Classified Ad Title:
Wastewater Operator

Post Date
1/5/2023

Expiration Date
2/15/2023

Details:
Starting Wage: $52,348.4 - $63,143.6

Controls wastewater production functions by operating all plant equipment, including but not limited to pumps, primary and secondary clarifiers, barscreens, detritus, dissolved air floatation, belt press, aeration tanks and blowers, anaerobic digesters and related equipment. Maintains proper chemical balances for wastewater treatment by unloading chemicals, filling chemical containers, replacing chlorine tanks, and adjusting chemical application rates. Assures quality control by inspecting interior and exterior plant equipment including pits, tanks, digesters, boilers, heaters, and lift stations. Keeps equipment functioning by completing preventative maintenance requirements and repairing machinery as needed. Maintains safe and clean working environment by cleaning and painting major building areas and lift station locations; maintains grounds surrounding wastewater plant facility structures. Operates and drives dump truck for transportation of sludge cake to specified locations. Complies with safety procedures, rules, and regulations. Collects information by reading gauges and dials, recording data, changing recorder charts, performing sampling tests and making mathematical calculations



Qualifications:
Operator position shall require an Ohio EPA Water Treatment Plant Operator in Training certificate or Class I Ohio Water Works EPA certificate, at a minimum. Applicant must provide proof of such with the filing of the Civil Service Application.

Comments:
Application: Applications and information may be obtained Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 at the City of Kent Service Administration Complex's foyer, 930 Overholt Road, Kent, Ohio (at the fork in the road at Cherry and Overholt). Both application and information are also available on the City of Kent's web site: http://kentohio.org/Jobs.aspx

A completed Civil Service application must be submitted either in person at the City of Kent Service Administration Complex, 930 Overholt Road, Kent, Ohio, or emailed to jseidel@kentohio.gov Please note: that in the event of tie scores on the examination, priority on the eligible list shall be determined by date and time application was filed with the Commission.




Employer:
City of Kent
Contact:
John Seidel

Address:
930 Overholt Road

Work Phone:
3306767556

Email:
jseidel@kentohio.gov