Operator in Training; Overnight

Position: Operator in Training (Overnight)

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 a 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.

Job Description Position Purpose

Under direct supervision, responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of water treatment.

Primary Duties / Responsibilities

• Conduct routine testing of water as directed, record test results and maintain the plant log book with accurate and timely entries of activities.
• Maintain the facility treatment units, including settlementation basin, filters, sampling equipment, and pumps. Identify and report the need for repairs to water treatment plant equipment such as pumps, valves, motors, blowers, and chemical feed equipment.
• Monitor all charts, gauges and other operating equipment and maintain calibration of plant instrumentation and on-line analyzers according to the frequency specified by permitting agencies and/or the manufacturer.
• Calculate chemical feed rates, calibrate chemical equipment and adjust chemical feed rates as indicated by lab tests or by direction of the Water Plant Manager to comply with water quality requirements established for the plant. Adjust or alter chemical treatment of plant processes as required.
• Responsible for housekeeping and grounds‑up care, including mopping, dusting, mowing and weed eating.

Work Environment

• Schedule:
  
  12:00 am – 8:30 am, Wednesday through Sunday.
• During work, exposed to a variety of outside weather conditions, including very hot temperatures.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications Education / Experience / Background

• High School Diploma / GED required.
• Some technical or mechanical work experience preferred.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to operate electric motors fueled by gasoline, diesel, or gaseous fuels, and to use painting, welding, and fabrication equipment, as well as other hand tools required.

Required Certifications / Licenses / Training

• Ability to learn wastewater treatment plant operations and obtain appropriate licenses.
• Valid New Jersey Driver’s License.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, climb stairs or ladders, sit, use hands, reach with arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• May regularly lift 10–20 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include the ability to distinguish color, close vision and distance vision.

Additional Information

Pay Rate: $33.97 per hour.

Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. Employees may also participate in an employer‑sponsored 401(k) plan to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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