About this position
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:.5in;" id="isPasted"><span style="color:inherit;">Performs intermediate technical work learning to operate and maintain wastewater treatment plant equipment, performing routine tests, performing general plant and grounds maintenance tasks, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under moderate supervision. </span></p>
<ul style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 3pt;" id="isPasted"><li><span style="color:inherit;">Makes tours of plant and checks engines, generators, pumps, aerators, tanks, filters, clarifiers and other equipment for proper functioning.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Operates and maintains wastewater equipment used in treatment and solids handling including operating multiple hearth furnaces and ash handling processes.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Performs assigned tasks related to permits and regulatory compliance including documentation, sampling, analysis, recordkeeping, and reports; maintains and checks logs and records for accuracy and completeness.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Checks and records readings from meters, gauges, and instruments; operates handheld meters; reads and records data on plant operations.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Pumps sludge, rakes bar screen; cleans and clears basins, troughs, etc.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Checks machinery and pumps for proper operation.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Starts, stops, and/or adjusts motors, pumps, and other plant equipment according to changes in operating conditions.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Adds chemicals per prescribed standards.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Observes and collects samples of wastewater effluent; performs simple biological, chemical, and physical laboratory tests; enters test results.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Skims grease from settling tanks.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Performs minor equipment adjustments and repairs.</span></li></ul>
<p id="isPasted"><em>Minimum Education and Experience:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>High school diploma or GED and minimal experience in the operation and maintenance of machinery and equipment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.</li></ul><p><em>Licenses and/or Certifications:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Valid driver's license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.</li><li>Possess a Class IV-I Wastewater Works Operator License</li><li id="isPasted">Obtain 20 hours of operations specific (ex. Sacramento courses, DEQ, Rural Water, etc.), City, and Safety training.</li><li>Obtain Forklift Operator training within one year of hire.</li></ul><p id="isPasted"><em>Knowledge:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Knowledge of the operating characteristics and maintenance requirements of a wastewater treatment plant.</li><li>Knowledge of hydraulic, chemical, and mechanical principles pertinent to wastewater treatment plant operations.</li><li>Knowledge of the occupational hazards of the work and of the necessary safety precautions. </li></ul><p><br><em>Skills:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Skill in the use and care of hand tools.</li></ul><p><br><em>Abilities: </em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Ability to pass a red and green color blindness test and to work with hazardous chemicals.</li><li>Ability to detect flaws in the operation of mechanical equipment and to determine proper remedial measures.</li><li>Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions. </li><li>Ability to read meters and charts accurately and to maintain records of shift operations.</li></ul><br>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:.5in;" id="isPasted"><em><span style="color:inherit;">Work Environment:</span></em></p><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span style="color:inherit;">Worker is exposed to outdoor weather conditions, extreme noise, odors, heights, dust and/or fumes and hazardous materials such as oil, chlorine gas, ammonia, fluoride caustic soda, and sulfuric acid.</span></li></ul></div><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;"><em><span style="color:inherit;">Essential Physical Activities:</span></em></p><ul style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li><span style="color:inherit;">Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, finger movement, depth perception. </span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Typical weight handled: up to 50lbs </span></li></ul>
<ul style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 3pt;" id="isPasted"><li><span style="color:inherit;">Makes tours of plant and checks engines, generators, pumps, aerators, tanks, filters, clarifiers and other equipment for proper functioning.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Operates and maintains wastewater equipment used in treatment and solids handling including operating multiple hearth furnaces and ash handling processes.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Performs assigned tasks related to permits and regulatory compliance including documentation, sampling, analysis, recordkeeping, and reports; maintains and checks logs and records for accuracy and completeness.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Checks and records readings from meters, gauges, and instruments; operates handheld meters; reads and records data on plant operations.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Pumps sludge, rakes bar screen; cleans and clears basins, troughs, etc.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Checks machinery and pumps for proper operation.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Starts, stops, and/or adjusts motors, pumps, and other plant equipment according to changes in operating conditions.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Adds chemicals per prescribed standards.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Observes and collects samples of wastewater effluent; performs simple biological, chemical, and physical laboratory tests; enters test results.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Skims grease from settling tanks.</span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Performs minor equipment adjustments and repairs.</span></li></ul>
<p id="isPasted"><em>Minimum Education and Experience:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>High school diploma or GED and minimal experience in the operation and maintenance of machinery and equipment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.</li></ul><p><em>Licenses and/or Certifications:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Valid driver's license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.</li><li>Possess a Class IV-I Wastewater Works Operator License</li><li id="isPasted">Obtain 20 hours of operations specific (ex. Sacramento courses, DEQ, Rural Water, etc.), City, and Safety training.</li><li>Obtain Forklift Operator training within one year of hire.</li></ul><p id="isPasted"><em>Knowledge:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Knowledge of the operating characteristics and maintenance requirements of a wastewater treatment plant.</li><li>Knowledge of hydraulic, chemical, and mechanical principles pertinent to wastewater treatment plant operations.</li><li>Knowledge of the occupational hazards of the work and of the necessary safety precautions. </li></ul><p><br><em>Skills:</em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Skill in the use and care of hand tools.</li></ul><p><br><em>Abilities: </em></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li>Ability to pass a red and green color blindness test and to work with hazardous chemicals.</li><li>Ability to detect flaws in the operation of mechanical equipment and to determine proper remedial measures.</li><li>Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions. </li><li>Ability to read meters and charts accurately and to maintain records of shift operations.</li></ul><br>
<p style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:.5in;" id="isPasted"><em><span style="color:inherit;">Work Environment:</span></em></p><div style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;"><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 0.5in;"><li style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;"><span style="color:inherit;">Worker is exposed to outdoor weather conditions, extreme noise, odors, heights, dust and/or fumes and hazardous materials such as oil, chlorine gas, ammonia, fluoride caustic soda, and sulfuric acid.</span></li></ul></div><p style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;"><em><span style="color:inherit;">Essential Physical Activities:</span></em></p><ul style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 3pt;"><li><span style="color:inherit;">Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, lifting, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, finger movement, depth perception. </span></li><li><span style="color:inherit;">Typical weight handled: up to 50lbs </span></li></ul>
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$38859.71 - $60000
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