Wastewater Collection Tech I

City of Wasilla; Wasilla (AK); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Wasilla seeks an experienced operator to manage and maintain its wastewater collection and treatment systems as a primary duty, with secondary responsibility for water treatment and distribution. The role emphasizes safety, compliance with regulations, and reliable performance of equipment across facilities.

The successful candidate will operate and monitor pumps, valves, and treatment processes, perform monthly sampling, and ensure leaks are detected and repaired.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills and the ability to read equipment and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Operate wastewater treatment facilities and related equipment (sewer lagoons, digester, screens, pumps, flow meters, aeration blowers, etc.).
• Maintain wastewater treatment plant by exercising valves, adjusting aeration blowers, troubleshooting pumps and controls, and inspecting diffuser lines.
• Perform monthly wastewater sampling and maintain chain of custody and logs.
• Operate wastewater collection facilities, lift stations, pumps, flow meters, and inspect/maintain new service connections.
• Maintain wastewater collections system by pumping septics, detecting leaks, and troubleshooting pumps and controls.
• Operate water production and distribution facilities, manage well production, reservoir volumes, booster stations, and establish new connections.
• Locate service utility lines from drawings and using electronic locating equipment; establish new sewer connections.
• Operate live tap machines and HDPE fusion equipment; steam thaw mains and service connections; operate a mobile steam boiler.
• Weekend rounds and security checks; record data on pumps, wells, and reservoir activity; collect samples for Cl2, pH, and DO and adjust equipment.
• Respond to utility call-outs within 20 minutes; follow checklists to troubleshoot and restore service.
• Perform other job-related duties and special projects as assigned.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Basic computer skills

Reading drawings/schematics

Vehicle operation

Education

Alaska wastewater level I certification

Water treatment and distribution provisional certificate (within 1 year)

Tools

HDPE fusion equipment

Live tap machines

Rodder vacuum truck

Sewer pump truck

Front-end loader

Forklift

Mobile steam boiler

Job description

Operate and maintain the City of Wasilla’s wastewater collection and treatment systems. Ensure systems are kept in excellent working order by following the operations and maintenance manual and providing an excellent recurring work program keeping the facilities in a safe and functional capacity. Also, operate and maintain the City’s water treatment and distribution systems as a secondary function.

• Operate wastewater treatment facilities, septage receiving facility, bar screens, grit separator, screen press, recirculation pumps, flow meters, aeration blowers, sewer lagoons, digester, drying beds, settling clarifier, subsurface drain fields and operate a vacuum pumper truck.

• Maintain wastewater treatment plant by exercising valves, adjusting aeration blowers, troubleshoot electrical pumps and controls, and aeration lagoon diffuser lines, remove sludge accumulation from lagoons, clarifier, drying beds, and operate stand-by generators.

• Perform monthly wastewater sampling, complete chain of custody and maintain sampling logs.

• Operate wastewater collection facilities, lift stations, recirculation pumps, flow meters, and inspect and maintain new service connections.
• Maintain the wastewater collections system, pump septic tanks at regular intervals, exercise valves, air relief valves, detect and repair leaks, troubleshoot pumps and pump controls.
• Operate water production and distribution facilities by controlling well production, storage reservoir volumes, booster stations, pressure reducing stations, and establishing new connections.
• Maintain collection mains by exercising valves, detecting and repairing leaks, and troubleshooting electrical pumps and controls.

• Locate service utility lines by reading and understand as built/record drawings and use electronic equipment to find buried mains lines and service lines.

• Establish new sewer service connections.
• Operate live tap machines and fusion equipment for HDPE pipe.
• Steam thaw mains and service connections, pump vaults, septic tanks, and service key boxes by operating a mobile steam boiler.
• Perform weekend rounds and security checks on systems and facilities, record data on pumps, wells, and reservoir activity, collect samples for measuring Cl2, pH, D.O. and adjust equipment as required.

• Ability to respond to utility call outs within 20 minutes from call, follow check list to troubleshoot problems, and repair and bring systems back into service.
• Perform other job-related duties and special projects as assigned.

• Knowledge of standard methods in water/wastewater fields and associated State and Federal regulations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills along with the skill of effectively reading equipment and construction schematics.
• Ability to operate basic vehicles, sewer pump truck, Rodder vacuum truck, dump truck, front-end loader, rubber tire backhoe, and a forklift.
• Homeland Security orientation tests (Incident Command Systems) will be required as a term of employment taken on-line Entry level IS-100.b within fifteen days of date hire, and IS-200.b, IS-700.a, and IS-800.b within 45 days of date of hire.

• One year experience in sewer and water operations.
• Must possess State of Alaska level I certification in wastewater collection and wastewater treatment.
• Must obtain a provisional certification in water treatment and water distribution within 1 year from date of hire.
• Must convert water provisional certifications to a level I and wastewater certificates to a level II within 3 years from date of hire.
• Must possess a valid State of Alaska Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with Tanker endorsement within 6 months from date of hire and be able to operate a motor vehicle.
• Must provide a current driving record (dated within 30 days of request) from the State of Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles.