TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR I

City of Amarillo•Hollywood, FL

About The Position

Under indirect supervision on an assigned shift, the Treatment Plant Operator I participates in operating and quality-controlling a wastewater treatment plant. The operator is responsible for ensuring effluent quality meets Federal, State, and City regulations. The role requires working shifts that may include evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime as needed by the department, and inclement weather. This position is considered weather essential personnel. The position involves monitoring plant processes and equipment, collecting samples, performing operational tests, maintaining records, and communicating plant status and hazards. The work takes place in a dynamic indoor and outdoor environment requiring sensitivity to changing conditions, goals, priorities, and needs.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
Ability to obtain a TCEQ Class D Wastewater Treatment Certification within one year of employment.
Valid Texas Class C Driver’s License.
Ability to operate small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems.
Ability to use computers for data entry and word processing.
Ability to operate and make minor repairs to small hand tools, small pieces of equipment, pH meters, analytical balances, and CL2 safety equipment.
Ability to safely drive a pickup truck.
Ability to meet the physical demands described in the ADA profile, including exerting force to move objects and performing activities such as balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, walking, standing, kneeling, stooping, sitting, hearing, feeling, fingering, grasping, handling, reaching, pulling, pushing, speaking, seeing, and talking.
Ability to make rational decisions and perform repetitive motions.

Nice To Haves

A minimum of one year of experience in the operation and maintenance of a wastewater treatment plant is preferred.

Responsibilities

Make periodic rounds of the plant to ensure processes are operating properly.
Monitor and record flow through the plant.
Collect samples for laboratory analysis.
Perform standard tests for operations control.
Maintain plant operations-control records every two hours.
Check pumps, motors, engines, blowers, and associated equipment.
Submit maintenance request forms for equipment that is not operating properly.
Report plant status to the supervisor.
Maintain flow distribution to industrial, equalization, digestion, sludge, and other areas.
Remove debris from the clarifier as needed.
Communicate plant status and hazards to the oncoming operator.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.