The posting
Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is seeking a Lead Operator to join our team in Monroe, LA. This role supports our continued growth and offers the opportunity to work on (or support) meaningful projects alongside a collaborative, experienced team. You’ll have the chance to build your career while contributing to impactful solutions across the communities we serve.
The Maintenance Manager leads the facility preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance program and owns the CMMS, asset register, warranty, and critical-spares program. Sustains equipment availability across the wellfield, reverse osmosis trains, pumping, chemical, and supporting systems in support of the 99.9 percent uptime requirement.
Key Responsibilities
- Owns the CMMS and the asset register aligned to Meta standards; plans, schedules, and directs preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance across mechanical, pumping, chemical, and RO support systems.
- Builds and manages the critical-spares and warranty programs and sets minimum and maximum spare levels from observed consumption.
- Directs and performs mechanical and electrical maintenance and repairs; diagnoses equipment problems and returns assets to service under lockout/tagout.
- Leads reliability-centered maintenance and criticality ranking; implements predictive routes including vibration, motor current, and pressure and flow signatures with the E&I / Controls Technician.
- Supervises the maintenance and E&I staff; assigns and inspects work; investigates issues and directs corrective action.
- Coordinates planned maintenance with the Lead Operator and Meta before equipment is isolated or process conditions change.
- Submits work orders, purchase orders, and maintenance documentation and supports procurement of parts and services.
- Enforces safety requirements including lockout/tagout, confined space entry, energized work practices, and line breaking; participates in the 24 hour, 7 day on-call standby rotation.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assigns and coordinates the day-to-day activities of the maintenance and E&I / Controls staff assigned to the facility.
What you'll need
- High school diploma or GED; technical or trade training preferred.
- Minimum five years of industrial or utility maintenance experience, including membrane or reverse osmosis treatment, pumping, and groundwater production equipment; minimum two years in a lead or supervisory role.
- Knowledge of mechanical and electrical maintenance, rotating equipment, pumps and motors, valves, and chemical feed systems.
- Skill in CMMS administration, maintenance planning and scheduling, and reliability and predictive maintenance methods.
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, O&M manuals, safety requirements, and procedures, and to train and supervise maintenance staff.
- Thorough knowledge of safety requirements with the ability to enforce them.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS Relevant mechanical, electrical, or maintenance and reliability certifications preferred. Louisiana Department of Health operator certification is not required for this role but is a plus. Valid driver license required; operates a Waggoner-provided vehicle.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS Positions self to and moves about the plant, wellfield, and pump areas; stands for extended periods; bends, stoops, and climbs stairs, ladders, and platforms; and uses hands to handle, feel, and reach. Regularly moves items weighing up to 10 pounds and occasionally moves items weighing up to 50 pounds, using mechanical lifting aids for heavier loads. Requires close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT Work is performed at the Meta RPL IWTP and across its six groundwater production wells, pressure sand filtration, reverse osmosis treatment trains, chemical feed and storage areas, disinfection systems, industrial water storage tanks, high-service pumping, and conveyance piping. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, pressurized piping and vessels, and treatment chemicals including sodium hypochlorite, antiscalant, and clean-in-place acids and caustics. Work occurs indoors and outdoors under North Louisiana weather, including extreme heat and severe weather, and may occur before sunrise or after sunset. Noise levels near pumps, blowers, and process equipment can be high. The role coordinates with Meta site personnel and other contractors performing simultaneous operations.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Regularly uses and wears safety glasses, hard hat, hearing protection, chemical-resistant and cut-resistant gloves, lockout/tagout locks, and steel-toed boots. Additional personal protective equipment may include a face shield or chemical splash goggles, chemical-resistant clothing, fall protection, and respiratory protection consistent with the site Health and Safety Plan and Meta safety requirements. This is a safety-sensitive and security-sensitive position requiring site badging and access control.
Why Join Our Team
We know work isn't only about what you do, it's also about who you work for and with! Waggoner Engineering provides a fun, family-friendly, and multicultural work environment that supports a work life balance, including:
- WEI Incentive Program
- Healthy Workplace Program
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Competitive Health Benefits
- Career Development and Training
- Flexible/Hybrid Schedule
- Community Service Opportunities
Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
Pay Transparency
The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location.
