Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans

SWBNO's Office of Environmental Affairs collected about 100lbs of trash and storm debris from the streets and catch basins in the Carrollton Neighborhood for World Clean Up Day 2024. Thank you to all of our employees who participated in this event!

Come explore opportunities with our team. Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 18, SWBNO in partnership with Job1 will host a job fair. Stop by the Job1 Business & Career Solutions Center located at 1307 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd to learn more. We look forward to seeing you TOMORROW, Sept. 18 from 10AM-1PM.

SWBNO’s Backflow Prevention Program?keeps New Orleans’ drinking water clean and safe through customer collaboration and offers local job opportunities. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) is offering educational opportunities for the plumbing community in New Orleans. These classes can help plumbers expand their business into backflow prevention. SWBNO is working with the Louisiana Department of Health to enforce backflow prevention efforts for commercial and residential users. Our customers will need certified backflow testers and assembly repairers to ensure their compliance – and New Orleans needs more testers. We encourage plumbers to take this opportunity to increase their business or even start their own by getting a backflow tester certification. To support that, SWBNO is hosting a backflow tester certification course and a recertification class. Learn more about the business opportunities here: https://lnkd.in/eKG45fMi Customers can learn how to help prevent backflow when doing everyday tasks around their yard and homes: https://lnkd.in/eA6F6NMi

Ceara Labat is a Community Engagement Specialist for Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, acting as a voice to amplify the positive work that SWBNO is doing for the community! Read more in her highlight by CityBiz in their Women to Watch segment: https://lnkd.in/g6BmVCd8

Our Environmental Affairs Department has been working on initiatives for enhancing the city and mitigating flooding with the use of green infrastructure. Recently, one of our employees, Grace Vogel, was recognized with the emerging leader award from the WaterNow Alliance. This award recognizes Grace in her initiatives in working and engaging the community on the value of green stormwater initiative and her dedication to transformative, sustainable stormwater management practices for the Board. Read more about the Emerging Leader Awards:?https://lnkd.in/eK8WPZ2c

While we recently celebrated the retirement of our previous Deputy General Superintendent, Ron Spooner; we are proud to announce his successor, Kaitlin Tymrak. Kaitlin started her work with SWBNO as an engineering consultant and joined our team in 2020?to develop SWBNO’s Program Management and Business Services group. She’s an integral member of our daily operations team and the upcoming Power Complex Project team, which is currently under construction and slated for a 2025 debut. Kaitlin is excited for the future that the entire SWBNO team can provide to the generations who will live in and love New Orleans to come. Read more on her highlight on City Biz: https://lnkd.in/gzud6nX4

??Today is the day! Come explore opportunities with our team. Today, Friday, June 21, SWBNO & employers across the city will be hosting a job fair at the New Orleans Convention Center. Stop by the La Nouvelle Ballroom (enter through lobbies D, E & G) anytime between 8AM-3PM to learn more about the wide variety of positions available & how you can build a career in public service. We are hiring across the Board and some departments are hiring on-site! What does this mean for applicants? For immediate hiring, applicants must have a valid driver’s license, state ID, or school ID; their original social security card or birth certificate; and a copy of all documents applying to their education. Drug testing will also occur on-site. We look forward to seeing you TODAY from 8AM-3PM.

??COUNTDOWN: 4 days to get your resumes ready! Come explore opportunities with our team. On Friday, June 21, SWBNO & employers across the city will be hosting a job fair at the New Orleans Convention Center. Stop by the La Nouvelle Ballroom (enter through lobbies D, E & G) anytime between 8AM-3PM to learn more about the wide variety of positions available & how you can build a career in public service. We are hiring across the Board! Stay tuned for more information ??https://lnkd.in/e_gfi7Js

We have recently announced the retirement of our Deputy General Superintendent, Ron Spooner effective May 31st, 2024. M. Ron Spooner is a dedicated public servant, with over 32 years in leadership in public works. His career with SWBNO began in 1993 when he joined as an engineer. Throughout his time with the Board, he ascended the ranks serving in multiple pivotal roles including Chief of Networks and serving as interim General Superintendent. His leadership paved the way for groundbreaking initiatives such as the Power Complex, which promises to fortify the city's drainage and drinking water systems. ? Read the full press release here:?https://lnkd.in/gN53Cnpi ?

??COUNTDOWN: 8 days to get your resumes ready. Come explore opportunities with our team! On Friday, June 21, SWBNO & employers across the city will be hosting a job fair at the New Orleans Convention Center. Stop by the La Nouvelle Ballroom (enter through lobbies D, E & G) anytime between 8AM-3PM to learn more about the wide variety of positions available & how you can build a career in public service. We are hiring across the Board! Stay tuned for more information ??https://lnkd.in/e_gfi7Js