Water/Wastewater Operations Specialist - East Region

Water/Wastewater Operations Specialist - East Region

Black & Veatch delivers design, procurement and construction solutions to help provide wastewater treatment to communities worldwide. We serve public and private clients with a strong focus on life cycle economy, efficiency, and reliability. Black & Veatch helps clients with startup, commissioning, troubleshooting, and training of their operations staff to be able to effectively operate the new and upgraded facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide startup, commissioning and troubleshooting services for conventional wastewater treatment, advanced wastewater treatment, and biosolids.
• Prepares standard operating procedures, energy control procedures, job safety analysis, and operation and maintenance manuals for new and existing facilities.
• Perform onsite training of operations staff.
• Evaluate staffing, operating costs, and system redundancy for reliable operations.
• Travel up to 75%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 10 years' experience in wastewater operations or commissioning of wastewater plants or water treatment operations and/or commissioning of water treatment plants.
• Plant startup and commissioning experience a must.
• Technical writing skills and basic computer skills (Word, Excel, PDF, Microsoft Visio) are a must.
• Water/Wastewater Operator License is preferred.
• Valid Drivers License is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Competencies:

• Collaborates
• Communicates effectively
• Courage
• Directs work
• Instills trust
• Interpersonal savvy
• Organizational savvy
• Customer focus
• Decision quality