Water Treatment Plant Operator

4 weeks ago

East Chicago, United States Global Healthcare IT Full time

**Important Notes**:

- **On call**:_ _Possibility to work 24/7 on call. Needs to live within a 45-minute drive from the plants._
- **Onboarding requirements**:_ _Hair Follicle DT. OSHA 10 is required if it isn’t done. The client assigns internal training (electrical, chemical, all that stuff)._
- **Expenses**:_They may have to buy tools or parts associated with the role if they don’t have it on-site, and the client will reimburse them if that is the case.
- **TWIC**:_Not required for these roles.

**Water Treatment experience or top required skills**: Water treatment experience is desirable and teachable. Always a plus.

**Mechanical aptitude** _(Like an HVAC) _**is up front, and electrical is a priority**_._
- Managers are not looking for a handyman or someone who lacks strong electrical or mechanical skills and doesn’t know how to fix things; it will be overlooked._

As a Field Service Technician, you will safely provide operations and maintenance on water treatment systems for customers with long-term contracts. Examples of technologies you could work on include media filtration, softening, reverse osmosis (RO), ion exchange (IX), de-oxygenation, electro deionization, and ultrafiltration (UF).

**Responsibilities**:

- Operate, monitor, and optimize equipment performance
- Conduct maintenance and calibration activities
- Perform analytical testing such as: turbidity, hardness, chlorine, pH, CO2, O2, SDI, TOC, in addition to various other site-specific testing requirements
- Monitor and maintain chemical injection systems
- Maintain inventory of spare parts and adequate supply of chemicals and replacement parts
- Carry out mechanical, electrical and controls troubleshooting on equipment such as valves, air compressors, ejectors, process pumps, blowers, and instrumentation
- Create and maintain site paperwork, and provide customers with detailed technical summaries of work performed
- Consult with customer management and operation teams
- Ensure contract compliance of volume and quality specifications
- Other duties as assigned

**Required**:

- High School Diploma / GED / Home School Certification OR international equivalent and 2+ years’ experience of service/maintenance or equivalent in an industrial environment
- Ability to travel
- Valid Driver’s License
- Ability and willingness to be on-call and respond per contract requirements
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and remotely with project teams
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to meet all customer site requirements
- Ability to cover other sites within the area as need
- OSHA 10 Certification (needs to be validated prior to start. Course can be taken after offer made).

**Desired**:
Bachelor or Associates Degree in Science/Engineering (STEM) or technical certificate in Instrumentation, Controls or programming and/or water treatment equipment including UF/MBR Working experience with PLC control systems, PLC programming and troubleshooting is preferred

**Job Types**: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $32.00 - $35.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Overtime

**Experience**:

- PM, Troubleshooting, Repairs & Installations: 1 year (preferred)
- PLC (control systems): 1 year (preferred)
- Water treatment: 1 year (required)
- Ultrafiltration (UF): 1 year (preferred)
- Water Softeners / Hardness: 1 year (preferred)
- Reverse Osmosis (RO): 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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