Waste Water Treatment Operator- 5th Shift

Certified Industrial Wastewater Treatment Operator

Location:

Andover, MA (350 Lowell St, AN1 Essex Bldg)

Shift: 5th Shift – Friday, Saturday, Sunday 5:00pm–5:00am

Starting Wage: $48.46 per hour

• Work to general supervisory instruction, charts, manual, and flow diagrams, applying specialized training in wastewater treatment technology.
• Operate, monitor, and oversee a variety of equipment to treat or remove wastes or contaminants such as cyanides, chromes, acids, alkalis, volatile organic compounds, and floor spills from work areas.
• Monitor operation of instrumentation and recorders during treatment to measure, control and record oxidation reduction potential.
• Implement immediate corrective measures where recorder and/or alarm system signals a potential upset.
• Takes required samples and measurements; performs required chemical analyses.
• Maintain cleanliness of wastewater treatment areas.
• Takes emergency action to clear chemical lines and piping, services valves and pumps, and proportion feeders and mixers.
• Calibrate and maintain pH and ORP chemical controllers, electrodes, flow and control equipment.
• Determine and prepare appropriate ratios of chemical mixes for batch treatment.
• Participate on chemical, hazardous waste, and blood borne pathogens spill response team.
• Perform general maintenance and housekeeping of workplace, tools and equipment.
• Maintain records and move material.
• Follow safety rules in performance of duties.
• Perform other similar duties as required or directed.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Active Class IV Full Industrial Waste Treatment Operator’s License or higher as required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Successfully pass a hazmat/respiratory physical exam.
• U.S. citizenship required (U.S. security clearance required).
• Preferred: Advanced academic instruction in chemistry, bacteriology, or wastewater treatment and technology.
• Ongoing technical hours as required by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Computer skills.
• Experience with WWT issues in a complex manufacturing facility.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section
503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.