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The Town of Kamsack is inviting applications for the position of Water Treatment Plant Operator II. This is a permanent full-time position. Scheduled weekend work, call back, overtime and standby including nights, weekends and holidays is required. See our website www.kamsack.ca for more details
Essential Skills
- Numeracy
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Certificate
- Water Distribution Certificate (Levels I, II or III)
- Water Treatment Certificate (Levels I, II or III)
- CPR/First Aid Certificate
- Class V Driver's License
Additional Skills
- Perform security checks within plant and on grounds
- Complete and maintain plant logs and reports
Specific Skills
- Wear and use Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) equipment
- Transport and mix chemicals, and operate equipment used to unload chemicals
- Respond to customer complaints on water quality problems
- Read recording instruments to measure output and consumption levels, bacterial content, chlorine and fluoride levels
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plant machinery or equipment
- Patrol plant to check pumps, motors, filters, chlorinators and other plant equipment
- Operate and monitor computerized control systems and related equipment to regulate the treatment and distribution of water
- Operate and monitor computerized control systems and related equipment to regulate the flow of sewage and to treat and dispose of sewage and wastes
- Monitor and inspect plant equipment and systems to detect equipment malfunctioning and to ensure plant systems are operating normally
- Monitor and read recording instruments to detect equipment malfunctions and ensure plant systems and equipment are operating within prescribed limits
- Make adjustments to plant equipment and systems
- Maintain chemical feed stocks
- Complete and maintain plant logs and reports
- Collect waste and sewage samples, test and analyze results
- Collect and test water samples for chemical and bacterial content
- Analyze test results and instrument readings