Water Treatment Tech II

Permanent

Full - Time

As a Water Treatment Technician II, you will play a key role in maintaining the University of Iowa’s drinking water treatment plant and supporting the High-Quality Water (HQW) Group, which oversees facilities such as the Oakdale Water Plant, Macbride Nature Recreation Area Public Water System, and campus pools and spas. This is a day-shift position (Monday–Friday) with rotational on-call duties, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

When on call, you must be able to report on-site within one hour.

Each day, you will review priorities, plan tasks, and interact with students, faculty, and staff, explaining service and repair processes and addressing safety concerns with professionalism and courtesy. You’ll also provide exceptional customer service while working in diverse campus environments, including hospitals, pharmacies, and research labs, and complete assigned tasks while maintaining accurate records of time and materials using the company’s work order management system.

While you will collaborate with others in the plant, this role is much more customer-facing and operates with a sense of ownership, similar to running your own business. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys hands‑on work in the trades, values excellent customer service, and is eager to grow with the organization.

Your role s and responsibilities encompass:

• Performing preventative maintenance and repairs on various water treatment equipment (e.g., water softeners, reverse osmosis systems, filtration systems).
• Perform mechanical, electrical, and controls troubleshooting on pumps, motors, valves, and compressors. Monitor and maintain chemical injection systems.
• Install and repair piping for water, steam, and compressed air, including piping of carbon steel, galvanized, stainless, copper, and various plastics.
• Conduct electrical troubleshooting (e.g., checking voltage to pumps, switches, motors).
• Performs and/or coordinates preventive and general maintenance, calibration of water treatment equipment, to maintain maximum performance of equipment and processes.
• Inputs data obtained from monitoring into computer-based systems for the purpose of determining and tracking the water quantity and quality produced and determining maintenance needs, including development of preventative maintenance schedules.
• Completes tasks as assigned and scheduled, maintaining accurate records of time and materials spent to provide services, utilizing the company’s work order management system.
• After training, may be required to operate facilities in certain situations.
• All other duties as assigned by their supervisor.

• A High School Diploma/GED or equivalent
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience or a combination of training and experience in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing repairs.
• State of Iowa DNR Grade 2 Water Treatment Certification required or a willingness to obtain certification within a year.
• State of Iowa DNR Grade 2 Distribution certification required or a willingness to obtain certification within a year.
• Knowledge of instrumentation and software systems for process analysis, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), data processing, and report generation.
• Familiarity with safety protocols, including confined space entry, fall protection, forklift operation, lockout/tagout procedures, process safety and risk management, respirator usage, and chemical safety.
• This role requires attendance at a worksite on a daily basis.
• This is a field position requiring regular travel within the University of Iowa campus and satellite location to client site(s) and supply houses.
• Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record for use of company vehicles on and off campus.
• This position consists of 90% of work indoors and 10% work outdoors; while performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions (transition between buildings on campus).
• Could involve some lifting / up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment and the ability to acquired new skills as needed.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and…