Water​/Wastewater Technician

Water/Wastewater Technician

The Water/Wastewater Technician is responsible for protecting the city sewer collection system and its employees, the local wastewater treatment plant and its employees, the public, and the environment through performing commercial and industrial facility inspections, drafting wastewater discharge permits, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal wastewater regulations through performing monitoring and enforcement activities.

• Experience in environmental compliance inspection or chemical wastewater laboratory analytical experience.
• A technical background in wastewater regulations and knowledge of wastewater and pretreatment regulation.
• Ability to perform extensive report writing, plan review, complex calculations, and experience working with a wide variety of computer software applications.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a customer service orientation.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers and the public.
• Strong problem solving and analytical abilities to research and resolve complex problems.

Teams expect you to embody the City’s mission and the “Five Tool Player” attributes:
Leader, Thinker, Communicator, Operator, Public Servant, and adhere to the City’s Customer Service Philosophy of Empathy, Respect, and Problem Solving.

• Conduct inspections of industrial users' facilities; identify and classify industries, write inspection reports and industry fact sheets, issue non-compliance documents and corrective actions.
• Collect wastewater samples to meet local, state, and federal monitoring requirements.
• Conduct inspections and investigate sources of illegal discharge into the public sewer.
• Review industrial wastewater surveys and permit applications.
• Calibrate, maintain and operate water and wastewater monitoring equipment such as flow, pH, conductivity meters and automatic samplers.
• Maintain records related to wastewater quality and chain‑of‑custody records for wastewater samples.
• Conduct wastewater field tests for flow, pH, conductance, and other physical and chemical characteristics.
• Review and evaluate industrial wastewater monitoring reports and prepare notices of violations.
• Assist in the preparation of wastewater quality reports for submission to local, state and federal agencies.
• Maintain wastewater quality data and databases.
• Draft and revise industrial wastewater permits; maintain industrial wastewater permits, inspection and monitoring reports, and correspondence files.
• Investigate wastewater overflow incidents, monitoring, and prepare reports in compliance with wastewater discharge regulations.
• Respond to customer inquiries regarding water quality and industrial wastewater pretreatment requirements.
• Perform other duties as required.

• Education: High school diploma or recognized equivalent, including or supplemented by technical courses or training in chemistry, mathematics, environmental engineering, computer operations, and other subjects applicable to water and wastewater quality control.
• Experience: One year of experience as an engineering aide, engineering technician, or in a position related to water and wastewater quality control, industrial wastewater pretreatment, or related work experience.
• License: A valid California Class C driver license and an acceptable driving record at the time of appointment and throughout employment.
• Desirable: Graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate degree majoring in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or a closely related field and two years of progressively responsible experience in environmental compliance inspection or chemical wastewater laboratory analytical experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Certification (Grade I) in industrial waste inspection.