City Of Donna
Position Title: Water Plant Operator
Department:
Water Treatment Plant Reports to: Water Treatment Plant Supervisor
Date:
Classification:
Non-Exempt
JOB OBJECTIVES:
Is under general supervision of the Water Treatment Plant Supervisor, the water treatment plant operator has responsibility for reports and / or records. Several decisions are made weekly requiring some interpretations and Judgment. Render simple public services several times a week.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- The planning, organizing, and operation of the water treatment plants.
- Provide a good safe working environment.
- Maintain good public relations.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of different types of tasks without the variety itself causing a loss of efficiency.
- Assigning schedules and work duties as necessary.
- Motivate personnel to achieve maximum efficiency to operations.
- Overseeing die collection of samples, and process testing.
- Observing variations in operating conditions.
- Interpreting meter readings, and test results.
- Make operational changes when needed.
- Monitor water/wastewater plants.
- Maintain communication with immediate supervisor for total plant operation, personnel, and problem conditions.
- Maintain administrative records.
- Ability to repair pumps.
- Prepare monthly operation reports.
- Assists with training of new personnel.
- Maintaining plant grounds, like: mowing the lawn when needed.
- Will perform other related duties as required.
EQUIPMENT/MATERIALS:
Lab equipment like titrates, turbid meter, ph meter. jar test agitator etc. hand and powered tools, lawn mowers, weed eaters.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Position may have some unusual working hours, irregular hours or shifts, may involve occasional travel. Exposure to hazards which night result in serious injury or death; exposed to chlorine, ammonia, alum, sodium chlorite; may work under extreme outdoor conditions. The physical demands are up to medium lifting up to 50 lb. significant standing, walking, moving, climbing, and carrying, bending, kneeling, crawling, and reaching, handling, sitting, pushing, and pulling.
EDUCATION/SKILLS REQUIRED:
Requires a high school diploma or G.E.D., must have T.C.E.Q. certification “B License” in Surface Water or Wastewater Production. A valid Texas driver’s license and sufficient knowledge in a field to perform most normal work as assigned with little direction supervision.