Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator

About The Role

Pay: $28.00- $30.00 per hour DOE

We challenge what is currently accepted to shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. Through our operations and maintenance services, we help municipal clients operate safely and efficientlyempowering communities to focus on what matters most: people.

Qualifications

Here's what you'll need:

• Experience operating a wastewater treatment facility
• Strong understanding of safety principles and safe work practices
• Experience with computer operations, including preparing spreadsheets and word-processing documents, and entering data into a maintenance management system
• Valid driver's license

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Knowledge of the principles, methods, and tools used in wastewater treatment operations, including engines, pumps, valves, motors, and related equipment
• Understanding of biological and chemical sewage analysis, industrial waste impacts, and wastewater treatment processes
• Knowledge of general maintenance work, supervisory principles, and safe work practices
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, data management systems, and the ability to operate PLC and SCADA systems

Responsibilities

As a Wastewater Operator, you will be part of a collaborative team ensuring uninterrupted service for municipal clients. In this role, you will:

• Operate and maintain wastewater treatment plant systems
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance
• Monitor plant operations and make process control adjustments
• Diagnose operating issues and implement corrective actions
• Collect samples and perform laboratory testing
• Determine appropriate chemical flow rates
• Maintain shift logs and prepare operational reports
• Establish and follow effective sampling procedures for plant operations and effluent
• Perform additional duties as required
• Take action to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of yourself and your team

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Safety is a core value in our organization. This is a safety-sensitive position requiring successful completion of a Fitness for Duty evaluation.

Physical and environmental demands may include:

• Standing, walking, sitting, balancing, climbing, kneeling, squatting, reaching, and repetitive hand movements
• Dexterity, grip strength, and cardiorespiratory endurance
• Work performed indoors and outdoors
• Exposure to loud noise, active machinery, high-pressure systems, electrical equipment, confined spaces, heights, fumes, airborne particles, noxious gases, and chemicals

Use of required personal protective equipment (PPE) is mandatory.