Maintenance Technician - Wastewater

Company Description

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery.

VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass.

Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.

Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose :

Performs a variety of highly skilled work in the maintenance and repair of the wastewater treatment facility, pump stations and portions of the sanitary sewer collection system.

Performs work with considerable independence in all types of climates, and is responsible for the inspection, adjustment, installation, troubleshooting, repair and preventive maintenance of all equipment and structures associated with the wastewater treatment facility.

Primary Duties / Responsibilities :

• Perform maintenance and repair of all equipment at the 1.7 MGD advanced wastewater treatment plant, 5 pump stations and sanitary collection system (such as clarifiers, aeration tanks, sewage and sludge pumps, chemical feed pumps).
• Repair and lubricate machines and equipment using hand tools and power tools.
• Maintain, repair, troubleshoot PLC's, electrical and instrument controls of Veolia Water Princeton Meadows systems.
• Make recommendations on equipment upgrades and order equipment as directed.
• Coordinates between multiple projects to ensure process operations quality is maintained.
• Operates and controls electric motors, pumps, and valves.
• Establish preventive maintenance programs, maintain logs and computer tracking in KloudGin.
• Scheduling and prioritizing of corrective maintenance work.
• Maintains chemical tanks and pumping systems.
• Determines need and feasibility of major repairs on individual pieces of equipment; consults with supervisor to recommend repair or replacement of equipment.
• Schedules preventive maintenance program to minimize unscheduled down time.
• Inspect all vendor / contractor maintenance services to assure repairs are performed to contractual agreements.
• Creates SOP's for new equipment as needed.
• Maintains inventory (spare parts, maintenance supplies, ...)
• Performs operator duties as assigned.
• Collect process tank samples and perform laboratory analyses as assigned.
• Serves on emergency duty, however, he / she may be called upon to resolve operational problems, which may arise at any time (the incumbent must be a member of the Veolia Princeton Meadows emergency callout rotation team).
• Must be able to work extended hours as needed.

When serving on emergency duty, the employee responsibilities also include :

• Notify appropriate personnel as needed.
• Investigate and remediate emergency situations such as power failure, high level alarms.
• Investigate and evaluate customer complaints related to odors or sewage backups, etc.
• Perform operator duties as needed.
• Complete all assigned work orders.

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background :

• High School Diploma / GED is required.
• 3-5 years of experience repairing and installing equipment in wastewater treatment and sanitary sewer collection systems preferred.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

• Good working knowledge of computers and software.
• Ability to perform general math calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Ability to navigate KloudGin to schedule, assign, and navigate work orders. Ability to troubleshoot, prioritize and make decisions on job site.
• Ability to schedule parts and materials for projects and schedule jobs.
• Ability to direct helpers, assistants, or new hires (crews).
• Problem Solving (operational, equipment, plumbing, instrumentation, electrical).
• Ability to diagnose sewage treatment plant pump system malfunctions, and determine appropriate procedures to repair those malfunctions;
• perform maintenance and repairs to sewage treatment plant mechanical components and equipment, including valves, motors, control panels, manholes, and sanitary sewer collection lines;

work in confined spaces in awkward positions, such as stooping and kneeling for extended periods; read, interpret and apply information from technical manuals, blueprints, meters, charts and miscellaneous other written materials.

• Demonstrated ability to choose an appropriate course of action within limits set by standard practices and procedures.
• Technical knowledge of wastewater treatment plants and pump stations.
• Professional judgment required to apply the proper course of action under various circumstances.
• Computer applications as they relate to area assigned.
• Must be able to respond to emergency calls as needed and work extended hours.

Required Certification / Licenses / Training :

• S-1 and C-1 license preferred or must obtain within 2 years of hire
• Valid NJ Driver's License is required.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer : The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.