Wastewater Job Description
Wastewater
provides leadership in marketing and operations of the Rocky Mountain market for water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure projects.
Wastewater Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective wastewater job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included wastewater job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Possess a working knowledge of pertinent wastewater regulations, knowledge of effective installation of new equipment such as pumps, valves, flow meters, probes, and other system related equipment
Manages and coordinates all on-site subcontractor or direct hire superintendent activities for compliance with the CPM schedule and monitors and enforces compliance with subcontract requirements
Supports the overall water and wastewater operations
Ensures compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, codes, maintenance manuals and government regulations, including NFPA 25
Serves as Subject Matter Expect in wastewater operations, including strict adherence to applicable regulations
Supports the development and deployment of water resource strategies focused on water quality, conservation and vulnerability assessments
Directly supervises employees including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints and resolving problems
Works jointly and collaboratively with all Facilities Maintenance staff to ensure a safe and adequate water supply
Responds to both scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs, as needed
Reads, interprets and updates blueprints related to water and wastewater systems
Wastewater Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Wastewater
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: OSHA, EIT, LA, III, DOT, II, ICC, ACI, CPR, ISO
Education for Wastewater
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the wastewater job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Business, Technical, Associates, Science, Education, Chemical Engineering, General Education
Skills for Wastewater
Desired skills for wastewater include:
Local and national wastewater regulation and ordinance
Methods
Techniques
AutoCAD
Practices of water/wastewater treatment
Industry standard computer software for the position
Principles
Practices of wastewater treatment
Equipment
Word processing
Desired experience for wastewater includes:
Municipal Wastewater License is a plus
One year or more advanced wastewater treatment experience required
One year or more water treatment experience preferred
Florida Water and/or Wastewater Operator license preferred
Must be certified on the job qualification package for this position within 60 working days of start date
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field
Wastewater Examples
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of wastewater. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for wastewater
- Determines chemical dosage and makes adjustments to plant processes as necessary including for ferric chloride, chlorine, aqua ammonia, zinc orthophosphate, potassium permanganate, caustic soda, powdered activated carbon, and other chemicals
- Maintains operational logs and records
- Makes visual inspections
- Working with and supporting Project Managers to develop scopes of work, budgets, schedules, assisting with execution and delivery of projects on time, on budget and to the performance expectations of the client
- Responsible for preparation of briefs, scope of works
- Construction and verification of wastewater models to investigate flood risk and flood mechanisms and develop outline solutions
- Planning and supervision of site asset surveys for physical and condition assessments
- Analysis of wastewater operational data
- Checking and reviewing modelling work undertaken by others
- Preparing technical reports and other project deliverables
Qualifications for wastewater
- Bachelor’s degree in Environmental or Civil engineering with an emphasis in water/waste water or other related field
- Long hours, exposure to weather, including a hot and humid climate, and hazardous conditions at some assignment locations
- May be required to occasionally bend/stoop, climb ladders, or lift objects related to the work environment
- Bachelors in Civil Engineering required
- EI required
- 0 to 8+ years of water/wastewater project experience, focus on pump stations and pipelines is preferred
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of wastewater. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for wastewater
- Responsible for the daily maintenance and repair of production process equipment including but not limited to waste treatment systems, high pressure caustic vessels, etch lines, atmospheric scrubber systems and pumping systems
- Limited construction/installation of equipment
- Operate equipment pertaining to maintenance including fork trucks, scissor lifts, and aerial lifts
- Interfacing with clients on projects
- Contributing towards technical innovation
- Assisting with the preparation of bids for prospective projects
- Performing a mechanical engineering design role on significant projects
- Perform all assigned tasks in a safe and efficient manner ensuring the highest standard of safety is upheld
- Perform daily site assessments, including identification of potential work site hazards
- Ensure all assigned tasks are done in accordance to operational procedures
Qualifications for wastewater
- Offer real-world experience on exciting water/wastewater projects
- Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate Engineering Program with a focus on water/wastewater preferred
- Create detailed designs of water and wastewater treatment systems and collection systems under instruction from the Project Engineer
- Interest or experience designing water/wastewater treatment facilities and conveyance systems
- BS or MS (0 to 4 years experience)
- EIT (Passed the FE Exam)
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of wastewater. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for wastewater
- Demonstrated ability to perform hydraulic calculations for pumps, pipes and open channels and associated equipment including drawings and written descriptions
- Report and clean-up spills
- Engage in all forms of labour to assist in the successful operation of all water treatment processes
- Assist site trades people and operations personnel as necessary
- Daily operation of the treatment facility, including site assessments, identification of potential work site hazards
- Ability to work independently, as needed, after initial training is a must
- A high standard of house-keeping must be maintained at all times
- The handling of lime and other chemicals is a major function of the Water Treatment Operator
- All tasks assigned must be done in safe and efficient manner ensuring highest standard of safety is upheld
- Manage tasks / projects and clients’ expectations for the planning, design and construction of Water / Wastewater treatment plants, storm water systems, distribution / collection systems, and pump / lift stations creating construction documents, specifications and handling construction oversight / administration
Qualifications for wastewater
- BS/MS in Civil or Environmental Engineering
- Interest or experience designing water/ wastewater treatment facilities, distribution systems, and collection systems
- Must be a self starter and able to solve problems
- BS/MS in Civil, Environmental, or other applicable engineering discipline required
- Interest or experience designing water/wastewater or water resources infrastructure
- An attitude and commitment to quality, teaming, innovative problem solving, communication, relationship management and our employee ownership model
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Our company is looking to fill the role of wastewater. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for wastewater
- Performs other administrative tasks including material ordering, inventory, scheduling and report preparation
- Prepare process and civil design drawings and coordinate with CADD technicians for construction plans production
- Support infrastructure life-cycle management initiatives as a key member of our condition assessment team
- Incumbent must handle hazardous waste in accordance with the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and company policy
- Use of skills in chemical management including titration, pH testing, neutralization and spill management
- Assist in other plant maintenance work as required by supervisor
- Observe and promote all safety requirements
- PLC troubleshooting and light programming if capable / as needed
- Perform work in various areas such as electrical, pneumatics, hydraulics, pipe fitting, welding, and soldering
- Data analysis and engineering calculations for the preparation of preliminary design or other engineering reports
Qualifications for wastewater
- HEC-1, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, GEO-RAS, storm drain system analysis experience preferred
- PE in Canada
- Must have experience working on 2+ large construction wastewater projects in Canada
- Candidate must live in Canada and be willing to relocate to Toronto
- Professional Engineer registration required in Texas
- Experience in design of wastewater systems with major clients in Texas (Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Corpus Christi)
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a wastewater. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for wastewater
- Creating detailed process and civil drawing plans for wastewater treatment facilities
- Reviewing shop drawings and requests for information for projects under construction
- CADD drafting/modeling for drawing development, quantity take-off calculations, construction services support, hydraulics and hydrology modeling, and other miscellaneous engineering calculations
- Conceptual, preliminary and detailed design with water/wastewater projects
- May work with the appropriate manager to propose and manage WWTP budget
- Communicates issues and problem solving initiatives
- Responsible for field investigations and construction contractor oversight at locations in the New England area
- Meets project, client and regulatory requirements, standards and deadlines
- Works in a very timely fashion to meet project budgets
- Handles multiple concurrent projects and deadlines
Qualifications for wastewater
- Must have knowledge and/or experience in planning studies, conditions assessment, systems analysis and, rehabilitation projects
- Bachelor of Engineering (or Bachelor of Science in Engineering) degree in Civil, Chemical, Environmental or equivalent
- PE Registration in the state of Colorado
- Degree in Civil Engineering or Geography (but will consider other disciplines or qualifications depending on experience)
- Previous demonstrable experience in wastewater modelling using InfoWorks CS
- Experience of MapInfo