

For a full description of examples of duties, please visit the following link: Water Treatment Superintendent

For a full listing of required qualifications, please visit the following link: Water Treatment Superintendent

Possession of the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an invitation to the next step in the selection process. All candidate materials will be carefully evaluated and only those considered best qualified will be invited to the next step in the selection process.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must possess mobility to work in a water treatment plant and standard office setting, use specialized equipment and instrumentation and standard office equipment, including a computer; to operate vehicle and visit various District sites; color vision to detect shades of color and vision to see alarms and to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the telephone. This classification frequently sits and stands and walks between work areas. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard or calculator and to operate plant and standard office equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 25 pounds. When working in the field, must possess strength, stamina, and mobility to perform light physical work to perform assigned duties; to sit, stand, and walk on level, uneven, or slippery surfaces; and reach, twist, turn, kneel, bend, stoop, squat, and crouch in the performance of assigned duties. The job involves fieldwork requiring walking in operational areas. Finger dexterity is needed to operate tools, instruments, and equipment.

ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS

Employees work primarily in a plant environment and are exposed to loud noise levels, controlled temperature conditions, chemicals, mechanical and/or electrical hazards, hazardous physical substances, fumes, dust, air contaminants, and unpleasant odors. Employees may also work in the field and are exposed to loud noise levels, cold and hot temperatures, inclement weather conditions, road hazards, vibration, chemicals, mechanical and/or electrical hazards, hazardous physical substances and fumes, dust, and air contaminants.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Employees may be required to work various shifts and outside of normal shift hours on evenings, weekends, and holidays.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Contra Costa Water District is committed to equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. We prohibit discrimination based upon race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other actual or perceived status protected under federal, state, or local law. Employment decisions are based on individual qualifications and performance.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

One of the many CCWD goals is to pursue organizational excellence through diversity, equity, inclusivity, leadership, and professionalism. We recognize the strengths of staff creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and improved decision-making resulting from diverse perspectives, and we strive to be a culturally diverse organization that values, recognizes, and supports inclusion.

CONVICTION HISTORY

A condition of employment for all CCWD positions includes successfully passing a Department of Justice Live Scan fingerprint check and completion of the federal Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. Additionally, in compliance with federal law, CCWD participates in E-Verify.

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

All CCWD employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. As such, CCWD employees may be called upon to support the activities of CCWD during an emergency situation.

Applicants requesting reasonable accommodation during any phase of the recruitment process should contact Human Resources at 925-688-8002.

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