Operator-in-Training

Qualifications: 

• High school diploma or GED
• Possess a valid driver's license

Responsibilities:

Operate and maintain water and wastewater treatment plants, including their treatment systems and related facilities. Conduct basic laboratory tests to ensure proper treatment of water and wastewater within the treatment facilities. Tasks include sampling, recording of sample data, and meter readings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment to ensure efficient, reliable operation. Perform a daily visual inspection of lagoons and the treatment process.
• Keep and maintain accurate records for reporting purposes.
• Basic-level computer skills with word processing, spreadsheets, and the ability to learn the Computer Maintenance Management System.
• Develop and maintain cooperative and respectful work relationships with co-workers and supervisors.
• Maintain samplers, take samples, and record all data as required by the City's discharge permit.
• Inspect equipment such as control panels, pumps, motors, valves, gauges, compressors, chlorinating and dechlorinating equipment, and analyzers for proper operation.
• Perform routine custodial/maintenance duties to keep buildings, furnishings, and treatment plant grounds and lagoon dikes in a clean and neat appearance. To assist the Operator II in maintaining the disposal area Buffer Zones, farm roads, and fences.
• Maintain logs and records as required by the discharge permit, the plant's QAQC program, and DEQ/EPA rules and regulations regarding wastewater flow and treatment plant operation and maintenance activities. Perform computer operation as needed.
• Follow all safety rules and procedures established for work areas.
• Maintain proficiency by attending conferences, short schools, reviewing reports, and reading professional journals and reports and reviewing study materials.
• As needed, operate City vehicles and heavy equipment or provide manual labor.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to sit, communicate, reach, and manipulate objects, tools, or controls. The position requires mobility. Position duties regularly require the movement of materials weighing up to 25 pounds. Some duties are physically demanding, requiring exertion equivalent to moving materials weighing up to 75 pounds. Activity and types of duties performed require manual coordination and dexterity.
• Work is performed in a wide variety of environments, including laboratories, confined spaces, and outside weather conditions, and may be exposed to fumes, oils, chemicals, raw sewage, etc. The position performs "on-call" services after normal work hours.