Treatment System Operator

Overview

AECOM is currently seeking an experienced Treatment System Operator for employment in Oklahoma City, OK. The position will need to be on-site at a federally owned site in the Oklahoma City area.

The successful candidate must have experience in treatment system operations and environmental remediation/sampling. Hands-on mechanical experience and interests are preferred (e.g., construction, pump maintenance, pipe assembly, and instrumentation calibrations). The need is for a Full-Time (40 hours per week) Water Treatment Operator for a 50 gpm pilot-scale treatment facility evaluating the removal of PFAS from a river body for remediation purposes.

The pilot facility will include a conventional treatment process, TOC removal through an ion-exchange process, removal of O&G with organoclay, and two different types of PFAS removal media. The successful candidate will be the primary operator of the pilot-scale treatment facility, often performing maintenance tasks independently.

• Daily maintenance of process equipment.
• Operating surface water treatment facility equipment, inspecting equipment for compliance with specifications, troubleshooting equipment, and maintaining proper project documentation.
• Sampling surface water influent and effluent from the treatment system. Preparing chains-of-custody and sample cooler loading in preparation for transport to contracted analytical laboratories.
• Collecting water quality data, as needed, and maintaining proper project documentation.
• Driving AECOM-leased site vehicles.
• Monitoring that specified amounts of chemicals (such as oxidants, coagulants, flocculants, acids, and bases) are being supplied as required or adjusting automatic devices that admit specified amounts of chemicals into the water treatment system.
• Operate valves to regulate water through filter beds to remove impurities.
• Monitor the pumping of treated water through the effluent.
• Monitors panel board and adjusts controls to regulate flow rates, loss of head pressure and water elevation, and distribution of water.
• Cleans tanks and filter beds, using backwashing.
• Repairs and lubricates machines and equipment, using hand tools and power tools.
• Tests water samples to determine acidity, color, and impurities, using colorimeter, turbidimeter, and conductivity meter.
• Participate in amending/developing procedures (as needed) for the operation of the treatment facility.
• Adhering to the plant’s O&M, Waste Management and Health and Safety Plan.
• Oversee contractors as directed.
• Capable of functioning with spreadsheet, word processing, and standard office software.

• BS in Geology, Engineering, Environmental Science, or other related sciences + 2 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Due to the nature of this work US Citizenship required.
• Must pass a State and Federal criminal history/security pre-employment background check; many projects/clients are security sensitive and require periodic post-employment background checks.
• Ability to pass a client-mandated drug test.
• In order to receive a security badge at the client worksite for which you are being hired to perform services, you will be required to pass the client's background, medical and drug screening requirements, which will be done after you have commenced employment and is a condition of your continued employment.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and clean driving record. Ability to drive at a federally owned site using an AECOM provided Vehicle to operate treatment system.
• Physically able, with or without an accommodation, to work in outdoor environments with uneven terrain, variable outdoor conditions including heat, cold, moisture, chemicals, and noise.
• Position requires frequent (more than 50% of workday) standing/walking; often (25-50% of workday) performing power gripping/squeezing (hand tools, levers, etc.), operation of vehicles, performing repetitive or fine hand movements, and lifting of less than 25 pounds; occasionally (10-25% of workday) performing work with arms above shoulder level, repetitive bending & stooping, working at heights, climbing stairs, using portable ladders, work in an environment of heavy, moving, dangerous equipment, work in confined spaces, keyboard/mouse operations, work alone, and lifting of 25-50 pounds.
• Position will include wearing associated personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to gloves, safety glasses/goggles, safety shoes/boots, hard hat, hearing protection, respiratory, and fall protection equipment.
• Participate in and successfully complete post-offer, pre-employment baseline physical in accordance with 29 CFR . Thereafter, candidate must also comply with OSHA (29 CFR ) requirements including 40hr/8 hr, medical surveillance.
• Flexibility on work hours is a must. This includes periodically working weekends if there is a need.

• 4+ years of experience with mechanical equipment operation and…