Manufacturing ​/ Production Operator, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic

Company Description

Veolia in North America is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

Veolia helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Veolia has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across North America.

Position

Purpose:

In a team environment with multi-craft skillsets the Operator I is responsible for understanding the physical and chemical functions of treatment processes and applying their particular experience and skills to perform routine operational activities, evaluate process performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement changes to improve process conditions as needed. This position is responsible for multiple unit processes in an Industrial facility to achieve and satisfy the necessary operational requirements.

This position performs full operations of industrial utility services including but not limited to waste water treatment, steam boilers, high temperature hot water boilers, water filtration, and all associated support equipment. Performs predictive and corrective maintenance of all process equipment contributing in one or more skilled areas such as pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, instrumentation, PLC logic, and mechanical maintenance.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Operates equipment manually and through instrumentation panels, computer terminals and programmable logic control units following process control procedures. Monitors and observes operating conditions, records observations and data in shift log. Diagnoses basic operational problems and takes corrective action per procedure.
• Adhere to safety practices and procedures while conducting operational functions including but not limited to:
  • Chemical deliveries
  • Chemical process applications
  • Solids handling
  • Hazardous waste generation
  • Housekeeping activities
  • Sample collection
  • Routine laboratory testing
  • Inventory management
  • Maintenance activities on pipes, pumps, valves, motors, mixers, tanks, etc.
  • Electrical instrumentation calibration checks and maintenance
• Practices good housekeeping in assigned areas and properly disposes of waste according to safety and environmental policies.
• Performs manual labor including cleaning equipment, facilities and grounds as required.
• Operates vehicles, mobile equipment and material handling equipment for operational and maintenance purposes.
• Perform precision alignments, systematic lubrication, fluid changes, and the replacement of critical mechanical components.
• Troubleshoot equipment failures and execute necessary technical repairs to ensure operational continuity.
• Execute detailed inspections of system components to evaluate process performance and integrity.
• Coordinate contractor activities while ensuring process operations are maintained.
• Calibrate, maintain, and apply lab and field equipment and instrumentation, including pH meters, specific ion meters, analytical balances, furnaces, ovens, pipettes, titrators, and automatic samplers.
• Collects water, wastewater, industrial waste, groundwater, sludge, residuals and/or gas samples according to schedule. Performs field tests (chemical, physical and biological) in order to pace chemical dosages for process and odor control units. Prepares chemical solutions, monitors supplies and recommends reorder.
• Inspect flow meters, gauges, flow ratios, pressures and related controls on instrument panels, computer terminals and programmable logic control units and diagnoses basic operational problems. Takes corrective action per procedure in the assigned area. Verifies and reports suspected malfunctions and variances to the supervisor.
• Monitors process bulk chemical supplies and recommends reorder.
• Must demonstrate ability to learn and independently…