Full-Time
Wastewater Treatment Plant Senior Operator
Aqua Engineers
Compensation Overview
$35.98 - $44.01/hr
+ 12% annual incentive bonus
Kailua-Kona, HI, USA
In Person
Category
 Facilities Operations (1) |
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Required Skills
Word/Pages/Docs
Data Analysis
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
- Possesses a valid driver's license.
- Possesses or is able to obtain through reciprocity a valid State of Hawaii Grade IV Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator License.
- Understands wastewater treatment processes including MBBR, MBR, SBR, extended aeration, anaerobic and aerobic digestion, bio-towers, activated sludge, clarifiers, rotating biological contactors, and trickling filters.
- Possesses knowledge of wastewater treatment plant operations and maintenance, collection systems, and reuse-water treatment and disposal at the level expected of a State of Hawaii Grade IV WWTP Operator.
- Possesses thorough operating knowledge of at least two specified treatment processes, including digestion, thickening, chemical and biological treatment, chemical recovery, carbon regeneration, on-site disinfectant generation, oxidation ditch, ultraviolet disinfection, odor scrubbing, chlorination and dechlorination, membrane and sand filtration, or activated sludge.
- Has the ability to prepare basic correspondence and simple reports in Microsoft Word.
- Has the ability to use Microsoft Excel to create tables and simple displays of information.
- Has the ability to operate and maintain electrical controls and equipment, diagnose plant equipment, and supervise correction of equipment issues.
- Has the ability to use the company's computerized maintenance software.
- Has the ability to review equipment operational reports and laboratory analyses of wastewater and instruct others in equipment-related operating practices and procedures.
- Effectively interprets and communicates written and verbal opinions and analyses of collected information.
- Resolves conflicts involving employees, customers or clients, the public, legal entities, or governmental authorities.
- Compiles, analyzes, and prepares correspondence, reports, articles, and other documentation.
- Meets the health and physical condition standards necessary to perform the duties.
- Can work in hazardous, unsanitary, and unpleasant conditions.
- Can work shift, weekend, and holiday schedules.
- Can perform heavy lifting up to 50 pounds and other manual work under adverse conditions.
Responsibilities
- Ensures the safe, efficient, and economical operation of equipment in wastewater treatment plants to optimize processes and protect public health.
- Performs maintenance and upkeep of equipment and operating devices.
- Performs physical and chemical tests.
- Provides leadership to WWTP Operators and exercises leadership authority over them.
- Interprets data and makes recommendations to improve plant equipment and processes.
- Operates and maintains sewer pump stations.
- Troubleshoots plant equipment.
- Maintains and updates plant records.
- Prepares operational reports.
- Organizes projects or the work of others.
- Manages assigned duties and responsibilities on a fixed schedule, independently prioritizing work when required.
- Applies problem-solving skills.
- Considers the impact of work products on other employees in the work process.
- Follows applicable safety rules and practices.
- Selects from established alternatives to modify approaches in response to encountered situations.