Job description:
Working for Champlain Water District means you make a difference in the lives of over 84,000 customers throughout Chittenden County. Not only will you be part of an organization that provides safe, high quality drinking water, but you will also join a team that protects Shelburne Bay and that exceeds federal and state requirements. For 22 consecutive years, Champlain Water District has received the “Excellence in Water Treatment” award issued by the Partnership for Safe Water. Champlain Water District was the first water supplier in the nation to receive this prestigious award.
Champlain Water District also takes care of its employees. Here is what’s in it for you when you join our team:
- Competitive pay
- Platinum-level health insurance plan with the employer contributing 81.5% of the premium
- Dental and vision benefits that are 100% employer paid
- Immediate enrollment in VMERS retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- and more!
Here is what we are looking for in a Treatment and Transmission Specialist:
The Treatment & Transmission Specialist (TTS) operates the treatment facility and the transmission system including pumps, storage tanks and valves in order to provide a potable water supply in the most efficient and economical manner. The treatment facility shall be operated and operating decisions made in accordance with federal, State, and local laws and regulations and prudent utility practice. The TTS shall recognize the fact that the treatment facility and transmission system requires a TTS in attendance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
We prefer someone with the following skills and experience:
- A continual tenacity to produce a drinking water product protective of public health (examples include operating filters to particle count process control limits, and, disinfection by-product reduction using transmission system fill/draw methodology).
- Ability to operate all equipment relating to the treatment facility plant and performs necessary routine and preventive maintenance.
- Ability to assist in keeping records pertaining to the operation of the filtration facilities. For example, shift log, filter readings, chemical feed rates, pressures, temperatures, and other data as may be required.
- Valid State of Vermont Driver’s License, with the ability to meet the insurability criteria.
- Employee shall possess or be eligible to obtain the appropriate State of Vermont Operator’s Certificate as required by the Vermont Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division. Employee shall obtain said Certificate within the timetable established by the certifying agency, including passing the required exam within twelve (12) months of employment.
For a complete job description please visit the CWD website: www.champlainwater.org
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $29.33 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
