Industrial Facilities Engineering Waste Water Treatment Technician

Skywater•Bloomington, MN

49d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for an Industrial Facilities Engineering Waste Water Treatment Technician working the E Shift, from 8 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. The primary objective is to provide cultural leadership by exemplifying core values, coordinating and performing equipment preventative maintenance, repairs, and improvements, and managing contractors. The technician will offer technical guidance to other technicians, be involved in SOP development and training, and support root cause investigations and solution implementation. This position requires technical expertise in ultra-pure water conversion, including processes, equipment, and instrumentation, as well as various treatment systems like chlorination, reclaim systems, ultra-filter sanitizations, ion exchange regeneration, HF neutralization, industrial waste neutralization, RO membranes, carbon filters, cation and anion exchange, mixed beds, vacuum degas, UV light systems, and ozone sterilization. Responsibilities also include coordinating outfall sampling, partnering with ESH for wastewater treatment and regulations, and managing chemical deliveries, storage, and inventory. The role involves ensuring site uptime and equipment reliability, maintaining chemical inventory with FIFO, temperature monitoring, hazardous waste handling, and resist canister changes. The technician will also maintain supply and quality parameters of chemical and slurry distributions, perform drum/tote/isotainer chemical offloading, batch processing, SPC chart monitoring, and chemical sampling. Maintaining equipment uptime through maintenance and troubleshooting of system components like valves, filters, piping, pumps, and instrumentation is crucial. The ability to operate system equipment via HMI for batch creation/distribution, monitor and operate HVAC equipment, and respond to key equipment like boilers, cooling towers, and chillers for cleanroom operations is required. Other key equipment includes scrubber systems, fire systems, vacuum, and compressed air. The technician will operate the DI water plant, perform system rounds, rotate equipment, work within defined technical processes, initiate and drive continuous improvements, uphold area upkeep and 5S principles, and operate heavy machinery like forklifts and pallet jacks. Collaboration across departments and escalating issues as required are also part of the role, along with completing assigned preventative maintenance tasks and record-keeping/reporting.

Requirements

2 Year Technical/associate’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent military training/manufacturing work experience
5+ years’ experience operating wastewater treatment systems
8-10 years related work experience- manufacturing or operations
Mechanical inclination
Ability to troubleshoot system equipment
Good communication skills
Attentive to detail
Collaborative
US Citizenship Required
Ability to lift 50 lbs
Ability to bend and/or crouch
Ability to wear personal protective equipment
Ability to wear fab attire as necessary

Nice To Haves

A relevant completed vocational / professional training of at least 3 years
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Boiler license
Building automation
EPA 608 Universal Refrigerant Certificate

Responsibilities

Provide cultural leadership by exemplifying core values
Coordinate/Plan/Perform equipment preventative maintenance, repairs, and improvements
Contractor management
Provide technical guidance to technicians and be directly involved in SOP development and training
Support root cause investigations and implementation of solutions
Technical expert on conversion of city water to ultra pure water including process, equipment, and instrumentation
Expertise in Chlorination and dichlorination (SO2), reclaim systems, ultra filter sanitizations, ion exchange regeneration, HF neutralization, industrial waste neutralization, RO membranes, carbon filters, cation and anion exchange, mixed beds, vacuum degas, UV light system, and ozone sterilization
Coordination of outfall sampling
Partnering with ESH for waste water treatment and regulations
Familiarity with instrumentation: conductivity, resistivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, TOC, LPC's flow meters, fluoride, ozone, chlorine, turbidity, pressure, silica, and temperature
Unloading and receipt of chemical deliveries, storage of chemicals, review of certificate of analysis
Develop annual plans for activities within equipment area as well as capital planning
Ensure site uptime and equipment reliability
Management of chemical inventory, FIFO
Temperature recording and monitoring of fridges and freezers
Hazardous waste handling
Resist cannister changes
Maintain supply and quality parameters of chemical and slurry distributions
Drum/tote/isotainer chemical offloading to bulk tanks
Chemical batch processing
SPC chart monitoring of processes
Chemical sampling
Maintain equipment uptime through maintenance activities and troubleshooting of system equipment which include valves, filters, piping, pumps, instrumentation and other components
Operate system equipment via HMI for batch creation and - or distribution
Monitor and operate HVAC equipment and respond to key equipment such as boilers, cooling towers, and chillers which are critical for clean room operations
Operate scrubber systems, fire system, vacuum, compressed air
Operate the DI water plant
Perform system rounds and rotate equipment
Work within defined technical processes and procedures
Initiate and drive continuous improvements
Uphold area upkeep and 5S principles
Operate heavy machinery including forklift, pallet jack
Collaborate cross departmentally, escalate as required
Complete assigned preventative maintenance tasks
Record keeping, reporting, as required