Wastewater Operations Specialist

Operators UnlimitedPageland, SC
88dOnsite

About The Position

We are looking for our next team member to join in helping us with our mission of Transformation. We are growing our Operations team and actively looking for a Wastewater Operations Specialist who can help transform our customers and how they treat their waste across the South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia areas! The primary Responsibility of this role includes operating a customer treatment plant in Greenwood, SC

Requirements

  • A high school diploma required. Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Basic experience in Microsoft Office
  • Experience in applicable federal, state, and local wastewater policies and procedures
  • Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds
  • Must be able to position self to analyze and review equipment by stooping, bending, and kneeling
  • Must be able to occasionally ascend/descend ladders and steps to service a plant
  • Must be able to walk through large facilities
  • Must be able to work in environmental settings
  • Be Action Oriented: Enjoy working hard; be full of energy for the things you see as challenging, not fearful of acting with a minimum of planning; seize more opportunities than others.
  • Be Customer Focused: Be dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; listen intently, get first-hand customer information, and use it for improvements in products and services; act with customers in mind; establish and maintain effective relationships with customers and gain their trust and respect.
  • Process Management Be good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; know how to organize people and activities; understand how to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; know what to measure and how to measure it; recognize opportunities for synergy and integration where others can’t; simplify complex processes; get more out of fewer resources.
  • Be a Problem Solver: Use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probe all fruitful sources for answers; see hidden problems; be excellent at honest analysis; look beyond the obvious and don’t stop at the first answers.
  • Have Composure: Be cool under pressure; do not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; be considered mature; be counted on to hold things together during tough times; handle stress; don’t be knocked off balance by the unexpected; don’t show frustration when resisted or blocked; be a settling influence in a crisis. Understand the audience and dynamic of each wastewater facility and use effective ways to interact in each facility to provide consistency and calm.
  • Have Functional/Technical Skills/Be Detailed: Have the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment. Be thorough in accomplishing a task through concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small and have the ability to see and pay attention to details; have the ability to recognize the components parts of a procedure or object, and to verify the correctness or error in an individual part of procedures

Responsibilities

  • Operating a customer treatment plant in Greenwood, SC
  • Responding to our customers and opportunities with Thankfulness
  • Working with the Director of Wastewater Operations and other Operations team members to ensure our customers remain compliant
  • Focusing on improvements and Growth in every aspect of your position and the business
  • Understanding SDS and utilizing appropriate PPE and safety equipment as required
  • Understanding the pH scale, calibrating pH meters, and adjusting pH as needed with limited assistance
  • Proper records documentation including, but not limited to flow reports, logbooks, rounds sheets, timesheets and mileage
  • Understanding basic p/c and/or biological treatment functions including but not limited to pH adjustment, coagulation, flocculation, and clarification
  • Operating various treatment processes (DAF, Hydroxide Precipitation, Extended Air, etc..) with assistance
  • Basic understanding of discharge permits
  • Operating/ understanding chemical feed systems and troubleshooting with assistance
  • Using Service Fusion, Acumatica and other systems as required with limited errors
  • Act with Agility in responding to customer needs including off shift and weekend hours as required
  • Running wastewater treatment plants within permit limits
  • Communicating with the Director of Wastewater to ensure compliance and improvements
  • Working with the OU team to help grow the company

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Entry Level

Education Level

High school or GED

Number of Employees

11-50 employees

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