Operations & Maintenance Technician

Glanua; Ballintober; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days annual leave

Company vehicle

Laptop

Phone

EAP access

Job summary

Glanua is seeking an Operations & Maintenance Technician to oversee designated water and wastewater plants, ensuring treated outputs meet specifications and that sites are operated and maintained to required standards.

You will join a team, cover a rota including out-of-hours shifts, and report via Site Reporting App while progressing your career in a multi-site environment across Mayo and surrounding sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in Water / Waste Water Plant operations is desirable.
• An interest in developing a career within an industry-leading organisation.
• Ability to work as part of a team in project delivery and provide input at team meetings.
• Ability to engage with suppliers and sub-contractors at procurement stage and in the delivery of their scope of supply during contract delivery.
• Ability to use own initiative, problem solve and adjust as issues arise during project O&M activities.
• Good working knowledge of MS packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills with a high level of motivation.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership and responsibility for allocated water and wastewater treatment plant facilities ensuring standards of quality and cleanliness are upheld.
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly checks to ensure the quality and quantity of any treated water produced or final effluent is within specification.
• Complete grounds maintenance activities including grass cutting, cleaning and facilities maintenance.
• Predominately, normal day-to-day duties involve working alone, therefore all O&M Technicians are required to carry a lone working device and use it as per the specific operating procedure.
• Site visit reports on the Site Reporting App must be filled in on each visit to the plant.
• Welcome visitors and provide induction upon first visit, record this and any subsequent visits on the Site Reporting App.
• Technicians must perform a walkthrough of the site, visually inspecting all areas of the plant and treatment process, and record the tasks as outlined in the Site Reporting App for each applicable plant.
• Respond to critical alarms when required to ensure water and wastewater treatment outputs are maintained.
• Conduct and record process adjustments as required to ensure treated water and treated wastewater outputs are to the required standard.
• A HSQE walkthrough of each plant must be carried out weekly and Weekly HSQE Checklist submitted.
• Assist with the delivery of CRF projects when applicable.
• Show eagerness to learn and progress, mentoring of junior staff.
• Other duties as required from time to time.

Skills

Water Treatment

Wastewater Operations

Team Collaboration

Problem Solving

MS Office

Driving Licence

Job description

Role:

Operations & Maintenance Technician

Location:

Base: Ballinrobe, Claremorris,Ballintubber Co.Mayo some of the sites. you will be covering as follows Lough Carra Wtp, Ballycroy Wtp, Glenhest Wtp, Belderrig Wtp, Fahy Wtp, Kilmeena Wtp, Killeen Wtp, Laghta Wtp, Drummin Wtp, Lough Mask Wtp, Glencorrib Wtp, Brackloon Spaddagh Wtp, Kilmovee Urlaur Wtp) and other sites as requested by your manager

Salary:

Competitive salary and Commercial Vehicle

The Role:

As an O&M Technician you will be assigned ownership of certain water and wastewater treatment plants, and will be responsible to ensure the quality and quantity of any treated water produced or final effluent treated is within specification, and that each of the assigned sites, their facilities, grounds, contents and individual process’ are operated & maintained as required. All O&M Technicians will work in conjunction with each other and may be required to undertake duties and provide cover at various plants. You will be allocated responsibility and ownership for your dedicated water or wastewater treatment plants and will ensure they are covered by other O&M Department team members while on scheduled/unscheduled leave or days off duty. Each Technician will work on a rota system, which will be managed by O&M office staff. It is a requirement to share the out of hours & public holiday cover with the contract site team. Any changes to the published rota require notice to the O&M Project Manager in advance. The use of email/apps etc is required and is considered an essential business tool in day-to-day O&M activities. Business etiquette on all correspondence is essential. As an Operations & Maintenance Technician, you will be expected to support the O&M project manager and engineer in the daily operation and maintenance of live operational projects as well as showing progression and development in your own career. You will be presented with a wide multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge base and an opportunity to progress your career.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Take ownership

and responsibility for allocated water and wastewater treatment plant facilities ensuring standards of quality and cleanliness are upheld.

• Perform daily,

weekly, monthly, and other periodic operation and maintenance checks to ensure the quality and quantity of any treated water produced or final effluent treated is within specification.

• Complete

grounds maintenance activities including grass cutting, cleaning and facilities maintenance.

• Predominately,

normal day-to-day duties involve working alone, therefore all O&M Technicians are required to carry a lone working device and use it as per the specific operating procedure.

• O&M

Technicians must visit each site on a regular basis. A site visit report on the Site Reporting App must be filled in on each visit to the plant.

• Welcome

visitors and provide induction upon first visit, record this and any subsequent visits on the Site Reporting App.

• O&M

Technicians must perform a walkthrough of the site, visually inspecting all areas of the plant and treatment process, and record the tasks as outlined in the Site Reporting App for each applicable plant.

• Respond to

critical alarms when required to ensure water and wastewater treatment output is maintained.

• Conduct and

record process adjustments as required to ensure treated water and treated wastewater outputs are to the required standard.

• A HSQE

walkthrough of each water and wastewater treatment plant must be carried out on a weekly basis. O&M Technicians must complete and submit the Weekly HSQE Checklist for Operations.

• Assist with the

delivery of the CRF (Capital Replacement Fund) projects when & where applicable.

• Show an

eagerness to learn and progress in your own career as well as the mentoring and training of more junior staff.

• Other duties as

required from time to time.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Experience in

Water / Waste Water Plant operations is desirable.

• An interest in

developing a career within an industry-leading organisation.

• Ability to work

as part of a team in project delivery and provide input at team meetings.

• Ability to

engage with suppliers and sub-contractors at procurement stage and in the delivery of their scope of supply during contract delivery.

• Ability to use

own initiative, problem solve and adjust as issues arise during project O&M activities.

• Good working

knowledge of MS packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Strong

communication skills with a high level of motivation.

• Full driving

licence

What we offer you:

• The opportunity

to join an ambitious and growing organisation.

• 22 days annual

leave.

• Competitive

base salary.

• Commercial

Vehicle.

• A company

laptop and phone.

• Access to EAP –

24/7 365 days confidential employee counselling service, free to avail for employees and their families.