Head Treatment Plant Operator

Career Development Center Full Time

Company Name: The Department of Public Utilities, City of Pittsfield
Location: Berkshire County

The Department of Public Utilities, Wastewater Division, is seeking a qualified individual to fill the Head Treatment Plant Operator position (HTPO). Working under the plant superintendent, the HTPO provides supervision to Wastewater personnel, and operates and maintains machinery and equipment in and around the Wastewater treatment plant and adjacent facilities. The HTPO checks machinery and equipment for malfunctions, and conducts regular and preventative maintenance and repairs.

40 hours/week
Salary: $38,959 – $42,694 annually

Responsibilities:

  • As a shift supervisor, provides first level supervisory control and responsibility for security, operation and performance of the wastewater treatment facilities and their operation.
  • 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.
  • 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. Obtains and records
    readings of instruments, makes adjustments in equipment as indicated or required and maintains operation and treatment logs.
  • Performs treatment related duties as required, including but not limited to: grounds maintenance, treated water and wastestream 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/sanding/plowing snow in support of the facility operations.
  • Performs incidental custodial cleaning and maintenance painting required to maintain plant facilities in neat, clean and orderly fashion.
  • Performs other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications:

  • At least two (2) years of full-time experience in a position of responsibility as a treatment plant operator or equivalent, involved with operation of complex water treatment works, including satisfactory experience in charge of a shift or work crew.
  • Valid Massachusetts Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator’s Certificate – Grade 5 or higher, or the ability to obtain within one year of appointment (Preference given to those whom already possess license).
  • Valid Massachusetts driver’s license
  • Knowledge of and familiarity with wastewater or water treatment processes, primary & secondary clarification, trickling filter operation, nitrification, anaerobic digestion, chlorination, phosphorous removal, sludge dewatering and disposal and NPDES permit
    requirements. Knowledge of and familiarity with basic water chemistry & laboratory procedures and equipment used in water and
    wastewater analysis.
  • 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.

 

To apply, or to see full job description, if interested, please visit the careers page at https://CityOfPittsfield.Hyrell.com