Operator

Position Purpose: 

Operates and maintains water/wastewater treatment, processing, disposal and testing equipment in water/wastewater treatment facility to purify water to meet permit and operational requirements.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Tends automatic and semi-automatic machines and related equipment including pumps, generators, valves, mixers, chemical feed and filter presses used to decontaminate waste water by settling, aeration and dewatering.
• Monitors control panels and adjusts valves manually to regulate flow.
• Monitors flow meters, gauges, flow ratios, pressures and related controls through instrument panels in assigned area.
• Monitors and records operating conditions observations and data in area shift log.
• Ensures conformance to process specifications. Diagnoses basic operational problems and takes corrective acti...