What are the responsibilities and job description for the Water Treatment Plant Operator position at City of Raleigh?
Salary
$42,357.00 - $68,480.00 Annually
Location
Raleigh, NC
Job Type
Full-Time
Job Number
2025-00257
Department
PU Water Plant
Opening Date
03/05/2025
Closing Date
3/19/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Work Hours
Monday - Friday; 7:00 pm - 7:30 am (Permanent night shift)
Hiring Range
$42,357.00 - $52,000.00
Job Description
Every day, City of Raleigh employees are working behind the scenes in critical functions that serve our community. The team at Raleigh Water help make us a world-class leader in sustainable water and wastewater service delivery. In fact, the city of Raleigh has the safest drinking water in the country.
Raleigh Water’s mission is to provide safe, sustainable water services for our customers while protecting public health and contributing to the economic, environmental, and social vitality of our communities. To carry out our mission and continue to provide the safest and best drinking water to our community, we are seeking a skilled Water Treatment Plant Operator devoted to providing operational, technical, and maintenance support for the City's water and wastewater treatment plans.
What We Offer:
- We pay for your training, professional classes, test, and CEU’s
- Growth Opportunities! Learn as you grow with On-the-Job Training (OJT) available as part of career development
- We’ve got you covered - Uniforms, safety shoes and tools provided
- A culture of continuous improvement
- Stability - You can’t outsource water
- Work-Life Balance! Work 16 days a month / 12-hour shifts
We Take Care of You! Our Benefits Include:
- Paid Time Off: Vacation, Well-Being Leave, Birthday Leave, Personal Leave, Petty Leave, Service to Others
- Extra Pay! Receive 2.5x OT pay when you work on a holiday.
- Over 2 weeks of vacation earned during your first year
- 12 sick days earned per year.
- Low-cost Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Retirement (Pension): Start young and retire early!
- Optional supplemental retirement plans
- Wellness programs
- Tuition assistance program
- Military friendly - use your GI Bill
About the Position:
The Water Treatment Plant Operator performs a variety of operational, and process lab work used for monitoring the treatment process for safe drinking water. This employee also monitors all equipment at the plant and remote sites and must have the ability to make necessary process adjustments when water quality changes occur. Employees in this role are essential front-line staff, ensuring safe drinking water. Work includes monitoring all tank levels and operating pump stations in 6 merger towns as well as the City of Raleigh.
Work Hours and Location:
This position will be primarily located at: E. M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant. Operators may be temporarily assigned to other plants based on staffing levels. The primary work hours will be on a permanent night shift from 7:00 pm - 7:30 am, with occasional after hour emergency support required, such as during inclement weather events.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Performs visual, olfactory, and auditory checks of assigned areas of the treatment plant to detect any failures of equipment and electronics
- Monitors and validates Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) information, including chemical feeds, filter rates, reservoir levels and filter parameters. Operates and makes equipment adjustments as needed
- Performs facility equipment inspections such as monitoring distribution tank levels, responding to plant equipment alarms, and determining required corrective actions. Completes repairs and/or notifies appropriate maintenance personnel, leader, or supervisor of critical issues
- Performs, collects and/or reports sampling and laboratory analysis for process control and/or compliance reporting. Monitors chemical levels within established parameters and verifies data accuracy and reliability
- Receives and responds to briefings related to current plant status, safety, training and daily operating instructions. Reviews SCADA status and performs assigned operational and routine maintenance tasks
- Completes daily record-keeping and data entry. Enters and maintains data in laboratory information management system, such as daily logs and assignment-related documentation
- Receives and monitors chemical deliveries and required tank capacity and maintains appropriate storage of chemicals and supplies
- Performs routine grounds maintenance and general maintenance of work areas. As needed, hauls, dumps, and loads residuals
- Attends team meetings and safety training
Typical Qualifications
Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or GED and three years of maintenance experience
OR
An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation.
Licensing and Certifications:
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Certification for water/wastewater operators consistent with North Carolina law:
- NC Grade C Surface Certification, or the ability to obtain within 2 years of hire
- Required to provide copy of High School Diploma or GED to the certification board while obtaining C-Surface
- Valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record, or the ability to obtain one within 60 days of hire
Additional Information
Knowledge of:
- Standard practices, methods, and materials of assigned work
- Industry math concepts
- Digital filing and record-keeping principles
- Occupational hazards and applicable safety principles and practices
- Uses and properties of supplies and equipment, including specialized equipment relevant to area of assignment
- Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations
- Customer service principles
- Modern office technology
Skill In:
- Performing equipment inspections and monitoring operational requirements
- Reviewing system data and laboratory testing results and taking appropriate action
- Data review and error correction
- Industry math computations
- Organizing, updating, maintaining reports, records and files, data, and documentation
- Comprehending reference books and Standard Operating Procedures
- Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations, and standards
- Providing customer service
- Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications
- Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the public and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
ADA and Other Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
Medium Work:
Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Working Conditions:
Work is performed in both the field and in an indoor office environment with frequent exposure to hazardous physical conditions (such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibration, etc.); frequent exposure to atmospheric conditions (such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, poor ventilation, etc.); moderate exposure to hazardous materials (such as chemicals, blood and other body fluids); frequent exposure to environmental conditions (such as disruptive people, imminent danger, or a threatening environment); frequent exposure to extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting and movement restrictions; and moderate exposure intense noise or travel.
Note:
This job classification description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) designation may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.
Employer
City of Raleigh North Carolina
Address
222 W. Hargett St.
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27601
Website
https://raleighnc.gov
Salary : $42,357 - $68,480
