Waste Water or Water Plant Operator

Biro Strategy; Orange City Council; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Biro Strategy in Central West NSW is seeking Waste Water or Water Plant Operators to run the on-site effluent treatment plant. The role involves monitoring and adjusting processes to keep production moving across shifts, ensuring EPA licence and trade-waste compliance.

Salary starts at $79,499 per year plus superannuation, with shift allowances and overtime paid in addition. This is a full-time, permanent position located in Central West NSW.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience operating a treatment or effluent plant.
• Experience with industrial, food-processing or agri-processing wastewater is highly regarded.
• A valid Australian drivers licence and ability to work rotating shifts.

Responsibilities

• Operate and monitor the effluent treatment plant, including screening, equalisation, pH correction, sulphide oxidation, chrome recovery, clarification and sludge dewatering
• Regulate pumps, valves, blowers and dosing systems, and respond to process upsets before they breach limits
• Prepare and dose treatment chemicals safely in line with Safety Data Sheets
• Collect samples and perform routine tests (pH, solids, turbidity, chrome and sulphide), and record and report results
• Maintain compliance records for the site's EPA licence and trade-waste agreement
• Carry out routine inspections and minor maintenance, applying confined-space and chemical-handling procedures

Skills

Effluent plant ops

Rotating shifts

Driver's licence

Industrial wastewater

Job description

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

Job Description

We are seeking Waste Water or Water Plant Operators to run the on-site effluent treatment plant at an established processing facility in the Central West of NSW. Industrial effluent from the site is a complex waste stream, and the operators keep the facility compliant with its EPA licence and trade-waste requirements while keeping production moving across shifts. Salary: Starting at $79,499 per year plus superannuation, with shift allowances and overtime paid in addition.

Location: Central West NSW. Full-time, permanent. Key responsibilities

• Operate and monitor the effluent treatment plant, including screening, equalisation, pH correction, sulphide oxidation, chrome recovery, clarification and sludge dewatering
• Regulate pumps, valves, blowers and dosing systems, and respond to process upsets before they breach limits
• Prepare and dose treatment chemicals safely in line with Safety Data Sheets
• Collect samples and perform routine tests (pH, solids, turbidity, chrome and sulphide), and record and report results
• Maintain compliance records for the site's EPA licence and trade-waste agreement
• Carry out routine inspections and minor maintenance, applying confined-space and chemical-handling procedures

Skills and experience

• At least one year of hands-on experience operating a treatment or effluent plant
• Experience with industrial, food-processing or agri-processing waste water is highly regarded
• A valid Australian driver's licence and the ability to work rotating shifts

This is an ongoing opportunity. Applications are reviewed as they are received.