Job Summary

Reporting into the Water Operations Manager, this position operates a loader and other heavy equipment and performs plant operation and maintenance duties.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Operates a front-end loader to clean and maintain sludge beds, buries waste material, and removes snow from plant grounds and sewage pumping station roadways.
• Operates and moves pumping equipment at the sludge-dewatering site to remove sludge or water from various cells and areas.
• Opens and closes the appropriate valves and overflow weirs to run the sludge-dewatering operation efficiently and effectively.
• Performs routine plant operation and maintenance as required.
• Performs minor repairs and maintenance checks on vehicles and heavy-duty equipment.
• Assists with building and grounds maintenance including the application of herbicides and other chemicals as required.
• Performs duties of Maintenance Assistant as required.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Training And Experience Requirements

• Grade 12 education.
• One year’s experience operating a front-end loader, grader, bulldozer, forklift, bobcat and/or other heavy equipment.
• Possession, or successful completion within six months after date of hire, of a Certificate of Completion for the California State University courses for Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants (Volume I and II).
• Possession of, or ability to obtain within one month of hire, a valid Industrial Vegetation Commercial Pesticide Applicator License.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid, recognized first aid certificate.
  
  

Knowledge, Abilities And Skills

• Knowledge of equipment limitations.
• Knowledge of common safety practices and procedures.
• Ability to perform minor service maintenance on front-end loaders, graders, tandem trucks and other equipment.
• Ability to operate heavy-duty equipment.
• Ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions.
• Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with other employees and the public.
• Physical ability to perform the assigned duties.
  
  

Conditions of Employment:
•    Acceptable current Criminal Record Check (CRC) upon offer of employment.