Transmission & Treatment Operator

DIVISION: Operations

DEPARTMENT: Transmission & Treatment

UNION/GRADE: Unit 3/Grade 16

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BASIC PURPOSE:

Acts as responsible transmission and treatment operator during an assigned shift involving the operation and maintenance of MWRA's disinfection, corrosion control, hydroelectric and throttling valve facilities.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of the Senior Transmission and Treatment Operator.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

None.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs operator duties at critical transmission and treatment facilities.
• Travels to critical transmission and treatment facilities, as needed, to make operational changes as directed or to investigate alarms.
• Operates turbines, synchronizes and stops generators, opens and tags circuit breakers and disconnects switches associated with power feeders and makes necessary power shifts.
• Performs preventative maintenance tasks, including inspection and oiling and greasing of generator and turbine bearings.
• Assists in the repair of generators, turbines, transformers, circuit breakers, exciters, water and electric meters, relays, motorized valves, sluice gates, and other related electrical and mechanized equipment, including general housekeeping of same.
• Adjusts chemical feed equipment and calibrates chemical pump under the direction of the Senior Transmission and Treatment Operator.
• Assists in monitoring bulk chemical inventory status and may assist Senior Operator in inspecting bulk chemical deliveries using established Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Measures pH, temperature alkalinity, fluoride, and chlorine residual of raw and treated water using established SOPs.
• Calibrates critical treatment process control temperature, pH, chlorine, alkalinity continuous analyzers using established SOPs.
• Assists Senior Transmission & Treatment operator with daily preventative maintenance tasks on chemical feed equipment, such as purging sodium hypochlorite feed lines of gas, rotation of chemical feed pumps, daily analysis for chlorine decay rates, testing of emergency showers and eye wash station, receiving chemical deliveries.
• Monitors SCADA screens for Transmission & Treatment system operation, acknowledges alarms, records hourly readings for chemical feed rates, logging values on log sheets and inputting information onto database.

SECONDARY DUTIES:

Performs related duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

• Basic reading, writing, mathematical and oral communication skills as normally attained through a high school education or equivalent; and
• Minimum of three (3) years experience at a water treatment, hydroelectric or power generation facility; or
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the operation, maintenance, and repair of treatment of power systems, such as hydroelectric generators, turbines and associated equipment.
• Knowledge of electrical circuits, testing procedures, preventative maintenance procedures, including personnel and equipment protective devices.
• Ability to read blueprints and schematic diagrams.
• Ability to identify operating problems and any defect in equipment so that proper precautionary measures can be taken to prevent breakdowns.
• Ability to maintain logs and prepare operational and maintenance reports.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• A valid Massachusetts Class D Driver's License.
• A valid Massachusetts Grade II Treatment-Operator-in-training or Distribution Operator-in-training license.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED:

Hand tools, mobile radio, telephone, beeper, personal computer (including SCADA, word processing, spreadsheet and other software), copy and fax mach