Water Treatment Plant Operator Trainee

The City of Lake Worth Beach invites qualified individuals to apply for the position of Water Treatment Operator Trainee.

This Full-Time position is non-exempt with an hourly pay range of $18.41 – $23.38. This position will work at Water Treatment Plant at 301 College Street, Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460.

In addition, this position offers:

• Vacation and Sick Leave Accruals
• 13 Paid Holidays
• 3 Floating Holidays
• City of Lake Worth Beach Medical Benefits that include Life Insurance, Dental and Vision coverage
• Retirement Plan

This is an entry level position in water treatment plant operations. It requires twelve (12) months of training by a certified operator for a trainee to understand the fundamentals of water treatment plant operations.

This is an entry level / Training position in the operation of a water treatment plant on assigned shift. The water plant consists of a 12.9

MGD Lime Softening Plant with 12 wells, 4.5 MGD Reverse Osmosis Plant with 3 Floridan well, one 4.05 MGD Deep Injection Well and 2 Booster Pumping Station. This position also provides training in maintenance and repair of treatment process and chemical feed equipment in the water treatment plant, wellfield, booster pumping stations and distribution system. This is moderately heavy labor position consisting of daily plant maintenance and skilled work in the water plant.

The employee will assume the responsibility for the safe, efficient, environmentally acceptable operation and maintenance of water plant on an assigned shift.

The operator trainee will be engaged in maintaining electrical, instrumentation equipment, mechanical equipment, buildings and grounds. The operator may participate in more complex maintenance and repair work.

Under the overseeing of certified treatment plant operator the trainee will be expected to learn water treatment operations when given oral or written instruction of how to operate a water plant. The trainee will be required to learn all aspects of operation such as, but not limited to, adjusting flows, backwashing filters, adjusting chemicals, performing basic laboratory tests, changing charts, reading electric and water meters in the wellfield, recording pertinent information in the daily log book, and performing housekeeping duties.

The trainee will keep the certified operator informed of any mechanical or electrical defects that he may come in contact with. Assists in the collection of water samples, repairs of treatment process equipment and other shift operations. Performs other job duties in order to be familiar with all aspects of water treatment operation. The trainee would be required to work different shifts.

• Performs inspections of all mechanical and feed equipment.
• Maintains all pumps, electric, check valves, air compressors, vacuum pump primer, and related piping.
• Repairs and maintains lime slakers, polymer, chlorinator, ammonia tor, acid, caustic and scale inhibitor feed systems
• Maintains clear and accurate records of repairs in maintenance logs and/or daily log sheets in accordance to regulations of Palm Beach County Health Department, and Department of Environmental Protection.
• Maintains inventory of supplies and repair parts and prepares justifications.
• Receives and follows directions given and/or procedures as outlined in Plant policy or other applicable rules, regulations and laws.
• Effectively operates and controls equipment within established procedures under most circumstances; to include emergency conditions.
• Technical and operational understanding of all water plant systems; to include electrical switch gear up to 480 volts.
• Learns to recognize readings which are not in line with equipment specifications and/or operating conditions and reports problems.
• Follows applicable rules, regulations, environmental, safety, City and Plant policies.
• Takes direction in performing the necessary manual operation and adjustments to start, stop and maintain proper startup, shutdown and operation of all water plant equipment.
• Receives deliveries and fills out appropriate reports as necessary.
• Understanding water chemistry and treatment.
• Checks chemical pumps for proper operation and…