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Pennsylvania American Water has an immediate opening for a Plant Operator to join our team in Susquehanna, PA ! As the Plant Operator, you will be responsible for our surface water treatment facility. In this role, you will be tasked with performing wet chemistry lab work, backwashing clarifiers and filters, making process control changes and completing regulatory paperwork. This highly critical positon will be the "eyes and ears" of the plant and have a direct impact on how our customers and communities receive an essential resource.
Primary Role
Operates and controls plant machinery and equipment to purify and clarify water for human consumption and commercial and industrial use. Remotely controls distribution pumps, tanks, and equipment to maintain water and fire service in the distribution system. Monitors and tests water quality to ensure safe water quality.
Key Accountabilities
Monitors SCADA to operate and control electric motors, pumps, valves, and filters to regulate flow of water through the plant.
Dumps specified amount of chemicals, such as polymer, salt, and potassium permanganate into chemical feeders.
Makes adjustments to same devices to control the amount of chemical admitted into tanks, clear wells, and pipelines to disinfect, deodorize, clarify, and purify the water.
Controls, operates, and monitors mixers, vacuum pumps, sludge blanket levels, sludge blanket concentrations and sludge removal to clarify the water.
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 in the distribution system.
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.
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.
Responds to consumer complaints, emergencies, answers telephone or makes notification to appropriate supervisors about same.
Loads / unloads/receives chemicals and materials used to purify and operate the water treatment systems.
Cleans and maintains work place.
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Experience/Education
High school graduate or equivalent diploma
At least 1 year of relative work experience
Specific vocational preparation includes an occupationally significant combination of vocational education, apprentice training, in-plant training, on-the-job training, or essential experience in less responsible jobs.
Required to obtain and maintain a PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Operator license within three (3) years of hire.
Work Environment
Work is both inside and outside: a job is considered “both” if the activities occur inside or outside in approximately equal amounts.
Wet and humid: Wet: Contact with water or other liquids.
Humid: Atmospheric condition with moisture content sufficiently high to cause marked bodily discomfort.
Noise and Vibration: Sufficient noise, either constant or intermittent, to cause marked distraction or possible injury to the sense of hearing, and/or sufficient vibration (production of an oscillating movement or strain on the body or its extremes from repeated motion or shock) to cause bodily harm if endured day after day. Hazards:
Situations in which the individual is exposed to the definite risk of bodily injury.
Exposure to: Odors, toxic conditions, chemical dust or dust or poor ventilation
Schedule/Hours
Full-time, day shift
Wednesday-Sunday, 7am-3:30pm
Rotating on-call responsibility
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