Pre Treatment Analyst

PRETREATMENT ANALYST - WWTP OPERATOR III/IV

The Pretreatment Analyst- WWTP Operator III/IV performs technical and regulatory work in the administration and enforcement of the City’s Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP) and Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) Program to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local wastewater regulations.

Duties include conducting inspections, compliance monitoring and sampling, evaluating analytical data, issuing permits, responding to sanitary sewer overflows, maintaining regulatory records, and providing outreach and training to industrial users, food service establishments, and the public. Assists with wastewater treatment plant operations and supports the protection of the City’s collection system and wastewater treatment plant through enforcement, reporting, and operational duties.

An employee in this class is responsible for administering and enforcing the City’s EPA-approved Industrial Pretreatment Program and Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) Program to protect the wastewater collection and wastewater treatment plant. The employee exercises independent judgment in regulatory compliance, inspections, enforcement actions, and coordination with industrial users, food service establishments, regulatory agencies, and is a vital member of the wastewater treatment plant’s operations team.

• Performs tests on industrial wastewater samples; coordinates test results with plant operations, personnel, and industrial officials.
• Operates a computer to analyze and track analytical results to evaluate compliance, and initiate enforcement actions when necessary.
• Performs tests on industrial wastewater samples; coordinates test results with plant operations, personnel and industrial officials.
• Performs quality control program on sampling equipment and supplies to assure reliable test results; maintains sampling equipment in proper operating order.
• Interprets laboratory tests and prepares required reports; consults with, informs, and advises plant personnel about controls to be used, defects found, or changes in treatment process; participates in problem-solving regarding process control.
• Coordinates contracted laboratory analyses, reviews results.
• Performs difficult technical work in the monitoring of industrial wastewater and other operational duties in a wastewater treatment plant.
• Sets up sampling equipment to monitor compliance of individual industries with their permit levels; communicates with industries concerning compliance and noncompliance; inspects industrial sites for compliance; maintains records and analysis program results; recommends changes in program to implement frequently changing regulations; monitors and records data for remediation sites.
• Interprets laboratory tests and prepares required reports; prepares industrial user permits, headworks analysis, enforcement response plan, and other reports and records as required.
• Consults with, informs, and advises industrial officials about controls to be used, defects found, or changes in treatment process.
• Participates in updating ordinances, policies, and practices related to program; calculates charges for exceeding permitted or surcharged limits.
• Calculates industrial user permit limits using computer; communicates and corresponds with industries, monitors industry performance in meeting permitted levels, assesses fines for noncompliance.
• Conducts oil and grease control program; works with FOG establishments to implement program; conducts inspections of oil and grease collection vessels; advises establishments regarding program.
• Responds to sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and investigates potential grease-related causes.
• Conducts outreach and training for FOG establishments, property managers, haulers, and the public.
• Makes regular tours of plant and checks bar screens, generators, pumps, settling tanks, filters, clarifiers, chlorinators, and other equipment for proper functioning.
• Records data from various meters, gauges and dials; logs daily, weekly, and monthly activities.
• Performs standard laboratory chemical and biological tests.
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