Lead Plant Operator

This is an open recruitment to fill current and future full‑time vacancies. Applications will be accepted on a CONTINUOUS BASIS until filled. This position may close at any time without notice.

What do you value in your next job?

At the Orange County Sanitation District our Core Values form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic. If the following values ring true with you, we'd love to invite you to explore our career opportunities further.

We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.

We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost‑effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.

We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.

We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.

We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leadership, promote individual accountability, and participate actively in the advancement of our health and safety practices.

OC San is currently looking to fill the role of a Lead Plant Operator.

Under direction, leads, oversees, and participates in the most complex and advanced work of staff responsible for operating, monitoring, and maintaining plant equipment to control unit processes; provides training, field direction, and guidance on complex construction shutdowns; ensures wastewater treatment plant operates within regulatory guidelines; and performs duties as assigned.

Specifically, the selected individual will plan, coordinate, and execute construction related outages and major maintenance shutdowns to include the more complex shutdown activities; provide written outage and LOTO procedures to operations staff; provide field direction to operators responsible for isolation of equipment and processes; and oversee construction related field activities including attendance at Capital Improvement Program (CIP) design and construction meetings, and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) planning meetings.

In addition, this person may be responsible for shift supervisor duties in the absence of the Operations Supervisor.

• High school diploma or G.E.D., supplemented by college level course work or specialized training in wastewater treatment plant operations or a related field.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in wastewater treatment plant operations.
• Valid Grade IV California Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certificate.
• Valid California Class C Driver's License.

• Advanced knowledge of wastewater treatment principles, methods, chemicals, tools, equipment, and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and other departments, both orally and in writing.
• Computer proficiency.

Vacancies: 2 (an eligible list may be established for future vacancies)

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