Water Treatment Plant Operator

<p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><strong>Is a Public Works career right for you?</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Ask yourself the following questions:</span></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Do you want more than a job while working to improve your community’s quality of life?</span></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Do you want to make a difference to your community?</span></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: center"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Then a career in Public Works is for you!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 30pt"><span style="color: inherit; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none"><strong>Make an impact in the community by joining the Water Treatment Team!&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="color: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">The Water Treatment crew treats raw water to acceptable drinking water standards in order to keep the residents of Broomfield and all visitors safe and healthy.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 30pt"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">We are accepting applications for&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><strong>Water Operators certified in the State of Colorado*</strong></span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><strong>Salary range is based on certification level:</strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><strong>Salary range is based on certification level:</strong></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Plant Operator D - $27.73-$33.89<br>Plant Operator C - $31.89-$38.97<br>Plant Operator B - $36.68-$44.83<br>Plant Operator A - $38.39-$51.93</p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">&nbsp;</span><br><a href="https://broomfield.org/274/Employee-Benefits">Total Compensation Package</a><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><a href="https://broomfield.org/274/Employee-Benefits"><strong>:</strong></a></span><strong><br></strong><table border="1" style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; width: 100%"><tbody><tr><td style="color: inherit; padding: 5pt"><p style="margin: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">14 days paid vacation + 10 sick days per year + 12 paid holidays</span></p></td><td style="color: inherit; padding: 5pt"><p style="margin: 0">Free Recreation Center Pass (Gym &amp; Pool)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="color: inherit; padding: 5pt"><p style="margin: 0">Exceptional medical, dental, &amp; vision insurance with wellness discounts on insurance premiums available</p></td><td style="color: inherit; padding: 5pt"><p style="margin: 0">4x10 schedule with three day weekends (Sunday-Wednesday or Wednesday - Saturday)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="color: inherit; padding: 5pt"><p style="margin: 0">6% employer retirement match</p></td><td style="color: inherit; padding: 5pt"><p style="margin: 0">Paid certification and training opportunities</p></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify"><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0"><strong>*If you are certified in another state, reciprocity must be approved prior to the date of hire.</strong></span></p></div><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Operates treatment facility equipment as required to include water/wastewater/reuse and solids handling treatment processes.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Makes periodic inspections of facilities and pumping facilities to monitor proper equipment operation.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Performs sampling and laboratory testing procedures according to established procedures to determine treatment requirements and progress of treatment and to meet health report requirements of the State of Colorado.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Performs data entry on a personal computer including daily log entries, quality control readings and test results, tank levels, and miscellaneous readings.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Monitors and inputs changes to set points on computer screens, instruments, and gauges to ensure the correct operation of treatment equipment.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Maintains security of the facility area to prevent theft or vandalism.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Performs predictive, corrective, and preventive maintenance on treatment facility equipment including pumps, motors, valves, and chemical feeders including checking fluid levels, oiling/greasing parts as necessary, and packing pumps.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Performs manual labor such as loading, unloading, and storing chemicals, supplies, and equipment, as well as filling chemical feeders, as assigned.</span></p></li></ul><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline"><strong style="font-weight: 700">Education</strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">High School Diploma/GED - required</span></p></li></ul><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline"><strong style="font-weight: 700">Experience</strong></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Experience that demonstrates and verifies the requirements for the class of certification held per the State of Colorado Water and Wastewater Facility Operator Certification Board Regulation 100.</span></p></li></ul><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline"><strong style="font-weight: 700">Years of related experience may be substituted for required education, however education cannot be substituted for the necessary work experience. Candidates must meet the minimum required years of work experience.</strong></span></p><br><p style="margin: 6pt 0 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: underline"><strong style="font-weight: 700">NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Must be at least 18 years old. &nbsp;Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and safe driving record for continued employment. New hires must, as a condition of employment, pass the following pre-offer and post-offer/hire processes: in-person or virtual interviews, reference checks, background checks including local police check, sex-offender registry, DMV check, and pre-placement physical.</span></p><br><p style="margin: 0; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Certification Requirements:</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt; color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Upon hire must have Water or Wastewater Treatment Operator’s Certificate Class “D” or higher</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Must continue to test for the next level of Certification, as eligible, at least annually until the incumbent has obtained the “A” certification</span></p></li></ul><br><ul style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 3pt"><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Regular, predictable attendance required</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Physical demands are described as heavy (exerting up to 100 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or up to 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects).</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Required to operate/use/construct equipment, e.g., office equipment, hand tools, etc.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Required to communicate and/or detect sounds</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, color vision, and peripheral vision.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Work near moving mechanical parts.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Work in confined spaces.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Work in year-round outdoor weather conditions.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Requires indoor and outdoor activities</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">The position at the Water Treatment Facility involves shift work including swing and graveyard shifts, weekends, and holidays; the position at the Wastewater Treatment Facility requires either working Sunday-Wednesday or Wednesday-Saturday.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Both facilities require on-call duty and working all hours during emergency situations as needed. &nbsp;The incumbent must have the ability to work alone or with others on these shifts.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">May occasionally be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, fumes, or airborne particles.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Tasks may require sitting at a computer for several hours.</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">The noise level in the environment is moderate to high</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Exposed to wet, humid conditions; work in high, precarious places</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Travel by pickup truck may be required to pick up or deliver materials or to monitor facilities not located at the plant site. &nbsp;</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Must be able to hear system alarms and make necessary adjustments when needed, monitor the facility control and alarm system, adjust control set points, perform data entry, and operate a computer. &nbsp;</span></p></li><li style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-decoration: none"><p style="margin: 0; text-align: justify"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none">Duties require a full range of physical motion and activities including manual digging, pushing, pulling, lifting, twisting and turning the upper body, stooping, kneeling, crouching, climbing, balancing, crawling, reaching for objects, walking, and standing. &nbsp;The incumbent must also be alert to peripheral activities when operating equipment and therefore must have a full range of movement in the neck and shoulders</span></p></li></ul>