Park City Municipal Corporation | Senior Water Treatment Operator

Exhibits competency in the use of a computer.

Accurately calculates, measures and adjusts chemical doses.

Produces drinking water that meets DDW and Park City water quality goals.

Ensures water treatment plants, other sources and related equipment are maintained and operated efficiently.

Reads meters and charts accurately, maintains legible routine documentation of shift operations; communicates with other operators, superintendent and water quality and treatment manager as required. Relay information between shifts efficiently and accurately.

Participates in and demonstrates proficiency in required training programs within time frames established by Superintendent.

Assists with maintenance of mine sources as needed.

Investigate taste, odor and discoloration complaints.

Remove snow as needed from around vaults and access roads to water structures to collect water samples and access facilities.

Completes assigned duties properly and efficiently with limited direct supervision.

• Adheres to and promotes the City’s Core Values and Policies and Procedures.

• Emergency Response required.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other Departments, and the public.
• Perform highly skilled work in water treatment, electronic equipment maintenance and operational laboratory monitoring. 
• Ability to be subject to hazards: This includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to mechanical equipment, exposure to heat and cold, and exposure to chemicals (airborne and/or skin exposure) including chlorine, sodium bisulfite, caustic soda, citric acid, ferric chloride and carbon.
• Learn and show proficiency of Smart Systems and all other water treatment operations and maintenance job duties and standards.
• Wear a respirator and operate it according to established procedures.Trouble shoot basic electrical problems including power failures, solar power systems, low and high voltage supplies and PLCs. 
• Knowledge of the methods, materials, and equipment necessary for construction, maintenance, and repair work.
• Effectively utilize a personal computer, smartphone, tablet computer, spreadsheets, GIS and Cityworks software and email.
• Operation of a variety of power and hand tools.
• Basic knowledge of the hazards and safety practices common to construction, maintenance, and repair activities.
• Knowledge of plumbing and pipefitting, control valves, pumps, and other water system assets.

• Basic knowledge and understanding of EPA and Utah Division of Drinking Water Standards. 
• Basic knowledge of ground and surface water treatment methods and water chemistry.

• Ability to act effectively in emergency and stressful situations.

• Ability to obtain City National Incident Management System Certification ICS 100 and 200 within six months of being placed in Water Worker IV position.

• he employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, controls, and/or tools.
• Must be able to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and smell.  Ability to climb and pull own weight in and out of equipment.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 175 pounds.    
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, run, talk and hear.

• The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places, and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. Exposure to situations where personal protective gear is required, such as face shields, safety glasses, gloves, hearing protection, wet gear, rubber steel toed boots, etc.

• Must be able to extend out and retrieve objects outside immediate range. 
• Work in confined spaces, i.e., hatches, vaults, vessels etc. 
• Lift own weight in and out of vaults, and confined spaces. 
• Climb and ascend or descend ladders, stairs, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms; ability to balance to prevent falling when walking. 
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl to inspect and clean chemical feed routing, equipment, etc. 
• Lift to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. 

• Work is performed in indoor and outdoor settings, in all weather conditions including extreme temperatures, and includes 10-hour day shifts.  There is limited work in office and vehicles.
• Periodic exposure to stressful situations.
• May require small amounts of travel to and from meetings, trainings and conferences. 
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• Occasional non-traditional working hours which may include evening, holidays, and weekends.
• Occasional on-call working hours including holidays, evenings and weekends.