Wastewater Operations Lead — Industrial Metals

Job Category: MANUAL

Requisition Number: WASTE
001203

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• Posted :
  September 23, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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- Inman
HIgh Performance Conductors LLC
Inman, SC 29349, USA

The Wastewater Treatment Manager will have direct responsibility for the performance, compliance, and reliability of the industrial wastewater treatment operation at High Performance Conductors' Inman, South Carolina facility. This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for maintaining effective treatment of wastewater generated by nickel and silver electroplating operations while ensuring the facility consistently meets its Significant Industrial User discharge permit requirements.

The successful candidate will combine strong industrial wastewater treatment knowledge with hands-on process control experience, sound mechanical judgment, regulatory discipline, and the ability to lead and develop treatment operators. This position works closely with Environmental, Engineering, Maintenance, and Plating Operations to manage wastewater flows, treatment chemistry, equipment reliability, sampling, regulatory reporting, and continuous improvement.

OPERATOR OF RECORD AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

The Wastewater Treatment Manager will serve as the designated Operator of Record for the facility's industrial wastewater treatment system and will be accountable for maintaining compliant treatment operations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Operate and oversee the industrial wastewater treatment system in accordance with the Significant Industrial User discharge permit issued by the City of Inman.

• Complete and certify monthly Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR) and Self Monitoring Reports.

• Maintain accurate daily operational logs, required sign-offs, representative sampling records, and compliance documentation.

• Monitor treatment performance and identify potential compliance concerns before they result in permit exceedances.

• Investigate excursions or permit exceedances, determine root causes, implement corrective actions, and support required agency notifications in partnership with the Environmental Manager.

• Maintain facility laboratory certification requirements, including proficiency testing, pH certification, instrument calibration, and supporting records.

• Maintain complete and audit-ready documentation for regulatory inspections, internal audits, customer audits, and agency reviews.

INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATIONS

This role will provide hands-on technical leadership for the facility's physical and chemical wastewater treatment processes.

Responsibilities include:

• Direct daily operation of the industrial wastewater treatment system, including pH and ORP control, metals precipitation, clarification, microfiltration, filter press dewatering, and reverse osmosis systems.

• Make process-control decisions based on wastewater characteristics, analytical results, flow, loading, treatment chemistry, and system performance.

• Manage chemical reduction and oxidation, coagulation, flocculation, solids separation, and dewatering processes.

• Oversee batch treatment of spent acid and alkaline cleaners and manage decant and transfer activities between tanks.

• Verify completion of treatment logs, flow meter readings, scrubber readings, and chemical inventory checks.

• Monitor incoming wastewater flow and hydraulic loading to ensure operations remain within the treatment system's capacity.

• Partner with Plating Operations to address water usage, process changes, leaks, drag-out, and housekeeping conditions that can affect wastewater treatment performance.

• Routinely walk production and plating areas to identify conditions that may negatively impact treatment…