Requisition ID:  107559 

 

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People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career.  Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.

 

We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role!  Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey.

 

About American Water
American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water’s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $40 to $42 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.

American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.

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Primary Role

Operates and controls plant machinery and equipment for water/wastewater treatment. Remotely controls distribution pumps, tanks, and equipment to maintain water and fire service in the distribution system. Monitors and tests drinking water/wastewater quality to ensure safe drinking water quality

Job Duties

• Monitors SCADA to operate and control electric motors, pumps, valves, and filters to regulate flow of drinking water/wastewater through the plant.

• Monitors SCADA to remotely adjust and control pumps, motors, and chemical feed equipment to regulate pressures, water elevations, flow of water, and quality of drinking water/wastewater

• Dumps specified amount of chemicals, such as polymer, salt, and potassium permanganate into chemical feeders.

• Makes adjustments to chemical feeders to control the amount of chemical admitted into tanks, clearwells, and pipelines to disinfect, deodorize, clarify, and purify the drinking water/wastewater.

• Maintaining tools and equipment and notifying supervisor of broken equipment or tools and safety needs or equipment

• Controls, operates, and monitors mixers, vacuum pumps, sludge blanket levels, sludge blanket concentrations and sludge removal to clarify the drinking water/wastewater. Monitors SCADA to remotely adjust and control pumps, motors, and chemical feed equipment, to regulate pressures, water elevations, flow of water, and quality of water.

• Monitors filter operation to maintain water quality and determine backwashing scheduling. Collects and tests water samples from various process points to determine acidity, color, turbidity, pH, bacteria content, treatment application, odor, and other impurities, using various laboratory equipment such as electrodes, colorimeters, mixers, turbidimeters, titrators, mixers and hot plates.

• Operate sewer cleaning equipment to repair sewer back up

• Completes E-Coli testing

• Complete locates and manhole inspections in their assigned areas

• Maintains and tests online analytical instruments monitoring water quality.

• Records data such as test results, chemical dosages, weights, and volumes, water quality information, operational problems, and compliance monitoring as required by various State and Federal regulations.

• Loads /unloads/receives chemicals and materials used to purify and operate the water treatment systems. Housekeeping of the plants, grounds and vehicles

• Make necessary adjustments and repairs to plants and equipment as needed.

• Plant daily checklist and monthly facility inspections.

• Rotation of on-call responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Certifications/Licenses Valid driver’s license required; CDL Class A license preferred Obtain Class C license within 3 years  Qualifications

The person occupying this position must be neat, reliable, resourceful, have a retentive memory, and be able to think and act promptly. The Operator’s personality must allow this individual to fully cooperate with and assist other employees. The Operator must be able to work effectively under pressure; must have good habits of speech, legible handwriting, have basic computer skills, and the technical, academic, and physical ability to perform the duties of this classification; must be able to readily read, understand, and accurately follow station operating instructions given by supervision. The Operator must be able to discern between the relative importance of assigned duties; must have the proper regard for the use of time and equipment, and an awareness of the responsibility to safeguard the water supply; must be able to send and receive instructions by radio, phone, and computer.

 

Assigned classification will be based on licenses possessed. To be eligible for Operator-in-Training Classification, the person must possess or working toward an Operator Class D Wastewater license To be eligible for Operator C Classification, you must possess an Operator Class C Wastewater license To be eligible for Operator A Classification, you must possess an Operator Class A Wastewater license

Competencies Champions safetyCollaboratesCultivates innovationCustomer obsessedDrives ResultsNimble learning

 

 

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American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because they are an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.