Travel Team Lead (Maintenance & Installation)

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Veolia Water Tech is seeking a dynamic aspiring leader to join our new travelling Maintenance & Installation Team based out of Norfolk, VA. This is a combined role based out of our Norfolk Service Center. When working from the base location, the position will be an integral part of the facility maintenance team or potentially the fabrication shop, depending on the specific site.

This role will involve a high amount of travel to other Veolia Service Centers, primarily within the same

region (South/West/Central or East/North/Central) to support facility expansion or upgrade projects, and

occasionally to visit customer sites. While working at other locations the primary function of this role will be to lead the on-site execution teams for Veolia's facility capital projects. This is a multi-faceted position that will require a blend of facility management, project leadership, and hands-on technical skills to support the growth of our services operations.

Key Characteristics

• Travel to Veolia facilities to lead on-site installation of CAPEX projects
• Provides leadership & instills best EHS standards for the site teams
• Basic on-site project management - material control & receiving, on-site spot engineering

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages on-site team daily/weekly work tasks and schedule
• Works in partnership with CAPEX project manager & maintains clear communication to ensure smooth and efficient operations
• Assists on-site teams with basic installation and machinery troubleshooting
• Read and redline engineering drawings and P&ID’s
• Works in partnership with project engineering team
• Ability to support mechanical or electrical or other physical installation activities
• Set and follows good installation housekeeping practices
• Is available on-call for emergency needs to maintain project install schedule
• Maintains records and reports as required or needed for install
• Works according to the Plant or facility maintenance leader directions
• Demonstrates excellent EHS standards and follows policies/procedure in order to keepself and others injury free
• Assists team members when needed with machinery, repairs and installation troubleshooting
• Install new equipment or re-arranges existing equipment.
• Performs preventative maintenance activities at the facility or within the ‘Mobile’ fleet
• Ability to act as a resource for training or maintenance operations when needed
• Perform building and ground maintenance

The job description is not designed to capture all the employee’s responsibilities but is intended to capture essential functions of the role. Responsibilities may change over time and may be assigned at any time.

Required:

• HS Diploma, G.E.D., Home School Certification, or international equivalent to HS Diploma
• Minimum of 1 year of PVC plumbing, OR mechanical repair and maintenance work experience or training
• Project management skills
• Computer proficient
• Mechanical and/or electrical proficiency
• Ability to apply to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, and diagram form and able to read a P&ID
• Knowledge of OSHA Standards
• Problem solving skills with reliable and thorough approach to work
• Perform confined space entry in small tanks with 14x18" manways
• Has experience running schedule 80 PVC pipe

Preferred:

• Associate’s degree in electrical, industrial / mechanical, engineering, or water treatment disciplines
• Basic leadership traits and skills
• At least 5 years of install, repair and maintenance work experience
• Basic electronic troubleshooting, PLC programming & 480V 3-phase electrical repair
• Experience running Schedule 80 PVC pipe (2” to 8”)
• Trade school experience for plumbing, carpentry, and/or mechanical repair is highly desired
• Positive displacements pump repair experience
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Working Conditions 

• Ability and willingness to perform physical duties such as lifting, climbing, working at elevated heights, and manual dexterity
• Ability and willingness to work confined space entry
• Ability and willingness to work in range of environments to include but not limited to industrial
• Ability and willingness for on call status for emergency response
• Estimated travel at 50-75%

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger

communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder

and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Because our people are our greatest assets, we

also offer competitive benefits that include:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1!
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Plan - 3% default contribution plus matching!
• Flexible Spending & Health Saving Accounts
• AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not

sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity****

VWTS does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a

current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and

candidate profiles will be deemed the property of VWTS, and no fee will be due.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.