Austin Water Treatment Plant Worker - Austin Water

About This Position

ABOUT AUSTIN WATER:
For more than 100 years, Austin Water has provided safe, reliable, high-quality and affordable water services to our customers. Today, we serve more than 1 million people across 544 square miles in the Austin metropolitan area.

Austin Water consistently ranks among the best in the country when it comes to water quality. We also treat, return, and recycle wastewater in ways that protect environmental resources. Austin Water exceeds federal and state requirements for clean water and environmental compliance at our water and wastewater treatment plants.

Purpose:

Working under close supervision, perform basic tasks to provide operational and general maintenance support at a water or wastewater treatment plant, wastewater collection or water distribution systems facility, and work in teams to assist with more complex tasks. Using established procedures, provides grounds and facility maintenance, and assists plant operation and maintenance technicians.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Operates and checks a variety of powered and non-powered equipment including, but not limited to, backhoe, bobcat, weed-eater, vacuum cleaner, buffer, lawn mower, rider mower, and front-end loader. Adjusts equipment, including chemical feed, as directed.
• Cleans and maintains equipment and facilities.
• Assists plant operation and maintenance technicians to perform mechanical maintenance tasks.
• Assists, under direction of licensed operator, with process control tasks such as a basic flow control, sampling, basic laboratory testing, normal operations of pumps and blowers, and adjusting chemical feeds.
• Handles a variety of hazardous and non-hazardous solvents and chemicals.
• Reads and interprets simple drawings and diagrams.
• Reads gauges and meters.
• Maintains records, enters and retrieves data using CMMS software.
• May act as member of confined space team and serve as entrant or assistant.

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: None

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of City of Austin policies and procedures related to treatment operations.
• Knowledge of City of Austin safety practices, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of general maintenance practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of basic math including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, decimalized numbers, fractions, and percentages.
• Knowledge of ground and facility maintenance.
• Knowledge of various powered equipment.
• Knowledge of hand and power tools.
• Skill in operating motorized equipment.
• Ability to learn basic computer skills.
• Ability to work in environments that may have hazardous atmospheres.
• Ability to climb ladders and work at heights of up to 200 feet and to work in confined spaces 100-feet deep.
• Ability to work in permit and non-permit confined spaces.
• Ability to safely wear anti-fall (SRL) body harness for confined space entry that supports up to 283 pounds.
• Ability to walk, stand, sit, bend, stoop, twist, push, pull, climb, kneel, crawl, and lift/carry up to fifty (50) pounds unassisted.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other City employees and the public.
• Ability to read and follow technical guidelines and standard operation procedures.
• Ability to take simple readings from meters, gauges, control panels, and testing and monitoring…