Operations Manager

At our sewage treatment plants, we ensure the annual professional cleaning of over 250 million cubic meters of wastewater for Berlin and the surrounding area. Together with our commercial and operational colleagues, we ensure wastewater treatment.

What You Will Be Doing with Us

• Planning and coordinating operational tasks to ensure safe, legal, and efficient operations

• Providing specialist leadership to operations staff

• Ensuring scheduled checks and maintenance of plant components in the sewage treatment plant, as well as in sludge dewatering and incineration

• Organising process engineering shutdowns and documentation

• Conducting staff discussions, defining training needs, and qualifying staff

• Conducting instructions and creating training materials

• Ensuring occupational, health, environmental protection as well as plant and operational safety

Your Profile

• Certified Wastewater Supervisor or Industry Supervisor, specialising in Metal, Chemistry, or Mechatronics, with several years of in-depth knowledge relevant to the role

• Alternatively: Technician in Process Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (Process Engineering or Environmental Process Engineering) including advanced training (staff leadership) with several years of comprehensive knowledge relevant to the role

• Extensive knowledge in wastewater disposal, treatment, and sludge management processes

• Comprehensive procedural and mechanical technical knowledge

• Leadership experience

• Business management knowledge as well as expertise in environmental protection and occupational safety

• Qualified Electrical Person

• Proficiency in specialised applications like PROSIM, PI, and SAP PM

• Solution-oriented thinking and targeted communication skills

• Time and process management competence, teamwork ability, and a high level of action orientation

Compensation

We offer remuneration in pay group 9 according to the Collective Agreement for Supply Companies (TV-V). Depending on personal prerequisites, classification into a lower pay group may also occur.

The position includes on-call duties.

Reasons for a Career with Us

• Continuously developed technologies for the Berlin water cycle

• Active research for environmental protection improvement

• Meaningful tasks with responsibility and team spirit

• Diverse career prospects and promotion (e.g., Female Leadership Programme, individual staff development plans, internal training opportunities)

• Work-life balance: 39-hour week, 30 days holiday/year, up to 60% of the work time per quarter may be remote, various working time models (e.g., sabbatical, flexitime, 10 additional holiday days through salary conversion, etc.), Company pension scheme (VBL), employee savings benefits (VWL), subsidy for the Germany ticket job, corporate benefits, 39 weeks of continued pay in case of illness, workplace health management (including bike leasing), professional employee advice for all life situations

Application Information

• Persons with disabilities will be given preference if equally qualified.

• As we are committed to equal opportunities and women's professional advancement, we are particularly interested in applications from women.

• Applications from people with a migration background are expressly welcome.

• Applications with other educational qualifications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may be recognised in connection with prior knowledge and work experience.

Your Application

Please apply with your complete application profile (cover letter, CV, certificates, and where applicable, proof of disability) by 11.12.2026 quoting the job ID via our careers page.

Interviews are expected to start from week 2.