Salary : $71,690.96 - $103,954.32 Annually
Location : TX 75069, TX
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 252600004
Department: Wastewater
Opening Date: 10/02/2025
Closing Date: 10/16/2025 5:00 PM Central

Summary

WORKING FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY
Working for the City of McKinney is more than just a job; it's a chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others. Proudly recognized on the Top Workplaces USA list by USA TODAY, our team is dedicated to making McKinney one of the best places to work, live, and raise a family. Join us and start making a difference today.

OUR CORE VALUES
City of McKinney employees work hard and at a very fast pace. However, we also look after and support one another. All of us are guided by four employee-generated values - Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence (RISE). We are also supported by servant-based leaders who foster and support a healthy, family-oriented culture. All new employees are expected to embrace and live by our core values and commit to helping us sustain our exceptional work environment as a high performance organization.

SUMMARY OF POSITION
The Water Utilities Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the utilities crews and inspectors and ensuring proper operation and maintenance of the City's water distribution and wastewater collection system including mains, laterals and service lines, manholes, fire hydrants and valves.
Essential Functions/Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
In order for us to continue to achieve our primary function of making McKinney a better place to live, work, and raise a family, we hold these expectations for all employees.

• Learn and demonstrate an understanding of how team, department, and City goals are interconnected.
• Contribute to a positive work culture.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to assess his/her work performance or the work performance of the team.
• Contribute to the development of others and/or the working unit or overall organization.
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team, to demonstrate team skills, and to perform a fair share of team responsibilities.
• Ability to continuously learn and develop through a mix of internal and external training opportunities, and if applicable, encourage subordinates to do the same.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversees the work of Water Utilities repair crews, water utility concrete repair crews,, inspectors, pump operators, pump mechanics, lift station operators, line locators, or water quality and sampling staff.
• Oversees CIP projects.
• Reviews engineering plans.
• Manages the backflow and cross connection program.
• Oversees SCADA operations.
• Oversees operation and maintenance of pump stations, lift stations and elevated storage tanks.
• Oversees the repairs and maintenance of fire hydrants and valves.
• Oversees and plans maintenance repairs and/or replacement of water mains and service lines.
• Oversees and manages flushing routes, sampling routes, and construction samples.
• Oversees and manages the concrete replacement of streets, sidewalks, driveways, and curbs for water and wastewater departments.
• Conducts final walkthroughs upon completion of new construction projects within the distribution system.
• Oversees and manage manhole inspections, sewer main cleaning, and CCTV operations.
• Oversees and plans maintenance repairs of wastewater mains, service lines, manholes, and cleanouts.
• Oversees and manages Right of Way clearing and light mowing maintenance.
• Maintains proper inventory.
• Oversees the scheduling of daily work activities for unit.
• Inspects job sites and enforces safety procedures.
• Operates checks and maintains moderate to complex equipment.
• Responds to citizen complaints and concerns.
• Supervises the work of crew members.
• Accountable for inventory/property management and managing the budget within assigned section.
• Adheres to assigned work schedule as outlined in City and department attendance policies and procedures.
• Complies with all written City policies and procedures.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Performs other duties as assigned or directed.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND BEHAVIORS

• Ability to embrace and embody the City's core values of Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence (R.I.S.E.).
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers, supervisors, subordinates, and people to whom service is provided.
• Ability to produce desired work outcomes, including quality, quantity, and timeliness.
• Ability to plan and organize work, time, and resources, and if applicable, that of subordinates.
• Skill to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
• Skill to utilize a wide variety of descriptive data and information, such as water and sewer maps, equipment operator manuals, and City policy manuals.
• Skill to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Skill to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information; requires the ability to use a computer and type detail letters correspondence to the cross-connection program.
• Skill to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; ability to utilize principles of fractions; ability to interpret graphs.
• Skill to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.
• Skill to perform coordinated movements involving placing and turning motions, such as various mechanical tools.
• Ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others in coordinating activities of a project, program, or designated area of responsibility; requires the ability provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Ability to exercise the judgment required in situations characterized by repetitive or short cycle operations covered by set procedures or sequences.

Required Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any work related experience resulting in acceptable proficiency levels in the below Minimum Qualifications may be an acceptable substitute.

Requires a high school diploma or GED equivalency supplemented by a minimum of Seven (7) years' experience and/or training involving operation and maintenance of water and wastewater infrastructure, personal computer operations, and use of mechanical tools and equipment. Must have completed appropriate National Incident Management System (NIMS) training courses or the ability to obtain within 6 months of employment.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Must pass a drug screen and background check.
• Must have Class C Texas Driver's License
• Class C (or higher) Water License
• During storms or natural disasters, staff will be divided into two 12-hour shifts. During storms or natural disasters, staff may be called in while on vacation.

If Assigned to Maintenance

• Must have a Class A commercial driver's license.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Class II (or higher) Wastewater License
• Class B Water License

Physical Demands/Supplemental

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (20-50 pounds). Some tasks involve the frequent use of coordination and manipulative skills in performing a variety of tasks with the full range of hand and power tools and shop equipment; or the skilled and complex operation of heavy equipment calling for adherence to exacting standards of depth, grade, dimensions and contours. Some tasks may require color perception and discrimination; taste perception and discrimination; odor perception and discrimination; depth perception and discrimination and visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Some tasks may regularly be performed with exposure to adverse environmental condition, such as dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, toxic agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed as of the date of preparation and approval. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee, and all requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

The City of McKinney is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) committed to an alcohol / drug free workplace and to providing equal opportunities regardless of age, race, color, gender, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
The City offers a full complement of benefits:

Health Insurance

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Medical and Childcare Account (FSA)
• Mental Health Care and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• City-paid and Voluntary Life Insurance
• City-paid and Voluntary Long Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Insurance through Aflac

Additional Benefits

• Legal Services through Legal Shield
• Tuition Reimbursement (up to $10,000 per year)
• Wellness Program (earn up to $600 per year)

Retirement

• Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
  • Mandatory 7% employee contribution
  • City match 2:1
  • 5 year vesting
  • Retire after 20 years of service, or age 60 with 5 years of service
• 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Paid Vacation (80 hours per year for new hires; tiered increases after 2 yrs)
• Sick Leave (135 hours per year for yourself and immediate family)
• Paid Parental Leave (80 hours for birth, adoption, or placement of a child in foser care)
• Ten Paid Holidays
• Personal Day
• Optional compensatory time for hourly employees
• Compensatory time for salaried employees

For more detailed information, please see the City of McKinney's
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Describe your experience with inflow and infiltration (I&I) investigations and mitigation.
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Have you used or interpreted flow meter or smoke testing data?

• Yes
• No

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Describe your experience supervising field crews performing sewer repairs.
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What experience do you have assisting with or planning Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs).
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