Job Information
Cogent Infotech Water Treatment Plant Operator in United States
Qualifications
Desirable to possess a Class A, B, C, or D Public Drinking Water Treatment System Operator certification issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Candidates with drinking water treatment certifications through other states who are eligible for reciprocity will be considered.
General Description of Duties
Incumbents in this classification operate and maintain a coagulant house and filter plant in order to purify drinking water for the St. Louis and surrounding communities.
Distinguishing Characteristics
This is a journey-level trades classification in the Water System Maintenance Series – Water Maintenance Group job family within the St. Louis. Incumbents within this classification perform moderately complex duties with a variety of related tasks. The distinguishing characteristics for this classification within the series include ensuring the safety of the drinking water system.
Incumbents work under general supervision. While workers require some supervision in most assignments, they are free to develop their own work sequences within established procedures, methods, and policies. They are generally subject to periodic supervisory checks.
This is an individual contributor class, meaning the incumbent may be responsible for his/her own work including output, quality, and timeliness. Incumbents may, however, explain work processes and train others, such as new employees, in the same or similar job title. The individual contributor may serve as a resource or guide by advising others on how to use processes within a system or as a member of a collaborative problem-solving team.
Examples of Work
Operates and maintains chemical feed equipment; calculates chemical feed rates.
Maintains and monitors clear well and treatment basin elevations.
Collects bacteria water samples in order to perform lab analysis.
Completes and updates daily log sheets and laboratory test results; enters data into computer.
Operates a mechanical scraper to clean and flush chemical lines; records chemical tank elevation readings.
Inspects water treatment related equipment in order to ensure proper and safe operation.
Receives and records chemical deliveries; monitors chemical storage areas.
Operates chlorine room, which includes round-the-clock monitoring of chlorine railcar.
Backwashes filters and sets for proper pump rate.
Replaces and repairs plumbing equipment.
Responds to chemical emergencies.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform basic level of data analysis including the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize and/or reference data, statutes and/or guidelines and/or group, rank, investigate and diagnose. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established standards to recognize interactive effects and relationships.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance and/or interpretation to others, such as co-workers and the public, on how to apply policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, calibrate, tune and synchronize, and perform complex rapid adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as hand tools, chemical pumps, chlorine and laboratory equipment, computer and/or related materials used in performing essential functions.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information such as chemical records, daily logs and lab reports, blueprints, correspondence and general operating manuals.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; may require the ability to perform mathematical operations involving basic algebra.
Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objective.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
Environmental Factors
Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as odors, wetness, humidity, fumes, noise extremes, machinery, electric currents, toxic/poisonous agents or disease.
Physical Requirements
Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull moderately heavy objects and materials, twenty to fifty pounds; and may occasionally involve objects and materials up to one hundred (100) pounds, such as lifting sacks of filter gravel and pushing gas cylinders. Tasks involve the ability to exert regular and sustained heavy physical effort with an emphasis on climbing and balancing which also involves stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling in order to perform operations and maintenance duties.
Sensory Requirements
Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, sounds, odors and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks, such as interpreting lab results or detecting machinery malfunction.