Water Treatment Plant Operator Apprentice​/Transitional Operator

Job Description

Water Treatment Plant Operator

Job Announcement No: 26-010

Vacant Position(s): 1

Department: Hanahan Water Treatment Plant

Applications Accepted through: Sunday, January 18, 2026

Salary Range: SEE BELOW

Grade: SEE BELOW

Hours: 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Rotating Shift (Day/Night)

Under direct supervision of the Operations Shift Supervisor and leadership from the Water Treatment Plant Journeyman Operator, this associate, while in a training capacity, assists in the performance of all required job duties to produce finished water that meets all state and federal regulations.

• Residuals treatment and disposal meeting all state and federal regulations.
• Collect and analyze samples for control and optimization of all treatment plant processes.
• Conduct bench‑top tests for control and optimization of all treatment plant processes.
• Required to work with chemicals.
• Monitor and ensure that all equipment is in proper working condition; communicate with the shift supervisor and/or maintenance department personnel concerning problems encountered.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on equipment as required.
• Monitor and operate the most economical and efficient equipment based upon treatment process needs, distribution system demands, and power consumption.
• Monitor and perform calculations, implement, and optimize chemical dosages.
• Prepare and maintain accurate daily and monthly plant operations reports, and chemical inventory records. Input data into various databases.
• Maintain accurate and complete plant operation logs.
• Order chemicals and handle deliveries as required.
• May be required to work under emergency conditions.
• Regular attendance is required.
• Essential functions will advance in complexity as the associate accelerates through the Water Treatment Plant Operator Apprenticeship Program.
• Job performance must conform to all CWS policies and procedures.
• Specific knowledge of CWS Environmental Management System Policy and Procedures.

• Enter data into a computer database.
• Light maintenance of equipment on weekends and in absence of maintenance staff.
• May be required to participate in Intra/Inter Departmental cross training.
• Basic overview of SCADA Screens.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Additional duties will advance in complexity as the associate accelerates through the Water Treatment Plant Operator Apprenticeship Program.

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, verbally, and with a 2‑way radio, including comprehension of complex oral and written instructions.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral and written communication and to make fine discriminations in sound.
• Ability to convey detailed instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, and quickly.
• Ability to make visual observations of all basins and equipment, obtain instrument readings, collect samples, and field test readings from numerous sample points.
• Must be able to maneuver large valve operator wheels and chain mechanisms.
• Ability to lift, carry and/or pour 50‑pound bags of dry chemicals from a height of four feet.
• Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion; may require greater than 50 lbs of force.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Routinely ascend/descend ladders, stairs and ramps as high as three stories; ability to work at elevated height levels as needed.
• Constantly positions self to move, traverse for long distances as necessary to perform required work.
• Ability to work 12‑hour shifts, rotating (both day and night).
• Constantly works in internal / external environmental conditions; subject to atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, etc.;
  Personnel Protective Equipment required.
• Worker may be required to wear a respirator and/or self‑contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
• Required to work with chemicals used in water treatment processes.
• Ability to navigate restricted spaces such as chemical pits, spiral stairwell, etc. as needed.
• Must be able to wear Personnel…