Job Title: Wastewater Operator III/IV/Backup ORC
Location: Kings Mountain, North Carolina
Department: Water Resources
Job Type: Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Reports To: Wastewater ORC
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General Statement of Duties:
The Wastewater Operator III/IV is responsible for the daily operation, monitoring, and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities to ensure compliance with all applicable environmental regulations set by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NC DEQ).
Key duties include collecting and analyzing samples, adjusting treatment processes, maintaining mechanical and electrical equipment, keeping accurate operational records, and responding to system alarms or equipment malfunctions. The operator ensures that the treatment plant operates efficiently and effectively to protect public health and the environment, and operates as the wastewater treatment plant ORC in the absence of the ORC.
This role requires considerable knowledge of activated sludge processes, chemical dosing, solids handling, and permit requirements. Operators in this position must exercise independent judgement, must be able to make complex decisions, follow standard operating procedures, and meet the certification requirements.
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Essential Duties and Tasks:
· Acting ORC in the absence of the plant ORC.
· Working with an increased level of proficiency, to monitor conditions and to make required changes in operations to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and to maximize plant efficiency.
· Monitor conditions and make required system changes to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and to maximize plant efficiency with minimum assistance.
· Working with an increased level of proficiency, accurately recording all operational parameters to document proper procedures and regulatory compliance.
· Working with a level of proficiency, troubleshoot problems maintaining equipment in good order and minimizing downtime in operations.
· Ability to start up, operate, and shut down various pieces of equipment such as blowers and aerators.
· Perform various maintenance functions essential to the upkeep of the grounds, equipment and building.
· Adherence to following standard safety and housekeeping procedures to minimize risk of injury and to comply with the City, State and Federal regulations and guidelines.
· Evaluates changing conditions and initiates treatment procedures to ensure continued effective plant operations.
· Assists in tracking sufficient chemical and materials inventory to ensure continued plant operations.
· Constantly communicate with other team members and your supervisory team.
· Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with peers, superiors, and onsite contractors.
· Ability to serve as an on-call operator.
· Performs other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
· High school diploma or equivalent.
· Two plus years’ experience working in a water or wastewater treatment plant.
Special Requirements:
· North Carolina Grade III or IV Biological Water Pollution Control System Operator Certification
· Valid North Carolina Driver’s License with the ability to meet the City’s Motor Vehicle Driver Eligibility Policy
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Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
· Analyze problems and identify possible solutions.
· Prepare clear and accurate reports.
· Establish cooperative and productive working relationships.
· Set priorities for competing projects
· Perform mathematical calculations.
· Ability to demonstrate effective oral and written communication, typically to give or exchange information, resolve problems, and perform required tasks.
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Physical Requirements:
· The work includes sitting, standing, walking, bending, crouching, or stooping. The employee frequently lifts light and occasionally heavy objects, climbs ladders, and uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity.
· The work area can involve a working environment indoors, as well as outdoors, which could cause exposure to outdoor elements; proper environmental attire will be required. Some areas can have loud noise, active machinery, high pressure fluid systems, electrical equipment, confined spaces, heights and depths, fumes, airborne particles, noxious gases, bloodborne pathogens and various chemicals. Safety is of the utmost importance. The use of appropriate safety equipment will be mandatory in these areas to prevent hazardous contact.
· Must be able to sit, stand, stoop, twist and bend at the waist, turn, kneel, squat, raise arms above shoulder height, grasp, reach, perform repetitive hand movements and fine coordination when preparing reports and using a computer keyboard, have vision sufficient to read computer screens, printed documents and operate office equipment, have hearing in the normal range with or without correction. Within a 12-hour time-period, must be able to transport self across the facility, ascend and descend stair steps, lift objects up to 50 pounds from floor level to waist height, wearing and using appropriate safety equipment, including a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
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Hiring Range:
$23.59 – $29.48 Hourly
$49,057.00 – $61,321.00 Annually
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, NC Local Government Retirement System (LGERS), paid time off, and training opportunities