Water Treatment Technician

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we’re delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!

Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities. Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.

We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint. Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.

We have a great opportunity for a Water Treatment Technician at our water treatment plant in Kankakee reporting into the Plant Manager. The duties of the Water Treatment Technician provide the operation and preventative maintenance of pumping and purification equipment, instruments, buildings and grounds, and facilities as are or may be in use throughout the Aqua Illinois Kankakee/Will County Division for the treatment and pumping of water.

The position involves shift work and the incumbent should anticipate working various shifts.

• Operate and maintain the facilities and equipment related to the water treatment plant, well facilities, pumping and storage facilities, and water distribution system including but not limited to chemical feed equipment, sludge pumps, high and low service pumps, water pumps and clarifiers and other plant equipment.
• Operate valves, electrical switch gear, electrical disconnects and switches.
• Operate and maintain the vehicles and equipment used in the water facilities.
• Perform and record inspections, tests, and data on the systems’ and facilities’ operations.
• Operate, read, interpret, and record as directed all instruments at the company’s facilities.
• Backwash intakes and exercise individual judgment in changing intakes when conditions indicate the desirability of a change.
• Record measurements, verify drawings, and record data for proper record keeping and reporting on the company’s facilities.
• Monitor bulk chemical inventories, complete inventory reports and order bulk chemicals.
• Prepare reports required by the company, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Commerce Commission, or other jurisdictional entities.
• Operate laboratory equipment and perform water quality testing of raw, in-process, finished, and distribution water.
• Collect, analyze, and record water samples for regulatory compliance and process control monitoring for proper operation of the systems.
• Perform preventative maintenance, emergency repairs and troubleshoot operational problems on all equipment and facilities.
• As necessary, care for the office and grounds in and around the company facilities.
• Perform a wide variety of operating, maintenance and custodial duties.
• Demonstrate a conscientious responsibility to safeguard the public water supply and prevent pollution of area surface waters.
• Be available for overtime work and emergency call‑out duty to maintain water service continuously to the public.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent, with technical school advanced study in mechanical and/or instrumentation control preferred.
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License.
• Capable of lifting at least 50 pounds.
• One year of experience at a water utility company preferred.
• Must…