Job Title

Wastewater Supervisor — PFAS Treatment (Oil & Gas Refinery)

Company Overview

HPC Industrial is a leading provider of industrial and environmental services supporting mission-critical operations across the United States. As part of the National Water Services Group, we deliver safe, reliable, and compliant water and wastewater treatment solutions to complex industrial facilities, including oil and gas refineries. We are committed to a strong safety culture, operational excellence, and providing our teams with the tools and training to grow their careers.

Location

Based in Commerce City, CO (on-site at an oil & gas refinery)

Job Summary

The Wastewater Supervisor oversees day-to-day operations of PFAS-focused wastewater treatment systems at a refinery client site, ensuring safety, regulatory compliance, and treatment performance. This role leads an on-site team, manages pilot testing and capital upgrades, schedules carbon changeouts, maintains accurate logs and invoicing, and serves as the primary customer point of contact. The ideal candidate brings hands-on industrial wastewater expertise, deep knowledge of PFAS treatment technologies (e.g., GAC, ion exchange, high-pressure membranes), and a continuous improvement mindset.

Key Responsibilities

• Customer Communications: Serve as the primary on-site liaison; provide regular performance updates, KPIs, and treatment reports; align scope, schedule, and expectations; promptly communicate risks, deviations, and corrective actions.

• Invoicing & Daily Logs: Maintain accurate daily logs of operator hours, system performance, flows, sampling events, and consumables; submit daily force reports and ensure timely, accurate invoicing and supporting documentation.

• Pilot Test Management: Plan and execute pilot testing for PFAS treatment optimization (e.g., media selection, contact time, breakthrough curves); coordinate sampling plans; analyze results to recommend full-scale process adjustments.

• Capital Equipment Upgrade Management: Lead scope, schedule, and contractor coordination for upgrades (pumps, vessels, instrumentation, controls); manage commissioning, punch lists, and as-built documentation.

• Carbon Changeout Scheduling: Forecast media life using throughput and breakthrough data; schedule GAC/ION exchange changeouts with vendors; oversee safe vessel isolation, changeout, loading/unloading, and waste profiling/disposition.

• Safety Management of On-Site Team: Champion safe culture; conduct JSAs, tailgate talks, and audits; ensure compliance with OSHA, refinery site policies, lockout/tagout, confined space, hot work, and respiratory protection.

• Regulatory Compliance: Operate systems to meet permit and client requirements (e.g., NPDES/indirect discharge limits); ensure compliant PFAS sampling/handling; maintain records for audits; support regulatory reporting.

• Operational Excellence: Monitor SCADA/LIMS data; track KPIs (flow, pressure, media differential pressure, effluent quality); troubleshoot upsets; implement root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA).

• Team Leadership: Schedule, mentor, and develop operators/technicians; assign tasks; verify competency on SOPs; conduct performance check-ins; foster a diverse, inclusive, high-performing team culture.

• Planning & Inventory: Manage media and filter inventory, spare parts, and consumables; create PM schedules; generate and close work orders; coordinate vendor services and deliveries.

• Quality & Documentation: Maintain SOPs, batch records, MOCs, P&IDs, and as-builts; ensure calibration and instrument maintenance; uphold data integrity and document control standards.

• Emergency Response & Reliability: Lead response to process upsets or spills; coordinate with refinery and internal EHS; maintain contingency plans and readiness (backup pumps, redundancy, bypass protocols).

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial wastewater operations experience, preferably in oil & gas/refinery environments, including PFAS or other emerging contaminant treatment.

• 2+ years of supervisory or lead experience directing on-site operators/technicians.

• Hands-on knowledge of PFAS treatment technologies such as granular activated carbon (GAC) and ion exchange (IX), including media breakthrough and changeout planning.

• Working knowledge of applicable regulations and permits (e.g., NPDES/indirect discharge, refinery site requirements) and best practices for PFAS sampling/handling.

• Strong skills in Excel and