Your Impact:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow. Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. Through the delivery of our operations and maintenance services, you’ll make it simpler and more seamless for our municipal clients to operate safely and efficiently, empowering communities to focus on what matters most to them – people. 

The Operator II is a journeyman level shift operator and requires the CA Wastewater Grade 3 certification. The Operator II performs and/or assists with organization of the operation and maintenance of the treatment facility. Based in Clovis, California, you’ll perform a variety of tasks in the operation of a wastewater treatment plant. As an Operator II, you'll work independently with minimal supervision and reports to the Project Manager and Chief Plant Operator. Operator II works 8-10 hour shift schedules (overtime included). Shifts range and rotate nights, days, holidays, and weekends. Duties include diagnosing operating problems. Directs and performs necessary corrective action during work shift. Reads gauges and meters, starts, and stops equipment, operates valves to route and control flow, makes process control adjustments, determines, and sets proper chemical dosage and flow rates, operates PLCs and SCADA systems. Complies and reports non-compliance with project policies and procedures. Prepares required reports and maintains complete record keeping procedures. Collects samples and performs routine laboratory tests and analyses plant influent, plant process and plant effluent. Makes entries in plant logs. Conducts meetings and training sessions pertaining to safety, process control, etc. Makes operating decisions in the absence of supervisory personnel. Maintains discipline and ensures proper procedures are followed. Assists in the interviewing of prospective employees. Gives instructions and assignments to plant operators. Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with those contacted during work. Performs other duties as required.

Bring your team-focus, adaptability, and commitment to excellence, and we’ll help you grow what drives you – and deliver the world’s most challenging Operations Management projects, together.

Here’s what you’ll need:

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $15 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.