Water Treatment Plant Operator

• Salary/Hourly wages are determined by verifiable experience.

Nature of Work

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Monitors the water treatment facility's performance to insure effective treatment and pumping of the community's water supply.
• Adjusts the treatment process or pumping, as required, to effectively treat and deliver potable water in compliance with all rules, regulations and the facility's standard operating procedures.
• Maintains accurate and comprehensive operation and maintenance records.
• Performs minor maintenance tasks and assists the maintenance staff, as necessary, with major or unusual maintenance tasks.
• Monitors computer telemetry to alert other County staff to problems with lift stations or lagoon aeration.
• Collects samples and performs routine physical and chemical analyses on water.
• Performs related work as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Possess a high school diploma or the equivalent; AND
• One (1) year experience in the operation of a potable water treatment plant(s).
• A comparable amount of training and/or experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications except for the required certification.

• Possession of or ability to obtain and maintain a valid Florida driver license upon offer of employment with a driving record acceptable to the County Driving Policy and insurance program.
• Possession of and maintain a valid Class "C" Water Treatment Plant Operators certification issued by the State of Florida (FAC 62-602).

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills

• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance requirements of potable water treatment equipment and the processes involved in the treatment and pumping of water.
• Knowledge of basic physical and chemical analyses for potable water quality analysis.
• Knowledge of project management and organizational skills.
• Skilled in the use of basic mechanical repair tools and procedures.
• Ability to have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work and maintain reliable full-time attendance.
• Ability to comprehend, speak, and read the English language.
• Ability to have and maintain good interpersonal and communication skills to deal with the public.
• Ability to read meters, charts, and gauges and accurately maintain records of plant operations.
• Ability to read and comprehend written technical information and to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
• Ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.
• Ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variation in assigned objectives.
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.