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position. JOB TITLE: TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES - WATER DIVISION EMPLOYMENT TYPE: FULL-TIME/NON-EXEMPT
UNION/NON-UNION: TEAMSTERS LOCAL #404 RESPONSIBILITIES - Operates,
maintains & repairs drinking water supply & treatment machinery &
equipment, including but not limited to watersheds, reservoirs, WTP\'s,
chlorinators, transmission mains, flow control stations, chemical feed
equipment, pumps & ejectors, motors, air compressors, valves, gates and
other related equipment. - Makes routine laboratory tests at various
stages of treatment in accordance with standard procedures and makes
changes in treatment chemicals and equipment as required to maintain
treatment performance within established limits. - Takes and records
readings of instruments, makes adjustments in equipment as indicated or
required and maintain operation and treatment log. - Checks machinery
and equipment for malfunctions, conducts regular & routine preventative
maintenance, makes repairs to or assists in the repair or overhaul of
process machinery & equipment. - Performs treatment related duties as
required, including but not limited to, grounds maintenance, treated
water and waste stream sampling on or off the several facilities
operating valves and gates to adjust flow rates, adjusting recording
instruments, performing inventories of and ordering chemicals as
directed, changing chlorine cylinders, operating motor vehicles in
support of various treatment related operations, and salting and sanding
or plowing snow in support of the facility operations. - Performs
incidental custodial cleaning and maintenance painting required to
maintain treatment plants and other facilities in neat, clean and
orderly fashion. - Performs other duties as required. QUALIFICATIONS -
Valid (any grade) Massachusetts Drinking Water Operator\'s Certificate
for Treatment, or an advanced degree in the physical or biological
sciences with a special emphasis on water or waste water treatment, High
School Diploma or equivalent and two years of satisfactory experience
working in a public or private water or wastewater treatment facility,
Ability to obtain a valid Massachusetts Drinking Water - Operator\'s
Certificate within eighteen months of appointment - Valid Massachusetts
driver\'s license - Knowledge of and familiarity with water or
wastewater treatment processes and operations founded on demonstrated
record of experience in the same or similar field - Knowledge of and
familiarity with basic water chemistry & laboratory procedures and
equipment used in water and wastewater analysis - Demonstrates
competence in mathematics and familiarity with routine calculations used
in water or wastewater treatment and process control, such as detention
time, filtration rate, chemical dosage & feed rate, pollutant
concentration and process loading rate - Knowledge of and familiarity
with construction and operating characteristics of valves, gates, pumps,
motors, compressors and other equipment as used in water or wastewater
treatment plants and processors - Physical ability and agility
sufficient to operate valve, gates and other equipment as required in
treatment facility or pumping operation and control involving the entry
into manholes and vaults, climbing ladders, etc. HOURS 40 hours per
week. 7:00AM - 3:30 PM, Monday-Friday SALARY Starting rate \$19.10 -
\$20.27 per hour Annual Increases up to \$26.44 per hour With T1 license
Starting rate \$21.02 -\$22.30 per hour Annual increases up to \$29.10
per hour
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position. JOB TITLE: TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC UTILITIES - WATER DIVISION EMPLOYMENT TYPE: FULL-TIME/NON-EXEMPT
UNION/NON-UNION: TEAMSTERS LOCAL #404 RESPONSIBILITIES - Operates,
maintains & repairs drinking water supply & treatment machinery &
equipment, including but not limited to watersheds, reservoirs, WTP\'s,
chlorinators, transmission mains, flow control stations, chemical feed
equipment, pumps & ejectors, motors, air compressors, valves, gates and
other related equipment. - Makes routine laboratory tests at various
stages of treatment in accordance with standard procedures and makes
changes in treatment chemicals and equipment as required to maintain
treatment performance within established limits. - Takes and records
readings of instruments, makes adjustments in equipment as indicated or
required and maintain operation and treatment log. - Checks machinery
and equipment for malfunctions, conducts regular & routine preventative
maintenance, makes repairs to or assists in the repair or overhaul of
process machinery & equipment. - Performs treatment related duties as
required, including but not limited to, grounds maintenance, treated
water and waste stream sampling on or off the several facilities
operating valves and gates to adjust flow rates, adjusting recording
instruments, performing inventories of and ordering chemicals as
directed, changing chlorine cylinders, operating motor vehicles in
support of various treatment related operations, and salting and sanding
or plowing snow in support of the facility operations. - Performs
incidental custodial cleaning and maintenance painting required to
maintain treatment plants and other facilities in neat, clean and
orderly fashion. - Performs other duties as required. QUALIFICATIONS -
Valid (any grade) Massachusetts Drinking Water Operator\'s Certificate
for Treatment, or an advanced degree in the physical or biological
sciences with a special emphasis on water or waste water treatment, High
School Diploma or equivalent and two years of satisfactory experience
working in a public or private water or wastewater treatment facility,
Ability to obtain a valid Massachusetts Drinking Water - Operator\'s
Certificate within eighteen months of appointment - Valid Massachusetts
driver\'s license - Knowledge of and familiarity with water or
wastewater treatment processes and operations founded on demonstrated
record of experience in the same or similar field - Knowledge of and
familiarity with basic water chemistry & laboratory procedures and
equipment used in water and wastewater analysis - Demonstrates
competence in mathematics and familiarity with routine calculations used
in water or wastewater treatment and process control, such as detention
time, filtration rate, chemical dosage & feed rate, pollutant
concentration and process loading rate - Knowledge of and familiarity
with construction and operating characteristics of valves, gates, pumps,
motors, compressors and other equipment as used in water or wastewater
treatment plants and processors - Physical ability and agility
sufficient to operate valve, gates and other equipment as required in
treatment facility or pumping operation and control involving the entry
into manholes and vaults, climbing ladders, etc. HOURS 40 hours per
week. 7:00AM - 3:30 PM, Monday-Friday SALARY Starting rate \$19.10 -
\$20.27 per hour Annual Increases up to \$26.44 per hour With T1 license
Starting rate \$21.02 -\$22.30 per hour Annual increases up to \$29.10
per hour
Salary : $20 - $22