A. PRIMARY FUNCTION: Describe the primary goal or function of this position.
Reporting to the General Manager (GM) and Facilties Manager, the Water and Wastewater technician is responsible for upkeeping and maintaining the site wastewater treatment plant and sump pump system. Works independently performing skilled technical work involving the operation and maintenance of assigned wastewater treatment plant and recording of related data.; adjusts equipment operation as necessary to meet established operational objectives; removes faulty equipment from service and places standby equipment in duty.
requirements, and controlling the process to maintain compliance with associated State and Federal regulations. Serves as the primary responder during nights, weekends, and holidays to emergencies at two wastewater treatment plants and associated pumping stations. Assesses needs and calls appropriate staff for assistance as necessary. Must be able to respond to the wastewater facilities for emergencies within 45 minutes of notification.
B. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Describe essential responsibilities of this position including significant task, responsibilities and projects.
· Inspect, maintain, repair water / wastewater plant equipment
· Monitor water quality, apply treatment chemicals as needed; maintain recordkeeping requirements
· Monitor ground water and soil quality and treat as needed; manage vegetation growth (quantity and variety)
· Manage wastewater application on spray field
· Monitor supplies and ensure equipment is in good working order
· Use of water treatment and wastewater treatment chemicals required**
· Collects samples from treatment processes and performs required analytical tests including but not limited to: total suspended solids, total solids, pH, chlorine residual, ORP, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and biochemical oxygen demand.
· Performs volumetric calibration tests on chemical and sludge pumping equipment and process flow meters.
· May participate in training of employees and peers in areas of assigned responsibility.
· Performs other related duties as assigned.
· Work with sump pumps to ensure water mitigation in the facility
· Assists in the performance of preventive and repair maintenance on facility equipment.
· Performs inspections of equipment, tanks, and processes to ensure proper and safe operation: checks for proper equipment lubrication; records pressure gauge readings, flow rates, tank levels, sludge blanket depths, and chlorine residual concentrations
· Assists in general building and ground maintenance work including routine custodial duties, mowing lawns, snow removal and cleaning of process tanks.
· Makes complete, accurate and legible entries into daily work logs
· Receives deliveries of chemicals, wastewater sludge, industrial wastewaters, septage leachate, and ensures compliance with all established procedures and permits. Records necessary data concerning all deliveries, and ensures that all delivery records are filed appropriately.
· Operates PLC controlled sludge thickening, dewatering and stabilization processes including all appurtenant equipment, and maintains all required logs. Operation of processes entails computation of loading parameters and chemical dosage
· Understands and follows safe work practices and procedures as developed by the Department, and reports any unsafe conditions to immediate supervisor.
· Overtime is required as needed.
· Utilizes a PC to enter process and effluent monitoring data into appropriate electronic files
C. REQUIRED SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE: What is the minimum level of education/training based knowledge required by the job?
D. EXPERIENCE: (List the type and duration of experience needed to perform this role)
- Ideal candidate will possess a minimum of 2 years' experience in a wastewater treatment position. Operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment equipment and control systems.
· Must have mechanical aptitude.
· Basic computing skills
· Working with testing and meters
· Missouri certified waste water certificate
· Experience in DNR regulations
E. SCOPE OF DECISION-MAKING: To what extent does your job require you to make decisions on your own and without any procedures/instructions to follow?
Decisions require little judgment. Understand and follow simple instructions and use simple equipment involving few decisions. Duties are extremely standardized.
Decisions require some judgment. Perform repetitive or routine duties working from detailed instructions and under standard procedures. Requires making minor decisions.
Decisions require simple analytical judgment. Plan and perform diversified duties requiring knowledge of a particular field and the use of a wide range of procedures. Involves the exercise of judgment in the analysis of facts or conditions regarding individual problems or transactions to determine what action should be taken within the guidelines or standard practice.
Decisions require complex analytical judgment. Plan and perform a wide variety of duties requiring general knowledge of company policies and procedures applicable within area of responsibilities, and including their application to cases not previously covered. Requires considerable judgment to work independently toward general results, devise methods, modify or adapt standard procedures to meet different conditions, make decisions based on precedent and company policies.
F. ANALYTICAL/PROBLEM-SOLVING REQUIREMENTS: What are the day-to-day challenges or problems encountered in completing the objectives of the position? Describe the variety and complexity of the problems.
Must be able to multi-task and look at the business from both a macro and micro viewpoint. Must have broad based knowledge of warehousing, transportation, manufacturing, and distribution. Deals with complex problems at all levels. Must have experience working directly with customers.
G. MENTAL/VISUAL/MANUAL COORDINATION:
Follow written and oral instructions.
Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
While performing essential functions of this job, employee is regularly expected to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb ladders or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; hear, smell, and lift and/or move up to 55 pounds.
While performing essential functions of this job, employee is occasionally expected to lift and/or move up to 55 pounds, and maneuver chemical containers weighing up to 2400 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required for this job include: close vision, distance vision, ability to discriminate between colors, depth vision, and ability to adjust focus.
H. WORK ENVIRONMENT:
While performing essential functions of this position, employee is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat.
While performing essential functions of this position, employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.
Incumbent's working conditions are typically loud.
I. JOB IMPACT: What are the chances that errors would be caught before causing harm? What would be the impact of errors on department performance/objectives?
Errors may be serious, usually not subject to direct verification, and may result in significant monetary and/or customer relation loss with impacts to the facility.
Errors are difficult to discover, normally involving decisions not subject to detailed review.
J. EQUIPMENT USED: List/describe any specialized equipment regularly utilized in the performance of the job. How long does it take to learn to use this equipment, and where would it be learned? N/A
K. LEVEL OF SUPERVISION PROVIDED: Please check the most appropriate:
Independent contributor, with very little responsibility for work of others.
L. INTERNAL/EXTERNAL CONTACTS: All jobs require some interaction with others on a face-to face basis. Which of the following interactions does your job require?
Requires little or no contact, except with immediate coworkers and own supervisor.
Primarily within department: Requires contacts within the department or functional area on routine matters, or occasional contacts with other departments or individuals outside the organization. Contacts are primarily for the purpose of supplying or seeking information, where only ordinary courtesy and tact are needed.
Regular inside and outside the organization: Requires regular contact with subordinates and/or other departments, with occasional contacts with individuals outside the organization. Also includes jobs with regular customer/client/vendor contacts. Contacts are primarily for the purpose of supplying or seeking information or reports. Requires tact and discretion in order to obtain cooperation. May require some persuasiveness to obtain action, consent, agreement or approval. Improper contacts outside of the organization may affect results, but primary responsibilities rest with the next level of management.
Regular inside and outside: Requires contacts to carry out company policy and programs. Improper handling will have considerable effect on operating results. Must often deal with persons of substantially higher rank on matters requiring explanation, persuasion and obtaining approvals.
Pay: $28.61 - $34.45 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
