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Water Plant Operator, Sr

Job in Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, 85318, USA
Listing for: City of Glendale (AZ)
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-01
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Environmental Engineer, Wastewater Treatment
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Water Plant Operator, Sr. - $3,000 Hiring Bonus

About Us:

The City of Glendale's Water Services Department provides over 250,000 residents with safe, reliable, and high-quality water and wastewater services. Glendale Water Services promotes industry best practices, leadership, and innovation to ensure our employees put public health and the vitality of our community first!

The Role:

The Water Services Plant Operator, Sr. performs intermediate to advanced operation, maintenance, and control of the City's water/wastewater plant facilities. Operational duties include operating, maintaining, and monitoring water/wastewater plant equipment; obtaining water samples and performing water lab tests; and assisting water treatment personnel with remote facility maintenance.

This position will be open until filled; applicants will be reviewed as they are received.

Salary and Hiring Bonus:

This position is:

  • FLSA non-exempt, and will earn overtime for any hours worked over 40 in a week
  • A Grade 317 with an hourly salary between $28.8957 - $43.3438

In addition to a generous salary, this position offers a $3,000
* Hiring Bonus!

* Hiring Bonus to be paid as follows: $1,000 after 30 days of employment, $1,000 after 6 months of employment, and $1,000 after 12 months of employment. You must be an active employee at the time the hiring bonus is scheduled to be paid to receive the bonus. Current regular status City of Glendale employees are not eligible for hiring bonuses.

Benefits:

The City of Glendale offers a generous benefits package with competitive rates that become effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.

Below are some City of Glendale benefits resources for your review:

  • 2025 - 2026 Benefits Guide
  • City of Glendale Benefits Presentation
  • City of Glendale’s Benefits Page
Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave:

City of Glendale Regular status positions offer:

  • 10.5 paid holidays per year, and full-time employees are also granted an additional 12 hours of holiday special leave per calendar year to celebrate cultural or religious holidays
  • Vacation leave accrues at:
    • 5.33 hours per pay period (138 hours/17.25 days per year)
    • Increases to 6.12 hours per pay period after 5 years
    • Then caps out at 7.6 hours per pay period after 10 years of service
  • Sick leave accrues at 4.4 hours per pay period (114 hours/14.25 days per year)

* Days per year estimates are based on an 8-hour work day

Retirement:

This position participates in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

  • Current contribution rate is 12.00%
  • Contributions are mandatory and are collected each pay period

To learn more about this role, please watch the video below:

  • Operates, maintains, monitors, controls, and repairs all water/wastewater plant process equipment, including pumps, motors, blowers, chlorinators, chemical feeds, sludge equipment, and basic laboratory instruments to ensure treated water meets city, state, and EPA quality standards.
  • Obtains water samples and performs water or wastewater lab tests.
  • Conducts various lab tests to determine proper process and operational controls.
  • Recognizes the need for and makes basic treatment and operational changes to the water and wastewater processes and distribution systems to meet water quality standards.
  • Changes pump settings as needed.
  • Monitors and adjusts flows through wells, booster pumps, zone splits, and reservoirs to control the distribution system and system pressure.
  • Monitors and operates telemetry system and computerized process monitoring equipment.
  • Makes equipment adjustments, lubrications, and minor repairs and/or prepares problem reports.
  • Reads and interprets meters, gauges, and instruments. Enters daily readings into computer databases.
  • Inventories, estimates usage, and prepares orders for supplies. Insures quality of material received.
  • Resolves water and wastewater complaint calls.
  • Unloads and stores hazardous chemicals, changes chlorine cylinders as necessary, batches and mixes hazardous chemical solutions and transfers bulk storage to day tanks for chemical feed operations.
  • Assists other water treatment personnel in the performance of remote facility maintenance.
  • Records daily activities in logbook.
  • Assists with public relations by answering inquiries and complaints…
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