Job Description
This position is responsible for performing specialized duties in the operation of a water treatment plant.
Examples of Duties
- Operates equipment to control water flow and maintain proper operating levels.
- Monitors the SCADA system and adjusts treatment operations to ensure proper plant operations.
- Services, maintains, operates, and repairs facilities and equipment, including large-scale pumping devices, chemical feed systems, storage facilities, and related equipment.
- Collects samples; performs laboratory analyses to ensure that treatment facilities are operating efficiently; carries out corrective actions based on chemistry and biology of plant operations and regulatory requirements.
- Makes rounds of plants; reads gauges and meters; records readings.
- Maintains, calibrates, and repairs a variety of mechanical and electrical equipment, including pumps, motors, controllers, valves, charts, and plant instrumentation.
- Maintains chemical analysis records; prepares operations and maintenance logs, records, and reports, including required local, state, and federal reports.
- Maintains plant facilities;
- Reads and interprets plans, maps, and specifications.
- Responds to after-hours emergencies.
- Attends required training classes.
- Performs related duties.
Minimum Qualifications
- Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with completion of specialized training in the field of work, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education.
- Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.
- Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver’s license issued by the State of North Dakota for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.
- Water Treatment Plant: Qualifications for grade increase from Grade 12 to Grade 13 for Water Plant Operator II.
- Passing of the NDDEQ testing requirements and possessing a valid Grade 02 Water Treatment Plant Operator certification.
- Obtain sufficient general understanding of all plant flows and processes.
- Has knowledge and the ability to make all the necessary flow and chemical adjustments under normal operating conditions.
Supplemental Information
- Knowledge of treatment principles, operations, and equipment.
- Knowledge of computers and job-related software programs.
- Knowledge of chemistry, mathematics, hydraulics, and biology and effects on treatment and processes.
- Knowledge of division and city policies and procedures and federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
- Skill in the interpretation of plans, maps, and specifications.
- Skill in the operation and maintenance of mechanical and electronic equipment.
- Skill in planning, organization, and decision making.
- Skill in thinking clearly under difficult circumstances.
- Skill in oral and written communication.
City Of Bismarck Benefits Summary
01
Do you have a high school diploma or equivalent (GED)?
02
Do you currently hold a Water or Waste Water Operator's License?
03
Education: Post-Secondary education in water, wastewater, power or process plant technology or related field (Must attach your documentation for verification)
- No Education
- Power Plant/ Process Plant Degree
- Certificate - Water/Wastewater
04
Years of experience working at a Water/Wastewater Plant?
- None
- 1-2 years
- 3-4 years
- 5 years or more
05
Years of experience working at a Power Plant or Process Plant?
- None
- 1-5 years
- 6 years or more
06
How many years of experience do you have with the lime softening treatment process?
- None
- 1-2 years
- 3-4 years
- 5 years or more
- Required Question
