What are the responsibilities and job description for the Water Plant Operator position at Coweta, City of (OK)?
JOB
General PurposePerforms a variety of semi-skilled, skilled, and technical tasks in the daily operation and maintenance of the Water Treatment Facility.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesMonitors the operations of all treatment plant equipment, pumps, gauges, and SCADA system.Records and maintains laboratory, maintenance, and plant logs as required.Takes raw and finished water samples as required to monitor water quality. Performs laboratory analysis of raw and finished samples as required to maintain water quality. Takes daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly samples in the water distribution system to monitor compliance with State and Federal regulations. Makes adjustments to chemical feed rates, plant operations and equipment as needed to maintain water quality. Performs maintenance to plant equipment, pumps, valves, and gauges as needed.Performs general housekeeping duties of plant buildings, reservoir, and grounds.Peripheral DutiesResponds to all public works emergencies and natural disasters including flooding, tornados, fires, winter weather and all other natural disastersOther duties as assigned
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Tools and Equipment UsedMotor vehicle, telephone, common hand tools, generators, backhoe, dump truck, shovels, wrenches, two-way radio, personal computer, copy machine, and fax machine.Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and smell.The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.Work EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.Employee may be exposed to Bloodborne Pathogens. Hepatitis B Vaccination is available.
General PurposePerforms a variety of semi-skilled, skilled, and technical tasks in the daily operation and maintenance of the Water Treatment Facility.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesMonitors the operations of all treatment plant equipment, pumps, gauges, and SCADA system.Records and maintains laboratory, maintenance, and plant logs as required.Takes raw and finished water samples as required to monitor water quality. Performs laboratory analysis of raw and finished samples as required to maintain water quality. Takes daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly samples in the water distribution system to monitor compliance with State and Federal regulations. Makes adjustments to chemical feed rates, plant operations and equipment as needed to maintain water quality. Performs maintenance to plant equipment, pumps, valves, and gauges as needed.Performs general housekeeping duties of plant buildings, reservoir, and grounds.Peripheral DutiesResponds to all public works emergencies and natural disasters including flooding, tornados, fires, winter weather and all other natural disastersOther duties as assigned
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Tools and Equipment UsedMotor vehicle, telephone, common hand tools, generators, backhoe, dump truck, shovels, wrenches, two-way radio, personal computer, copy machine, and fax machine.Physical DemandsThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and smell.The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.Work EnvironmentThe work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.Employee may be exposed to Bloodborne Pathogens. Hepatitis B Vaccination is available.
