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Under general supervision, incumbents in this journey-level position function as plant operators and/or plant mechanics and are responsible for operating and maintaining a wide variety of complex machinery and equipment in a sewage treatment plant.
Job Responsibility:
Makes regular visual, audio, olfactory and tactile inspections and/or manual tests of all plant machinery and equipment, including auxiliary equipment, in an assigned area or pumping station, maintaining logs and records
Performs a variety of manual tasks requiring the handling of equipment exposed to raw sewage
collects and performs simple assessments of raw sewage and chemical samples
Operates, inspects, maintains, overhauls and makes major and minor repairs to wide variety of pumping, heating, ventilating, process machinery and equipment in a wastewater treatment plant or pumping station
Inspects sewage pipelines, tanks and gates to check for the condition of equipment, for infiltration and blockage of debris and build-up of mineral deposits
Operates, inspects and maintains solids treatment and flocculating chemical systems
Operates, inspects and maintains disinfection and dechlorination systems
May assist in training and in supervising work of apprentices or other trainees.
Requirements:
Four (4) years of verifiable journey-level Stationary Engineer, Plant Operator and/or Plant Mechanic experience in the operation, maintenance, and repair of a variety of mechanical and electrical pumping, heating, air-conditioning, ventilating, and related plant machinery of wastewater treatment plant
government establishment
hospital
industrial, production, or commercial building
OR Completion of a recognized four-year Stationary Engineer Apprenticeship Program
OR Graduation from a recognized four-year Maritime Academy with a degree in Engineering or Technology
OR Possession of at least a 3rd Assistant Marine Engineer's License of any unrestricted horsepower
OR Possession of an FAA Airframe or Power Plant Certificate AND four (4) years of verifiable experience in an Airframe or Powerplant mechanic or maintenance technician capacity that utilizes the certificate
Possession of a valid driver's license
AND Grade I or higher California Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certificate or Grade I or higher California Water Environment Mechanical Technology Certificate.
Nice to have:
Grade II or higher California Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certificate
California Advanced Water Treatment Operator Certificate (AWTO)
Experience working in a wastewater treatment plant
Availability to work flexible shifts, including evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays.