WATERWASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATOR

City of Wasilla, AK; Alaska; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Wasilla seeks a dedicated Water/Wastewater Operator to oversee treatment and distribution systems. Primary duties include operating wastewater facilities, performing monthly sampling, and ensuring safety and compliance with state regulations.

Secondary responsibilities cover water production and distribution tasks, line location, and connections, with required Alaska certifications and a valid CDL Tanker endorsement within 6 months of hire.

Qualifications

• One year experience in sewer and water operations.
• Alaska State Level I certification in wastewater collection and wastewater treatment.
• Must obtain provisional certification in water treatment and water distribution within 1 year.
• 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 Alaska CDL with Tanker endorsement within 6 months from date of hire.
• Must provide a current driving record within 30 days of request from Alaska DMV.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain wastewater collection and treatment systems.
• Operate water treatment and distribution systems as a secondary function.
• Operate equipment including bar screens, grit separator, screen press, recirculation pumps, flow meters, aeration blowers, and other related devices.
• Perform monthly wastewater sampling and maintain logs.
• Locate service utility lines and read as-built drawings; establish new sewer service connections.
• Operate live tap machines and HDPE fusion equipment; steam thaw mains as required.
• Respond to utility call outs within 20 minutes and document activities.
• Perform weekend rounds and data recording for pumps, wells, and reservoirs.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Basic computer skills

Reading schematics

Vehicle operation

Education

Alaska Level I wastewater certificate

Water treatment provisional certification

Water distribution provisional certification

CDL Class A or B with Tanker endorsement

Tools

Live tap machines

HDPE fusion equipment

Mobile steam boiler

Vacuum pumper truck

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.