What are the responsibilities and job description for the UPW/WW Floater Operator position at Veolia WTS?
Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.
Job Description
As a Shift Lead Floater / Alternate, you’ll be on the front lines providing operations and maintenance
expertise on water treatment systems for one of our customers from one of a variety of industries. This
mission critical role involves working on a variety of technologies including, media filtration, softening,
reverse osmosis (RO), ion exchange (IX), de-oxygenation, electro deionization, and ultrafiltration (UF).
This role maintains and leads the shift to the highest standard with regard to professional attitude
toward work and safety.
As a Shift Lead Floater / Alternate, you will fill in when other Shift Leads, Operator 2 and Operator 1
employees are off with 24-hours’ notice. When not filling an open shift, the selected candidate will work
a TBD work schedule.
Key Characteristics:
- Dependable, accountable and diligent leader
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Excellent Troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Conduct maintenance and calibration activities
- Consult with customer management and operation teams
- Excellent mechanical know-how and problem-solving skills
- Ensure contract compliance of volume and quality specifications
- Operate, monitor, and optimize equipment performance
- Back fill Shift Lead, Operator 2 and Operator 1 positions.
- Responsible for all aspects of operations during their shift.
- Works alongside and directs the activities of other employees on their shift.
- Maintains accurate, neat and complete records of all production/operation logs and reports.
- Documents and elevates disciplinary issues to Plant Leadership.
- Provides leadership to and directs operations during the shift
- Assists or writes procedures, documents and reports to support EHS or quality systems or
- Carry out mechanical, electrical and controls troubleshooting on equipment
- Create and maintain site paperwork, and provide customers with detailed technical summaries
- Maintain inventory of spare parts and adequate supply of chemicals and replacement parts
- Monitor and maintain chemical injection systems
- Perform analytical testing such as: turbidity, hardness, chlorine, pH, CO2, O2, SDI, TOC, in
- Flush, change and clean process filters
- Maintain a clean work area
- Other duties as assigned
Preferred:
- At least 2 years of experience
- Knowledge of Reverse Osmosis and other water processing procedures and membrane
- Knowledge of the lab, works with the lab lead and performs quality control checks
- Operates forklift as needed.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
Required:
- High School Diploma / GED
- 2 years’ experience in operations, maintenance or equivalent in an industrial environment
- Experience in an Industrial Wastewater or Water Filtration facility
- Bachelor or Associates Degree in Science/Engineering (STEM) or technical certificate
- Chemical process or general chemistry knowledge and experience
Additional Information
Working Conditions
- Ability and willingness to perform physical duties such as lifting, climbing, working at elevated
- Ability and willingness to work in range of environments to include but not limited to industrial
Around the globe, we help cities and industries manage, optimize and make the most of their resources.
We provide an array of solutions related to water, energy and materials to promote a cleaner more
sustainable world for all of us. The collective expertise and passion of our people, combined with a
broad portfolio of over 10,000 technologies, makes us uniquely positioned to deliver solutions that
positively impact the environment. Come be part of something special - start your journey today!
- Competitive pay and opportunity for advancement. A place to build a career!
- Training in valuable skills
- Great benefits including retirement plans
- Opportunity for new challenges. We’re growing!
- Strong leadership team!
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.
