What are the responsibilities and job description for the Waste Water Treatment Operator position at Hunter Douglas?
Description
Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.
We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?
Position Overview
Performs routine operational support and required maintenance work. Monitors defined treatment processes by reading and interpreting meters and gauges; maintains operating efficiency of valves and pumps; performs analysis of processes through sampling. All work is performed within accordance and strict compliance of State of Colorado, City and Federal environmental statutes and governmental department regulations.
What you'll do
- An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. (These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.)
- Oversees the process of pumping wastewater generated from the printing operations area within the production facility to the onsite 5,000-gallon collection and holding tank.
- Insures that transport lines to the onsite collection and holding tank are clear and obstructed; that recirculation pumps are operating efficiently and that flow rates and controls are within operational tolerance guidelines. Takes immediate action to notify pump or transport line repair / service companies to correct and resolve problems as soon as they are discovered.
- Monitors digital readouts and records intake and retention levels available within the collection and holding tank prior to pumping materials to it.
- Activates and monitors system controls where an air operated diaphragm pump is engaged and moves the wastewater along to the additional holding tanks whereby mixers continuously distribute and suspend the mixture to prevent sedimentation from occurring.
- Draws jar samples to analyze measurements of wastewater mixture contained within the holding tank to determine correct level of additives to floc the mixture and pH levels to optimize chemical reactions within the treatment system. Monitors and continually observes digital readouts of the process to make necessary adjustments to additives due to variance levels within the mixture.
- Monitors mixture as it is pumped through the filter press. Makes adjustments to filters to insure that they are operating correctly and efficiently. Removes from each screen of the filter press captured solid waste for disposal.
- Reactivates pump and opens lines for transport and discharge to receiving waters of the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) collection system of the city.
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Position requires regular and predictable attendance.
- Employees are held accountable for all duties of this job.
- Completes and files with appropriate governing agencies, various reports that are mandated by Federal, State and local regulations in order to operate a IWTS for the business organization.
- Flushes retention tanks and cleans the general treatment plant area as part of basic equipment maintenance and upkeep according to equipment and established industry standards.
- Insures that all safety equipment is operating within first class condition; is stored properly during non-use times, and is correctly used during times of usage.
- Responds to inquiries and works with governing agencies and their representatives in the course of the operation of the IWTS.
- Communicates on a frequent basis with the Manager Safety / Environmental, Project Engineer and other representatives of the business organization on matters relating to wastewater treatment and adherence of environmental statutes.
Who you are
An employee in this position, upon appointment, should have the equivalent of the following
What's in it for you?
