What are the responsibilities and job description for the Apprentice Treatment Plant Operator position at City of Lubbock, TX?
Summary
Inspects, operates, and calibrates equipment in a water or wastewater treatment plant on an assigned shift. Performs routine lab analysis and maintains on-going results of analysis and lab equipment calibration.
Essential Functions
- Maintain proper treatment plant records, logs, and shift reports.
- Maintain proper treatment process control by backwashing filters, flushing valves, adjusting and balancing plant flow, adjusting chemical dosages, and other required tasks; record readings from meters, gauges, and other measuring devices.
- Monitor treatment plant equipment to determine operating condition.
- Obtain plant samples; perform daily process control analyses as scheduled and required; make standardized observations; report results.
- Maintain appearance of plant buildings, equipment, and grounds; clean debris from basins, filters, basements, buildings, pumps, and grounds; clean assigned areas and keep them orderly, clean shared work vehicle.
- Provide input regarding operational improvements in the areas of safety, process efficiency, and public image.
- Work on special projects as assigned by supervisory personnel.
- Perform related job duties as required.
Qualifications
Completion of a high school diploma or GED certificate with a preferred two years of relevant experience; or any combination of relevant experience which provides the following:
Must obtain a TCEQ Class 'D' Water or Wastewater Certification within one year.
Must attain a TCEQ Class 'C' Water or Wastewater Certification within two years.
Valid Current Driver's License
Physical Exam Required
*** Critical Infrastructure: This position has been determined to have close contact with, or control of Critical Infrastructure components. This position is subject to extensive background checks and random drug screening. ***
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of:
- Principles and methods of water or wastewater treatment;
- Safe Drinking Water Act for Water; Clean Water Act for Wastewater;
- OSHA and in-house safety manual.
- Work days, evenings, midnights, rotating shifts, holidays, weekends, on call;
- Monitor and control treatment plant equipment;
- Interpret written instructions;
- Work cooperatively with others;
- Operate a computer keyboard;
- Perform duties in noisy working conditions;
- Use self-contained breathing apparatus as required.
- Frequently lift up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
- Frequently carry up to 10 pounds and occasionally carry up to 50 pounds.
- Frequently flex upper trunk forward at the waist and partially flex at the knees.
- Frequently walk up and down stairs, climb ladders.
- Occasionally rotate upper trunk to the right or left while sitting or standing.
- Coordinate eye, hand, and foot movement.
- Place arms above, at, or below shoulder height.
- Frequently walk and stand during the shift.
