WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR

Profile

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:12:47 -0600

$10 - $12 hourly, D.O.E.

Great opportunity to build a rewarding career! We provide all the training needed.

Under

the direct supervision of the Water Treatment Plant Lead Operator the Water

Treatment Plant Operator controls treatment plant machines and equipment to

purify and clarify water for human consumption and for industrial use by

performing the following duties.

The Water Treatment Plant is a 24 (twenty four) hour 7 (seven) day per week operation facility and requires the following duties.

Duties include, but not

limited to, the following:

Protects

the public health

Runs

process control on incoming raw water

Sets

dosages on chemicals and disinfectants using chemical feed pumps and

chlorinators

Adjust

incoming raw water flow according to the demand of the system

Record

untreated water use in production and does basic water lab analysis such as

turbidity, Ph, hardness, chlorides, alkalinity, total organic compounds, total

dissolved solids, and chlorine residuals

Store

clean treated water in ground storage tanks ready for distribution

Work

with toxic chemicals used in the treatment process

Backwash

filters to remove settle solids accumulated on filter bed

Remove

sludge from treatment units and disposes

Maintain

system pressure, monitor elevated water storage tanks

Does

mechanical, electrical and instrumentation on treatment units

Collects

water distribution samples, submit to state lab

Keeps

chemical inventory and orders when needed

Daily,

weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annually record keeping

Handles customer complaints

Other

duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High

School diploma

Valid Texas Driver’s

License

Must have or be able to obtain

TCEQ license within one (1) year of employment if not currently licensed.

This position will require additional certifications

as required by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Membrane filtration experience preferred.

Ability

to read, follow directions and complete basic reports

Ability

to write routine reports and correspondence

Ability

to add and subtract and use calculator

Ability of apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions

furnished in written, oral, or diagram

form.

Ability to deal with problems

involving several concrete variables on standardized situations.

While

performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand,

walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop,

kneel, crouch, crawl, and talk or hear.

The

employee frequently is required to climb or balance.

The employee is occasionally required to sit.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this

include close vision.

The

employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical

parts, high, precarious places, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather

conditions

The employee is frequently exposed

to fumes or airborne particles and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally

exposed to extreme cold.

The noise level

in the work environment is usually moderate.

Ability

to work flexible hours, to include, various work shifts to meet the demands of

the operations of the Water Plant.

This position of employment requires

satisfactory job performance of six-month probation from starting date. This

position requires State of Texas (TCEQ) licensing.

This employee must pass all licensing requirements to successfully complete his/her employment expectations.

The

above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the

multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the associate a

general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his/her

position.

As the City’s demands change

so will the essential functions of this position.

https://www.cityofsanbenito.com/Jobs.aspx?UniqueId=97&CommunityJobs=False&JobID=WATER-TREATMENT-PLANT-OPERATOR-121/638154511670000000

Company info

City of San Benito
Website : http://www.cityofsanbenito.com/