Plant Operator I

Job Title: Water Treatment Plant Operator
City & State Location: Hilger, MT

Description/Job Summary

HGL ‒ WHO WE ARE 

At HGL, we value our employees as individuals and as important members of our team. We offer a work environment that is flexible, inclusive, and dedicated to creating a sustainable future. We provide opportunities for a dynamic work environment surrounded by industry leaders working to solve today’s environmental, infrastructure, and natural resources challenges. 

HGL offers career advancement through internal and external training, skill advancement, and education. Projects at HGL span the United States and its territories all while solving problems associated with emerging contaminants (PFAS, radiological, and unexploded ordnance) along with traditional chemical contamination across all media. 

With over 550 employees, HGL is large enough to execute high profile projects, but small enough that personal working environments are possible with senior management and HGL's talented team members. By joining HGL, you will be working toward restoring the environment and protecting our future.

HGL ‒ WE INVEST IN YOU

It’s not just a job, it’s your career. HGL provides career growth opportunities via mentoring, training, education, and support for your certifications and licenses. HGL’s mission is to continually deliver new solutions and technologies for the ever-changing range of environmental challenges encountered in today’s world. HGL’s corporate culture ensures you’ll be given the opportunity for career advancement while being supported by bright, highly productive peers and leaders.

POSITION DESCRIPTION                                                              

HGL is currently seeking a Water Treatment Plant Operator to support work on the CR Kendall site in Central Montana. This position is to assist a team of on-site project personnel to operate the Site’s water treatment plants and to monitor plant operation and adjust process control variables to maintain efficient/optimum treatment rates. Systems within the treatment plant include a desktop computer (Human Machine Interface), air compressors, variety of centrifugal pumps, tank mixers, and multi-media filtration equipment.       

The position requires personnel to operate and monitor a variety of pumping stations located across the Site to ensure proper water containment and compliance with the overall water management plan. Pumping equipment includes centrifugal pumps, electric motors, diesel powered pumps, submersible pumps, well pumps, and numerous diesel-powered emergency backup generators. The Site is staffed 10 hours per day, 300 days per year with a minimum of two people. Weekend and Holiday work is sometimes required. Occasional extended overnight shifts are required due to severe weather (snow) during the Winter months. During overnight stays to clear site roadways of snow, sleep breaks are provided, and employees are paid for all the time required to be onsite. The Operator position is full-time and permanent and requires working both indoors and outdoors, in all weather conditions. Occasional periods of heavy physical labor (shoveling, lifting, etc.) are required.   

The position is 10-hours per shift and follows the schedule: 4 days on and alternating 4-day and 2-day weekends off.

Responsibilities/Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING 

The person hired for this role will be responsible for:

• Operating and monitoring a variety of water pumping stations and treatment plant facility with various treatment systems.
• Performing surface and groundwater sampling activities. Preserve samples according to established project SOP guidelines. Perform water quality analysis using both bench top instruments as well as field instruments. 
• Operation and maintenance of all capture systems, water conveyance lines, and electrical lines onsite
• Leach pad and pond solution inspection, monitoring and inventory.
• Maintain weekly pumpback checks - recording flow and discharge data.
• Influent/effluent sample collection and assistance with field lab analyses, including but not limited to: pH; Specific Conductivity; Nitrates; and Metals.
• Site-wide maintenance and management including:
  • General site maintenance of roads, reclamation, stormwater controls, snow removal, freight, and fencing.
  • Assist with both regularly scheduled preventative maintenance and non-routine maintenance of all pumps and equipment.
• Safe equipment operation including operation of the following equipment:
  • D4 dozer, backhoe, integrated tool carrier, 4-wheel drive pickup, 4-wheeler, and snowmobile.
  • Operation of HDPE fusion machine, arc welder, and cutting torch.
• Complying with Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) policies, including Readiness Reviews.
• Complies with procurement policies.
• Prepares and maintains various Excel-based spreadsheets which summarize site performance.
• Assisting with a variety of construction and/or demolition activities as directed by HGL Site management team.  
• Performing basic preventive maintenance inspections and service on water treatment plant and pumping station equipment. 
• Performing basic weed control, road maintenance and interior and exterior maintenance of treatment buildings and pump stations.
• Snow removal operating various methods including snow blowers and plow trucks.  
• Completes other tasks as assigned.

Required Skills

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

The ideal candidate will need the following as a foundation for success in this role:

• A minimum of 3 years of applicable work experience.
• A High School diploma or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Mechanical aptitude to perform preventative maintenance, troubleshoot and repair equipment.
• Candidate must be able to follow instructions, both verbally and written, covering all critical Site work activities and standard operating procedures (SOP’s).        
• Basic working knowledge of computers and Windows software.   
• Strong team member skills and a proven ability to work with minimal supervision.
• 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER (or within first 30 days of employment).     

WHAT YOU NEED TO STAND OUT (Preferred, not required)

• Prefer candidates with a minimum of three years industrial experience, mechanical aptitude, and prior 10-hour shift-work experience.  
• Prefer a candidate with background in water treatment plants in a mining setting.
• Prefer a candidate with a basic knowledge of chemical handling and safety.
• Welding, Mechanical, and/or Electrical Experience. 

Details

MORE ABOUT HGL AND THE OPPORTUNITY

We are all unique in our experiences and diversity of backgrounds, yet we share a drive and vision in our belief that we can make a difference in improving the world we live in through collaboration, teamwork, and a positive work environment. This unites and empowers us to strive for excellence in all our endeavors.

A pre-hire drug test is required. A pre-hire physical is required.

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
 
If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by phone at 703-478-5186 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. 

For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please click here.

A full list of benefits is available at www.hgl.com/careers/.

The salary range for this position ranges from $23.24 - $33.69 per hour. This position's final salary can be impacted by various factors including, but not limited to, contractual requirements, geographic location, job-related education, training, experience, and skills. If your desired salary falls outside of this range, we hope you'll still apply as there may be other positions that better align.

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