Plant Operator; S/L/V Job Boonville Missouri USA,Manufacturing / Production

Position: Plant Operator (S/L/V)
Location: Boonville

City of Carbondale, Illinois

Job Description/Job Opening Announcement

Title:

Plant Maintenance Operator (Sewer Division) – Sick Leave/Vacation Shift

4-year apprenticeship (2-year opportunity to advance), with a graduated salary scale and annual raises to the Journeyman rate, currently $29.93/hour.

Dept./Div.:
Public Works – Northwest Wastewater Treatment Plant Nature of Work:

This is a regular, full-time position at the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Sewer Division of the Public Works Department. The Plant Maintenance Operator is responsible for assigned duties related to the operation and maintenance of the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant and Systems. Duties are usually routine but can vary from day to day. This position requires the ability to respond quickly to emergencies, changing situations, and environments, to think critically, and to problem-solve.

The Plant Maintenance Operator reports to and is evaluated by the Wastewater Plant Superintendent and Director of Utilities or Designee.

Essential Duties:

Perform regular maintenance of all treatment plant facilities, equipment, pumps, motors, hoists, control panels and systems, valves, actuators, water and sewer lines, electrical systems, remote pumping stations, and other plant wastewater treatment and distribution appurtenances.

Use miscellaneous hand tools to diagnose and make repairs and perform maintenance as needed, including minor electrical repairs.

Use various power tools such as drills, saws, weed eaters, lawn mowers, buffers, and the like to perform maintenance, repairs, and all phases of janitorial work.

Work in and around raw water and sludge on a daily basis; enter tanks, manholes, and the like to perform duties as assigned, sometimes requiring hip waders/boots to walk in or through raw or processed water. Enter and work in confined spaces using proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and safety precautions.

Safely and effectively operate vehicles, equipment, and tools, including:

Lifting, carrying, and operating machinery, tools, pumps, generators, and other items weighing 75 to 150 pounds or more.
Manually drive vehicles, pickup trucks, dump trucks, end loaders, backhoes, skid loaders, tractors, mowers, and other heavy equipment.
Conduct pre-operation visual and manual checks of vehicles, tools, and equipment before use; remedy and promptly report problems and/or issues to supervisor.
Visually read and record information in writing on maintenance records.

Perform preventative maintenance on valves, drives, motors, pumps, handrails, equipment, and the like. Manually operate gate, plug, butterfly, sluice gates, and other standard valves using hand wheels, bars, chains, or wrenches.

Perform Wastewater Plant Operator duties, including: observing the appearance of the raw water entering the plant for color, odor, and temperature; performing bench tests of the water from various treatment points, including turbidity, pH, chlorine, and other parameters; exercising independent judgment to regulate treatment and chemical feed depending on changing conditions; preventive maintenance checks/rounds of the complete plant complex every two (2) hours regardless of weather conditions.

These checks/rounds include walking to floors of different levels, opening and closing heavy doors and gates, going up and down stairways, entering confined spaces, climbing up and down entrance ladders, reading and recording numbers from various meters and gauges and using standard mathematical calculations in this process, checking operating machinery and equipment for unusual noises, checking bearings for overheating and adding oil to equipment as needed.

Manually enters findings and notes in a Logbook. Use a personal computer to operate, monitor, and record plant systems, flow rates, operational information, and the like.

Proficiently use plant computerized and SCADA (Supervised Control and Data Acquisition) systems; comprehend, understand, and make adjustments to treatment processes based on information and feedback from the SCADA system and personal observations of treatment plant conditions. Operate variable frequency drives (VFD’s) both automatically…


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Plant Operator; S​/L​/V

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