Sr. Maintenance and Relief Specialist Job Muncie area,Indiana USA,Manufacturing / Production

Position: $29.95/hr- Sr. Maintenance and Relief Specialist

Job Title:

$29.95/hr
- Sr. Maintenance and Relief Specialist

Posting

Start Date:

9/25/26

Primary Role

Indiana American Water is seeking a motivated Sr. Maintenance and Relief Operator to join our team in Muncie, IN
. In this role, you will lead day-to-day routine, preventative, and diagnostic maintenance efforts at our surface water treatment plant and remote sites. This role is unique in that you will also be trained as an Operator and will learn how to operate the plant. This includes making process control adjustments, monitoring the treatment process, and performing routine lab testing and compliance reporting.

The Maintenance and Relief Operator is responsible for plant maintenance and operations, analyzing water samples and making needed adjustments.

Key Accountabilities Performs sample collection occasionally on a daily basis which include the following:

Walks outside in all weather conditions to the basin
Must walk up/down flight of stairs
Sampling performed from wet lab

Analyzes samples occasionally on a daily basis which include the following:

Constant standing with occasional walking short distances
May have to reach overhead to obtain glassware from shelving (weighs less than 2lb)
May have to side bend with trunk flexion and/or squat to obtain items from lower shelving
Pours samples into beakers, wrist deviation, shoulder flexion gripping
Pours packets into samples and swirls beakers to mix
Gripping with wrist deviation
Places samples into analyzers and pushes buttons to start
This task may require neck flexion, trunk flexion and forward reaching
May lift a full water pitcher 10lb to fill equipment once daily
Tools used: measuring devices (beakers, test tubes), analyzers, microscope, pipettes

Measures the level of chemical bulk tanks which include the following:

Climbs ladder on the outside of the tank
Readings from level indicators are obtained
Neck flexion, forward reaching
Tools used: ladder

Knowledge/Skills

Strong mechanical aptitude
Ability to work independently
Problem-solving
Technologically savvy

Other

Job Requirements

DOT Physical
Must be able to obtain and maintain an Indiana WT5 license within 2 years of hire

Experience/Education

High school diploma or equivalent certificate (GED) required

Travel Requirements

Local travel within service territory
Valid state driver's license

Work Schedule

Full-time, On-site
Monday-Friday, 7am-3:30pm
* Shift/schedule subject to change when operating (12-hour shift, 7am-7pm, 7pm-7am)