October 7 to 15th is 水务专业人士答谢周. 为了庆祝, we’re featuring some of the men and women who help ensure water is available for our community 24/7.
科尔比·斯尼德，运营总监
科尔比·斯尼德是谁?
科尔比 started as an intern in 2000, while attending San Jose State University. He was born and raised in the Cambrian Park neighborhood in San Jose. 今天, 科尔比 is raising his two kids in the same neighborhood just a few blocks from his parents’ house.
What's the most rewarding thing about working for SJW?
I come to work knowing that I have a role in providing a life-sustaining resource to the community I was born and raised in and the one that I am raising my own family in.
你工作中最重要的部分是什么?
It's my job to ensure that our customers get the most out of the water assets we own, 平台登录投资的技术, and the people responsible for ensuring the safe and reliable delivery of their water. Our customers are investing in these assets and I'm making sure they get the most out of them.
特蕾莎·阿斯，行政协调员
特蕾莎·阿尔斯是谁?
特蕾莎 was raised in South San Jose, where she also raised her family. She started working for SJW in 1999 as a Customer Service Representative. 特蕾莎 spent 12 years working as a Service Inspector, which she loved because she found working outside in the community really rewarding. 今天 特蕾莎 works as an administrative coordinator and enjoys learning about new aspects of the water service industry.
What's the best thing about working for San Jose Water?
All of my co-workers make coming to work like hanging out with my family. We're not a very big company, only about 400 people, small enough that you know everyone by name.
斯宾塞·纽，高级水质工作者
斯宾塞·纽是谁?
斯宾塞在SJW已经三年半了. 在加入之前，他在建筑行业工作, where he met a number of SJW employees on various job sites. 与SJW员工一起工作, 斯宾塞 discovered that they all had good things to say about working for the water company. He was excited to join SJW because it gave him the best of both worlds. Now 斯宾塞 is able to move around to different locations and work outdoors as he had in construction, but for a company where he sees a lot of opportunity for future success.
在SJW工作，你最喜欢的是什么?
I like working on a lot of different projects and moving around to find your spot. 你不需要在25年内做一件事. The water company is an encouraging place where everyone wants to help you succeed.
贾斯汀·史密斯，水质组组长
贾斯汀·史密斯是谁??
贾斯汀 started with SJW in 2007 as a distributions worker. 作为水质组组长, 贾斯汀 is excited by all of the new technology SJW is exploring to improve the quality of our water.
In particular, he is really enthusiastic about the new No-Des, short for Neutral Output Discharge Elimination System equipment SJW rolled out several years ago to improve the efficiency of testing and flushing neighborhood water systems, while conserving water and conducting mobile water treatment.
In the picture above, 贾斯汀 is evaluating readings as 斯宾塞 analyzes individual water samples. The No-Des technology, is a water conservation friendly solution to water main flushing. SJW is one of the first utilities in the nation to roll out the technology, 这样可以减少更多的水浪费. 在过去, flushing a water main would mean sending more than 20,000加仑的水进入下水道系统. These trucks contain a series of pumps and hoses that circulate the water for flushing and testing and then send it back into the system for use. With this new technology, 贾斯汀 and 斯宾塞 are able to flush two miles of mains every day.
是什么让为SJW工作变得有回报?
San Jose Water is always trying new things to be more efficient or to provide higher quality water. 这些新的挑战让我很忙. 每天都不一样.
Zorawar宾德拉, 资产管理系统经理
Zorawar宾德拉是谁?
Zorawar has 17 years of water industry experience, spending the last two years at San Jose Water. He ensures that all of SJW’s systems are up and running and we are using them to maximize our efficiency and best support field operations from a technology perspective. Some of the technological improvements the company is investing in include mobile solutions to enhance the efficiency of field operations, and the use of data solutions to drive better business decisions.
Zorawar's educational background includes a bachelor's degree in Computer 信息 Systems, a Masters in Organizational Development and a Certificate from UCLA's Executive Management Program. He loves what he does because he gets to put all of his education and experience to work solving San Jose Water's unique challenges.
他认为这些挑战是什么?
San Jose Water is 150 years old but because we are so small (fewer than 400 employees) we are able to behave more like a company in its infancy. There's a real spirit here for trying new things and embracing change. 以我的背景, I really enjoy the challenge of bringing lots of people together with different skill sets to look for the opportunity to solve problems where all those skills intersect.
To learn more about the SJW team and how their work helps us deliver high-quality water 24/7, 跟着平台登录走 推特 or 脸谱网.