Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator​/Transitional Operator

Overview

Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Apprentice / Transitional Operator

Department: Environmental Resources

Final date to receive applications: Applications accepted through Sunday, February 1, 2026.

Job Announcement No: 26-023

Vacant Position(s): 1

Hours: 12 hour rotating shifts including weekends

Under direct supervision of the Operations Shift Supervisor, and leadership from the Operator, this associate while in a training capacity, assists in the performance of all required job duties to produce treated effluent that meets all state and federal regulations.

• Residuals treatment and disposal meeting all state and federal regulations.
• Collect and analyze samples for control and optimization of all treatment plant processes.
• Conduct bench-top tests for control and optimization of all treatment plant processes.
• Work with chemicals as required.
• Monitor and ensure that all equipment is in proper working condition; communicate with the shift supervisor and/or maintenance department personnel concerning problems encountered.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment as required.
• Monitor and operate the most economical and efficient equipment based upon treatment process needs, distribution system demands, and power consumption.
• Monitor and perform calculations, implement, and optimize chemical dosages.
• Prepare and maintain accurate daily and monthly plant operations reports, and chemical inventory records. Input data into various databases.
• Maintain accurate and complete plant operation logs.
• Order chemicals and handle deliveries as required.
• May be required to work under emergency conditions.
• Regular attendance is required.
• Job performance must conform to all CWS policies and procedures.
• Specific knowledge of CWS Environmental Management System Policy and Procedures.

• Enter data into a computer database.
• Light maintenance of equipment on weekends and in absence of maintenance staff.
• May be required to participate in Intra/Inter Departmental cross training.
• Basic overview of SCADA Screens.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, verbally and with a 2-way radio, including comprehension of complex oral and written instructions.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral and written communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making adjustments to equipment.
• Ability to convey detailed instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, and quickly.
• Ability to make visual observations of basins and equipment, obtain instrument readings, collect samples, and field test readings from numerous sample points.
• Must be able to maneuver large valve operator wheels and chain mechanisms.
• Ability to lift, carry and/or pour 50 pound bags of dry chemicals from a height of four feet from the floor.
• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. On occasion this can require greater than 50 lbs of force. Objects greater than 50 lbs require a two-person operation.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Routinely ascend/descend ladders, stairs and ramps as high as 13 stories. Ability to work at elevated height levels as needed to perform various tasks.
• Constantly positions self to move, traverse for long distances as necessary to perform required work. Must be able to move about extensively to inspect the treatment plant with varied topography and features.
• Ability to work 12 hour shifts, rotating (day and night).
• Constantly works in internal/external environmental conditions. Subject to atmospheric conditions that affect the respiratory system or skin. PPE required.
• Worker may be required to wear a respirator and/or SCBA.
• Required to work with chemicals used in wastewater treatment processes.
• Ability to navigate restricted spaces such as chemical pits and spiral stairwells as needed to perform required job functions.
• Must be able to wear PPE as defined in the Job Safety Analysis (JSA).