Job Description

Wastewater Technician/ Maintenance Mechanic

The Waste Water Technician/Maintenance Mechanic is responsible for waste water related tasks, including start-up: ensuring the system is producing clean water; mechanical/chemical trouble shooting in addition to planning, layout, and perform a variety of general maintenance duties to install, maintain, and repair production machines or equipment, attachments, or other apparatus or mechanisms as used in the various departments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES:

Responsible for calibration and adjustment/repair of diaphragm pumps & other mechanical components

• Switch sample bottle and programmed sampler as needed.
• Performing mechanical and chemical troubleshooting of wastewater system.
• Maintain a chemical inventory, checking and changing chemicals.
• Using a computer to print out periodic flow/Ph charts.
• Empty and clean filter press as required.
• Take care of sludge removal.
• Keep a detailed logbook on routine and abnormal conditions.
• Assist municipal and contracted technicians or inspectors on audits and sample collections. Coordinate hazardous waste pickup and disposal
• Operate all wastewater and associated equipment.
• Review and respond to the maintenance service request.
• Utilize the EAM system to ensure thorough maintenance records keeping.
• Perform regularly scheduled Preventative maintenance activities as assigned.
• Teardown machines and mechanisms determine the extent of troubles, repair damaged mechanisms, and/or replace worn parts and reassemble.
• Perform mechanical work as necessary to move and align production machinery, equipment and newly installed replacement parts to the required accuracy.
• Basic knowledge of plumbing, carpentry work such as building workbenches, office partitions, etc. Perform simple pipefitting, painting, and sheet metal work or other necessary layout work to complete jobs at hand.
• Work involves a variety of regular machines, and bench and hand operations requiring familiarity with the machinist trade.
• Detailed knowledgeof plumbing, carpentry, welding, and generalmaintenance drafts and proficiency requiring skill and judgmentto tear down ordinary units,installation of new machinery and/orthe relocation of present equipment.
• Duties require basic knowledge in several areas such as carpentry, plumbing, welding, sheet metal, pipefitting, general knowledge of the electric hand tools: regular blueprint reading, and the experience necessary for recommending machine modifications.
• Maintain work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follow standard safety regulations. Execute a variety of other similar and associated duties as required.
• Perform other similarand associated duties as required or directed.

REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge of wastewater theory and operations.
• Knowledge of wastewater equipment such as pumps and valves.
• Ability to repairand maintain wastewater equipment.
• Ability to worksafely with hazardous chemicals.
• Ability to plan wastewater operations in a way that best supports production.
• Proficiency with commonmechanic’s hand tools.
• Proficiency with commonpower tools.
• Ability to learnand progress throughmechanic levels.
• Microsoft Office experience with emphasis on Outlook
• Ability to interpret repair manuals.
• Ability to use the EAM system to document maintenance service requests.
• Highly customer service focused
• The ability to communicate and work collaboratively with all levelsof the organization
• Ability to operate a fork truck,scissor lift or other industrial power equipment as required.

*Must be able to obtain a WastewaterLicense Grade 2, within 90 days. Study materials will be provided.

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