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This role focuses on operating treatment systems, performing maintenance, and ensuring the plant follows environmental rules and safety standards. It involves monitoring equipment, completing lab tests, keeping accurate records, and responding to changing conditions during daily and storm operations. As a Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, you will perform the following duties:
- System Operation: Operate the wastewater treatment plant, lift stations, and related systems to maintain safe and efficient performance
- Equipment Maintenance: Maintain and repair pumps, motors, filters, disinfection units, and other treatment equipment
- Lab Testing: Collect samples, perform lab analysis, complete reports, and follow all laboratory procedures
- Record Keeping: Record flows, log daily readings, track chemical use, and maintain compliance documentation
- Regulatory Compliance: Follow Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules, apply treatment formulas, and support National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements
- Field Response: Monitor storm operations, check manholes, coordinate outside sampling, and adjust systems to prevent overflows
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment, 37.5 hours/week
- The position operates 365 days a year. Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, with a 30-minute lunch. You will be scheduled to work rotating weekends and holidays.
- This position is considered essential, meaning employees may have to work overtime in the event of storms, equipment failure, emergencies, and office closings.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Successful completion of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Trainee (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) program and certification as a wastewater treatment plant operator for any class and type of plant; or
- Possession of a valid certification issued by the Pennsylvania State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators as a wastewater treatment plant operator for any class and type of plant.
Special Requirements:
- This position requires possession of a valid certification issued by the Pennsylvania State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater System Operators as a wastewater treatment plant operator that is equal to or greater than a Class B, Subclass E, 1 and 4 Certification.
- This position requires possession of an active Pennsylvania non-commercial Class C driver's license or equivalent.
Additional Requirements:
- You must possess a valid federal or state-issued photo ID and pass a favorable NCIC screening for admittance to Fort Indiantown Gap.
- You must obtain a Class B Commercial Driver's License with the Air Brake Restriction removed within one year of employment, and maintain it throughout employment.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Preferred Qualifications (not required):
- Formal training in wastewater management
- Experience in the operation of a Sequential Batch Reactor (SBR) Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)
- Experience in the operation, maintenance, and repair of motors, pumps, compressors, valves, filters, and/or other related WWTP equipment
- Experience in performing sampling/testing of plant influent or effluent for environmental protection
Legal Requirements:
- A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.