Position Purpose:
Provides day-to-day monitoring and basic plant and pump station operations, routine lab tests and basic corrective and preventative operational / maintenance activities.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Operates equipment manually and through instrumentation panels, computer terminals and programmable logic control units following process control procedures. Monitors and observes operating conditions, records observations and data in shift log. Diagnoses basic operational problems and takes corrective action per procedure.
- Collects wastewater, industrial waste, sludge, residuals samples according to schedule. Performs field tests and Laboratory analysis (chemical, physical and biological) in order to maintain compliance with state issued permit. Prepares chemical solutions, monitors supplies and recommends reorder.
- Performs routine instrument calibration for benchtop and portable meters including, but not limited to, dissolved oxygen, pH, BOD,TSS etc.
- Performs manual labor including cleaning equipment, facilities and grounds as required and properly disposes of waste according to safety and environmental policies.
- Operates vehicles, mobile equipment and material handling equipment for operational and maintenance purposes.
Work Environment:
- Spends 100% of the time in operations environment.
- Typically spends 25 – 35% of time exposed to outdoor and sometimes inclement weather.
- Company service vehicles are used as required.
- May serve rotational 24 hour emergency on-call.
- Possible Work Hazards: May be exposed to possible operations hazards including biological ,fumes, dust, toxic and caustic chemicals, noise, rotating machinery, high pressure and hot and cold temperatures, slippery surfaces, water and electrical hazards.