Operator - Waste Water Treatment Plant

The Water Reclamation Facility Operator II is an intermediate-level skilled technical position responsible for the operation, monitoring, process control, and routine maintenance of the City's water reclamation treatment processes, equipment, and related facilities.

Under the supervision of the Water Reclamation Facility Superintendent or designated supervisor, Operator II performs facility operations with an increased level of independence and responsibility. The employee is expected to demonstrate proficiency in treatment processes, SCADA systems, laboratory testing, process control, equipment operation, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, regulatory compliance, and accurate operational recordkeeping.

This position is part of the City's water reclamation operator career progression. Operator II is expected to continue developing advanced operational knowledge, troubleshooting abilities, and process-control skills while actively progressing toward higher-level State of Tennessee wastewater treatment operator certification.

• Operates and monitors wastewater treatment and water reclamation processes in accordance with established procedures, regulatory requirements, and operational objectives.
• Starts, stops, adjusts, and monitors pumps, motors, valves, gates, chemical-feed equipment, and other treatment equipment necessary for proper facility operation.
• Monitors flow, levels, pressures, dissolved oxygen, solids, chemical-feed rates, and other process-control parameters and makes appropriate operational adjustments within established procedures.
• Responds to SCADA alarms, equipment failures, power interruptions, high-flow events, severe weather, process upsets, and other abnormal or emergency operating conditions.

• Performs facility rounds and evaluates the condition and performance of treatment processes, pumps, motors, blowers, valves, gates, filters, clarifiers, chemical-feed systems, instrumentation, and other facility equipment.
• Identifies equipment deficiencies and abnormal operating conditions, initiates appropriate corrective actions within the employee's level of authority, and reports significant conditions to supervisory personnel.
• Performs preventive maintenance, equipment inspections, and minor mechanical repairs and assists in troubleshooting pumps, motors, valves, chemical-feed equipment, instrumentation, and other facility systems.

• Performs facility rounds and evaluates the condition and performance of treatment processes, pumps, motors, blowers, valves, gates, filters, clarifiers, chemical-feed systems, instrumentation, and other facility equipment.
• Identifies equipment deficiencies and abnormal operating conditions, initiates appropriate corrective actions within the employee's level of authority, and reports significant conditions to supervisory personnel.
• Performs preventive maintenance, equipment inspections, and minor mechanical repairs and assists in troubleshooting pumps, motors, valves, chemical-feed equipment, instrumentation, and other facility systems.

• Operates SCADA and computerized control systems and interprets alarms, trends, instrumentation, laboratory results, and operating data to evaluate treatment performance.
• Uses laboratory results, SCADA information, operational observations, and process data to evaluate treatment conditions and assist with process-control decisions.
• Monitors flow, levels, pressures, dissolved oxygen, solids, chemical-feed rates, and other process-control parameters and makes appropriate operational adjustments within established procedures.

• Collects wastewater, process, solids, and effluent samples and performs required laboratory and process-control analyses.
• Operates, cleans, calibrates, and maintains laboratory, process-control, and field-testing equipment.
• Uses laboratory results, SCADA information, operational observations, and process data to evaluate treatment conditions and assist with process-control decisions.

• Maintains complete and accurate operating logs, laboratory results, equipment records, inspections, chemical-use records, maintenance information, and other required documentation.

• Performs preventive maintenance, equipment inspections, and minor mechanical repairs.
• Assists in troubleshooting pumps, motors, valves, chemical-feed equipment, instrumentation, and other facility systems.
• Identifies equipment deficiencies and abnormal operating conditions.
• Initiates appropriate corrective actions within the employee's level of authority.
• Reports significant conditions to supervisory personnel.

• Assists with chemical deliveries.
• Safely handles, transfers, stores, and monitors treatment chemicals and operational supplies.

• Cleans and maintains tanks, clarifiers, filters, channels, equipment, buildings, work areas, and…