Control Room Operator - Water Treatment & Quality

Clean Chemistry • Longmont, CO

7d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Control Room Operator - Water Treatment & Quality to join our team in Longmont, Colorado. This position provides continuous operational oversight of active water treatment units using SCADA, telemetry, dashboards, operating data, and other monitoring systems. The Control Room Operator is responsible for identifying abnormal operating conditions, responding to alarms, reviewing unit health and treatment performance, supporting troubleshooting efforts, coordinating operational responses, and maintaining shift-level awareness across multiple active jobs. This role requires strong situational awareness, analytical and troubleshooting skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple operating systems in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high standards of treatment quality and operational reliability.

Requirements

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to interpret operating data, trends, alarms, and abnormal process conditions.
• Ability to work independently and make sound decisions in a fast-paced operating environment.
• Ability to maintain situational awareness and manage multiple active jobs simultaneously.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfort using SCADA systems, dashboards, spreadsheets, templates, and digital reporting tools.
• Proficiency with Google Workspace, including Sheets, Docs, and Drive.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in water treatment, industrial operations, chemical operations, process operations, or a related technical environment is preferred.
• An associate degree or technical certification in Environmental Science, Process Technology, Industrial Operations, Engineering Technology, or a related field is preferred. Relevant technical or industrial experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Continuously monitor water treatment units from the local office using SCADA, dashboards, telemetry, and related monitoring tools to identify abnormal operating conditions and confirm unit health.
• Respond to alarms and operational issues in real time, investigate likely causes, initiate follow-up actions, and escalate to the appropriate field, engineering, or management resources when needed.
• Review startup behavior, KPI trends, treatment performance, and operating conditions to help ensure units are operating within expected ranges and producing acceptable results.
• Communicate issues to internal stakeholders and site contacts when required, help coordinate tote runout and changeover events, and maintain current site contact information for assigned jobs.
• Implement and document approved unit setting changes, verify system response after updates, and maintain awareness of current job and skid configuration changes.
• Identify issues requiring maintenance action, support maintenance requests, and remotely assist with troubleshooting, inspections, site visits, or technical upgrades when needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree