Water Treatment Foreperson

Apply now for a Water Treatment Foreperson position with American Water, responsible for leading and participating in technical duties related to water treatment, including facility start-up and shut-down, continuous monitoring of water quality and treatment systems, and maintenance of equipment. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma or GED, 1-3 years of water treatment experience, and a valid driver's license.

Requirements

• Check-in with crew/operators on status of assigned tasks.
• Visit sites with critical operations to confirm tasks are on track and direct adjustments to tasks if needed.
• Order, track, and coordinate with office staff delivery of chemical, parts, and other site inventory.
• Ensures facility start-up and shut-down and continuous monitoring of water quality and treatment systems, including but not limited to wells, pumps, motors, analyzers/ instrumentation, filters, chemical feed systems, auxiliary equipment such as generators, measuring and control systems.
• Maintains and repairs regulating stations valves and pilot controls. Performs routine preventive maintenance, such as lubrication, operating adjustments, cleaning, and painting equipment at various water facility locations, including but not limited to wells, pumping plants, tank sites, regulating stations, and water treatment facilities
• Monitor the status of plant operating guidelines, such as flows, pressures, chemical feeds, levels, and water quality indicators.
• Load and unload chemicals either by hand or using chemical-handling equipment, i.e. hand trucks, hoists and/or chemical transfer pumps.
• Maintains recordkeeping, including operating logs, daily diaries, chemical inventories, data logs, reports, and SCADA data/trends.
• Make arithmetic calculations to determine chemical feed rates, flow quantities, detention and contact times, and hydraulic loadings as required for plant operations.
• Performs routine water sampling for water quality, including but not limited to bacteriological, organic, and inorganic, point of entry, and process sampling (turbidity, chlorine residuals, pH, etc.) as needed and field lab testing as required.
• Conducts safety inspections and participates in safety tailgate meetings.
• Follows safety rules as they pertain to equipment, facility operations, employees, and calibration of equipment.
• Leads and trains new employees on key accountabilities and communicates effectively with other operators and supervisors on the technical level expected for the position.
• Performs other similar work which he/she may be called upon, and any other work as necessary to satisfactorily complete the job which he/she has been assigned.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Defined Contribution Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical
• Prescription
• Dental
• Vision
• Disability
• Paid Time Off
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Health and Wellness Programs