Treatment Plant Operator Trainee

Treatment Plant Operator Trainee (Port Arthur, TX)

SALARY: $20.62 – $25.64, Hourly (DOE & Q) NON-EXEMPT
OPENING DATE: 04/25/2025
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.

To perform semi-skilled labor in construction, maintenance, and related services activities in the water/wastewater utility operation areas for the city; and to provide staff support to an assigned function or crew. Employees selected for this class must possess or obtain a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) license at the "D" level within six (6) months of appointment.

This is the entry level class in the Treatment Plant Operator series. Positions in this class are normally filled by advancement from the Maintenance Worker II class, or when filled from the outside, require prior experience in the construction and maintenance of water/wastewater related facilities. All positions assigned to this class require the ability to work independently exercising judgment and initiative.

Duties will normally require the ability to operate the full range of mechanical equipment related to a specific assignment.

• Receives general supervision from upper-level staff.
• May exercise functional and technical supervision over lower-level maintenance staff.

• Operate a variety of maintenance equipment including jackhammers, trucks, mowers, weed eaters, air compressors, sprayers, saws, drills, tapping machines, generator, bobcats, rollers and other similar equipment and machinery in maintaining and repairing various city facilities and properties.
• Participate in a variety of activities involving travel between various city facilities and properties and other related external business and government agencies which may include collecting and delivering materials and supplies.
• Spread asphalt in patching and repairing streets; cut and break obsolete concrete; pour and assist in finishing concrete; construct concrete forms and perform rough carpentry work.
• Clean ditches, alley, streets, culverts and storm drains.
• Assist in repairing and replacing roofs, floors, doors, windows, screens and fences.
• Install and replace insulation, tile and interior walls.
• Collect and skim various liquid surfaces to remove debris.
• Assist with rerouting main and service water lines.
• Collect samples of water, waste and wastewater for testing; assist with testing of samples.
• Answer questions and provide information to the public as necessary.
• May build, refinish and repair furniture as requested.
• Paint, remodel, clean and improve interior and exterior of city facilities.
• Pack, unpack and issue supplies and equipment, stock shelves, distribute and receive supplies; maintain routine records of materials and supplies received and used.
• Perform related duties and assigned.

• Use and purpose of general maintenance tools and equipment.
• Basic operation of a variety of machinery, equipment, and tools to perform assignments.
• Safe work practices.
• Methods, techniques, tools and operational characteristics of mechanical equipment used in the maintenance of city facilities and properties.
• City and departmental policies and procedures.

• Perform unskilled and semi-skilled tasks in a variety of maintenance activities.
• Perform heavy manual labor.
• Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, reading, operating assigned equipment and communicating with others.
• Interpret work orders and directions.
• Elevate and move various equipment and materials; walk, stand, stoop, kneel or sit for extended periods.
• Operate assigned equipment including a motor vehicle.
• Deal with personal danger including exposure to hazardous fumes, chemicals, confined spaces, loud noise and traffic hazards.
• Maintain assigned equipment and associated parts, verify and replenish fluid levels.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other encountered in the course of work.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Operate a variety of vehicular and stationary mechanical equipment safely and effectively.
• Work independently in the…