Plant Operator

Essential Functions

• Maintaining operations records and logbooks.
• Responding to operating alarms and adjusting flow rates and tank levels.
• Inspecting operations and completing inspection paperwork.
• Note areas where maintenance is required and communicate needs to supervisor.
• Completing minor repairs and piping adjustments as necessary.
• Communicating with wellfield operators to ensure safe and efficient production.
• Working with other facility crews to ensure a productive and safe work environment.
• Understanding and following regulations and procedures.
• Troubleshooting and correcting issues with instrumentation, in discussion with Lead Operator and A/I Specialist.
• Operating water transfer and treatment equipment including reverse osmosis unit, pumps and valves.
• Maintaining filters as required.
• Utilizing flow meters, pressure gauges, and other monitoring devices to optimize plant operations.
• Operating forklift to move drums and assist in loading of trucks.
• Operating manlift as required to complete operational and maintenance tasks.
• Cleaning-up spills and disposing of trash.

Qualifications

• A valid driver's license with an insurable driving record.
• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Three to six months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to prepare and respond to instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing with a wide range of people, and to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to operate pumps manually or via DCS to transfer fluids / chemicals within plant systems.
• Ability to maintain good working relationships with all co-workers, and management, and various agency personnel.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Understanding of pump operation, fluid flow systems and piping.

Safety Practices And Policy

• The employee must be knowledgeable about and follow the Company's safety policies and procedures.
• The employee must also be certified and available to wear a respirator (i.e., must be successfully respirator fit tested).

Physical Demands And Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be mobile (walking, standing); to use hands for various tasks; to see and hear adequately to perform all essential functions and maintain a safe work environment.
• The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Work Environment:
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to mechanical parts.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to routine industrial hazards which may include fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and risk of electrical shock.
• There is the potential that the employee will be exposed to low-level radiation.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Pay

(Details on pay structure not specified)

Schedule

This is a shift operating position requiring both day and night shifts, working 12 hours on for four days, then four days off (7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., or as may be a justed for shift-change handover).