DOC Vienna CC Sewage Plant Operator

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Vienna, IL, US, 62995

​Agency: Department of Corrections
Class Title: SEWAGE PLANT OPERATOR - 40500
Skill Option: None
Bilingual Option: None
Closing Date/Time: 11:59 pm, 03/17/2025
Salary: $56.73 - $59.85 an hour ($9,871.02 - $10,413.90 a month)
Job Type: Hourly
Category: Full Time
County: Johnson
Number of Vacancies: 1
Plan/BU: PR000

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Posting Identification Number 45009

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Position Overview

The Sewage Plant Operation position, located at the Vienna Correctional Center will be a part of the maintenance team working in an industrial setting to monitor operating conditions of the facility. The primary role of the sewage plant operator is to collect and test sewage samples to stay within IEPA parameters, controlling machinery and equipment, coordinating with fellow employees, and monitoring meters and gauges. This position requires the candidate to have an E.P.A. Class II Wastewater Treatment Works Operator Certificate. We are looking for a dedicated candidate seeking to be an integral part of our team, a candidate that can be trusted to display professionalism, integrity, civility, transparency, accountability, and responsiveness in all actions. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Essential Functions

• Performs a variety of manual tasks in the operation of the sewage wastewater treatment plant.
• Supervises individual in custody workers in all aspects of normal and emergency plant operation, including building/grounds maintenance and sludge conditioning/removal.
• Performs daily tests to ensure efficient proper plant operations.
• Remain up-to-date and in compliance with Departmental Rules, Administrative Directives, Institutional Directives, Institutional Policies, and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental developmental equivalent to completion of four (4) years of high school, with a course in chemistry.
• Requires three (3) years of experience in sewage treatment plant operation.
• Requires possession of an E.P.A. Class II Wastewater Treatment Works Operator Certificate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience inspecting and repairing pumps, motors, bearings, aerators, valves, gauges, and meters.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience operating and maintaining oxidation ditch with aeration systems, sludge management systems with sludge land application, sewage collection systems, and laboratory analysis.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience taking daily tests from processing tanks, at intervals.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience drawing samples from sewage effluent.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience of analyzing sewage effluent to prevent water pollution.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience treating sludge with chemicals.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience maintaining equipment, machines, and systems used in sewage plant.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience removing and disposing of solids from bar screens and trash racks.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of position held, is prohibited.
• Applicants are required to abide by all vaccine and/or other medical standards as set out by the employer.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.

Work Hours: See Below:

6:00 am - 2:30 pm, Thursday & Friday off

Work Location: Vienna Correctional Center, 6695 State Route 146 E Vienna, IL 62995-3122

Agency Contact: Amanda Sanders

Email: A manda.Sanders@illinois.gov

Posting Group: Building, Fleet & Institutional Support; Public Safety

This position DOES NOT contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).

Salary : $57 - $60