What are the responsibilities and job description for the Water Treatment Operator position at Olin Corporation?
Olin Winchester, LLC (“Winchester”), considered one of the world’s leading ammunition manufacturers, is seeking a Water Treatment Operator. This position will be located at the Lake City Army Ammunitions Plant in Independence MO. With a reputation steeped in tradition, we have earned the moniker, ‘The American Legend’ by delivering on our commitment to excellence in everything we do – including staffing our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities with diverse, energetic employees. Read on to learn more about this exciting opportunity and join our quest for the best.
Water Treatment Operators start at $27.57/hour.
Essential Functions*:
- Operate and perform maintenance work required of the Industrial or Neutralized explosives or Pyrotechnic wastewater and Water Plant treatment plants and systems in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and related Fundamental Manufacturing Processes (FMP).
- Perform start-up, operations, and shut down of at least two of the treatment facilities including the Water Plant.
- Draw Samples and make various chemical analysis, start and stop equipment, maintain an adequate supply of chemicals in hoppers or tanks, adjusts, cleans, lubricates, and maintains various treatment equipment such as pumps, clarifiers, filters, chemical feeders, and filter presses.
- Transport industrial and hazardous wastewater to the proper treatment facility.
- Perform general millwright and pipefitting duties.
- Operate all vacuum, high-pressure jet equipment, and trucks.
- Perform environmental routes and sampling.
- Use work order and maintenance systems, order parts and accessories, maintain operational records of treatment facilities and other shift activities.
Position Requirements*:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum one year of recent related experience; Waste Water Treatment experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of basic electrical, pipefitting/plumbing. Mechanical skills and abilities. Demonstrated skills in plumbing and mechanical repairs.
- Must possess a valid state driver's license and be able to obtain a Government driver's license.
- Specific environmental training will be required for incumbents. Including but not limited to Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Spill Prevention Control and Counter measures (SPCC), HAZMAT, HAZCOM, Underground Storage Tank (UST), Sampling, Asbestos control, Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) & Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation and decontamination of equipment.
- Ability and willingness to work any shift, including overtime.
- This position requires access to ITAR controlled technical data, and as such, employment will be contingent upon the candidate's ability to access ITAR controlled technical data pursuant to an export license approved by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
- This position requires successful vetting as an Employee Possessor in accordance with U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
- This position requires successful vetting for unescorted access in accordance with U.S. Army and Department of Defense access policies.
What’s in it for you?
While many of our employees have worked at Olin for their entire career, we constantly strive to bring new people with new points of view into the company. Your career is important to us, and we work with you to create development plans that help you achieve your career goals.
Our employees enjoy the following employment enhancements and more:
- Paid parental leave (up to 160 hours) and additional leave programs
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance effective Day 1
- Fertility Benefits (lifetime maximum $25,000)
- 401(k) with an employer match and retirement contribution account
- Paid Time Off
- Diverse Employee Networks
- Employee Ammunition Purchase Program
Why Winchester?
Winchester is one of three proud business units of Olin Corporation. Olin began in 1892 and has steadily grown to become the industry leader in both ammunition and chemicals manufacturing. Winchester, Olin Chlor Alkali Products & Vinyls and Olin Epoxy employ approximately 8,000 professionals in more than 20 countries with customers in nearly 100 countries around the globe.
*This list is not intended to be all inclusive.
Olin does not provide any form of sponsorship to applicants not authorized to work in the US.
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Olin is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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