Lead Waste Water

Lead Wastewater

Lead wastewater involves maintaining healthy operation of pretreatment equipment, developing and maintaining the chemical and biological treatment strategy for wastewater processing, and identifying, testing, and evaluating alternate chemical treatments, aeration strategies, and lagoon operating parameters to ensure the lowest cost treatment plan is used. The role also includes overseeing DAF efficiency and personnel, assisting with storm water and air inspections, and maintaining a compliant, effective, and economical wastewater treatment system.

Additionally, the position requires significant involvement in the Environmental Sustainability initiative of the facility, including water conservation/waste minimization/energy efficiencies programs. The lead wastewater role involves detecting and reporting defective materials or questionable conditions to the manager, managing all systems involving the collection, treatment, and quality control related to plant wastewater, and advising plant operations on alternate technologies to conserve water, reduce nitrogen absorption into waste streams, reduce solids suspensions in waste streams, and control sulfides and other corrosives within water systems.

The role also includes leading the development of wastewater treatment, department budget, and operating within the limits of that budget, overseeing maintenance practices on all equipment to ensure that the facility is properly maintained, managing labor practices of direct reports, including hours worked, hiring, firing, and performance development process, and managing labor relations in accordance with plant guidelines and state and federal laws.

Working conditions include a production setting with exposure to various chemicals, machinery, and knives, slippery floors, extreme temperatures, and loud noises. There is a high level of interaction with other departments and employees, and the role requires the ability to work in extreme heat and/or below freezing temperatures for 40+ hours per week, occasionally on weekends. The role requires climbing, including ladders, lifting, working with a variety of hand and power tools, shop machines, and tools.

Knowledge of industrial manufacturing equipment, general mathematics ability, ability to read and interpret documents and drawings, basic knowledge of standard and metric measures, and the ability to work assigned days/shifts (including some weekends) are also required. The role requires the ability to perform plumbing, minor electrical repairs, equipment and pump repairs, read and interpret drawings, sketches, and equipment OEM, work comfortably in a team environment as well as alone on carrying shifts, and use considerable judgment when performing and planning to perform tasks.

EOE/Vet/Disabled