Position Purpose:
Provides day-to-day monitoring/operation of equipment, routine lab tests, and minor maintenance activities. Coordinates and monitors operational personnel in the operation of the facility at the direction of Project Manager; ensures effective plant performance and compliance with permit standards.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Operates equipment manually and through instrument panels, computer terminals, and programmable logic control units in an assigned area.
- Performs field tests (chemical, physical and biological) in order to pace chemical dosages for process and odor control units or alter unit processes.
- Monitors and observes operating conditions, and records observations and data in area shift log; diagnoses basic operational problems and takes corrective action; and communicates status, changes, and abnormalities in operating areas.
- Follows process control procedures for assigned areas; verifies and reports suspected malfunctions and variances to supervisor.
- Prepares chemical solutions, and monitors process chemical supplies and recommends reorder.
- Samples water, wastewater, sludge, and gases according to schedule, and services automatic samplers.
- Performs routine lab tests and routine instrument calibration for portable meters.
- Performs minor maintenance including routine preventive maintenance, lubrication, and minor adjustments; and performs basic troubleshooting of equipment, recommends solutions and, where appropriate, fills out work orders.
- Operates vehicles for plant operational purposes.
- Provides on-the-job training for Operator in Training and Operator I in operational, maintenance, and safety duties as required.
- Assures work is performed in a safe and professional manner by following established safety, operating, and emergency response procedures.
- Performs cleanup and housekeeping tasks for work area, tools, equipment, facilities, and grounds.
- Performs the duties of Operator Supervisor and related duties as needed.
Work Environment:
- Requires working in outside and inside environments with noise and all temperatures and climatic conditions, and must be able to work under adverse weather conditions for extended periods of time.