Facilities Wastewater Technician
Listed on 2026-08-04
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Engineering
Wastewater Treatment, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Process Engineer
Career Opportunities:
Facilities Wastewater Technician (29053)
Requisition
29053
-Posted
07/28/2026
- Facilities
- Regular Non-Exempt Full-Time Employee
Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) is the world’s largest U.S. headquartered OSAT and is a global leader in outsourced semiconductor packaging and test services. With a strong track record of innovation, a broad and diverse geographic footprint and solid partnerships with lead customers, Amkor delivers high-quality solutions that enable the world’s leading semiconductor and electronics companies to bring advanced technologies to market.
The company’s comprehensive portfolio includes advanced packaging, wafer-level processing, and system-in-package solutions targeting applications for smartphones, data centers, artificial intelligence, automobiles and wearables. For more information visit .
Amkor Technology Arizona is seeking an experienced Wastewater Technician, responsible for operating, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting the site’s wastewater treatment & BRF systems.
Job Responsibilities- Operate and monitor inorganic and organic wastewater treatment components such as equalization tanks, lift stations, clarifiers, filter press, decanterss, neutralization skids, sludge handling systems, and chemical dosing equipment.
- Perform routine plant rounds, equipment checks, data logging, and performance monitoring.
- Maintain consistent effluent quality to meet permitted discharge requirements.
- Operate and maintain BRF systems including evaporators, concentrators, crystallizers, heat exchangers, brine pumps, and associated process controls.
- Monitor salinity, concentration levels, evaporation efficiency, flow rates, and system temperatures to maintain stable BRF performance.
- Perform routine inspections for scaling, fouling, leaks, vibration, abnormal noises, or process upsets.
- Respond to alarms, system trips, loss of cooling, heater issues, or brine carryover events.
- Collect wastewater and brine samples for internal and external lab analysis (pH, TSS, COD, conductivity, hardness, metals, and process‑specific contaminants).
- Calibrate and maintain field/lab instruments such as pH probes, conductivity meters, turbidity sensors, and online analyzers.
- Review trends, identify deviations, and initiate corrective actions.
- Perform PMs and repairs on pumps, valves, mixers, blowers, chemical dosing systems, evaporators, heat exchangers, filters, sensors, and instrumentation.
- Troubleshoot system failures such as flow blockages, pump seal failures, overheating equipment, chemical feed issues, scaling buildup, and instrumentation inaccuracies.
- Support cleaning procedures including descaling, line flushing, membrane maintenance, and evaporator cleaning intervals.
- Safely handle treatment chemicals including acids, caustics, coagulants, flocculants, antiscalants, oxidizers, and BRF system cleaning agents.
- Maintain detailed system logs, flow totals, chemical usage, sampling records, instrument calibrations, and maintenance activities using CMMS tools.
- Ensure wastewater and brine reduction operations comply with state, local, and internal environmental regulations.
- Support inspections, audits, incident reporting, and permit compliance documentation.
- Assist with startup, commissioning, and qualification of new wastewater and BRF equipment.
- Collaborate with engineering to optimize brine concentration cycles, evaporator performance, chemical dosing efficiency, and system reliability.
- 3+ years of experience in wastewater treatment, industrial water systems, or similar utility operations.
- Understanding of chemical and physical wastewater treatment methods, including brine concentration
- Ability to read P&IDs, flow diagrams, equipment manuals, and SOPs.
- Experience with sampling, lab instruments, and wastewater quality monitoring.
- Ability to work in industrial treatment environments including tanks, evaporators, chemical rooms, and utility spaces.
- Experience in semiconductor, chemical, refinery, or heavy industrial wastewater treatment.
- Experience with evaporators, concentrators, or crystallization systems associated with BRF…
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