Lift Station Operator

Lift Station Operator

Title:

Lift Station Operator

Location:

Angleton, TX

Department:
Public Works

Salary Range: $17.18 per hr DOQ

Maintains and controls plant machines and equipment of lift station facilities by performing the following duties:

• Controls and maintains electric motors, pumps, and valves to regulate wastewater flow into the wastewater treatment plant system.
• Repairs and lubricates machines and equipment.
• Performs daily maintenance at all lift stations.
• Read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Write correspondence and daily/weekly reports.
• Carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Manage problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Performs related duties as assigned and required.
• Rotating on-call schedule.

Education, Experience and Training (Certification/Licensure)

Education and/or

Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Texas Class "C" Driver's License
• Must currently have or be able to obtain a 'Collections II' license within 2 years of employment

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform these functions.

Frequent:

• Standing and walking
• Sitting
• Operation of a motor vehicle
• Use of digits, hands, and extremities to feel, handle, and manipulate objects
• Reaching and overhead reaching
• Bending, stooping, twisting, pushing, and pulling
• Crouching and kneeling
• Lifting to 25 lbs.
• Communication of information and ideas so others can understand. Must be able to share accurate information face-to-face, over the telephone and radio

Occasional:

• Crawling
• Lifting to 50lbs
• Climbing to heights and maintaining balance.

Visual Abilities. Requires the ability to see close-up, at a distance, and peripherally.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions, and moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

*** This position is considered essential and requires a response in an emergency.

The City of Angleton is an Equal Opportunity Employer.