STEP Collection and Treatment Plant Intern Operator

THE COMPANY

Why Work at This Company?

Great people: helpful, knowledgeable employees; great products: state-of-the-art design & manufacturing; great environment: scenic area

Hiring Company Description:

Southern Oregon's Umpqua Valley is a beautiful place, with pure air, clean water, and a variety of wildlife. Orenco was born in this valley, nearly 40 years ago. We're privileged to design and manufacture products that help ensure the health and safety of people, neighborhoods, and communities, everywhere.

Do you enjoy outdoor recreation like biking, hiking, and fishing? How about good wine and good food? Ever thought about living where the ocean, ski resorts, and hot springs are all just a few hours away? If you're interested in working for a great company headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, take a look at our job postings and see what might be a good fit.

Company Details

Orenco was founded in 1981 in response to widespread failures in Oregon's onsite wastewater systems. Since then, we've grown to become an industry leader, with hundreds of employees and more than 300 points of distribution in North America, Australasia, Europe, Africa, and southwest Asia. You can find our products and solutions in 70 countries, on virtually every continent.

Orenco is headquartered in Douglas County, Oregon, where we have over 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space spread among three locations. Because we're dedicated to engineering-based solutions, more than 10 percent of our approximately 390 employees are scientists or engineers. Orenco's products and technologies appear in numerous technical publications, and our employees are asked to speak at conferences throughout the world.

GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:

This position performs duties in operating, monitoring, and maintaining the equipment and facilities at the Glide/Idleyld Wastewater Treatment Plant and STEP (Septic Tank Effluent Pumping) Collection System.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & KRA (Key Result Areas):

> Safety/Culture

• Continuously maintains Orenco Management's safety, cultural, and professional standards.
• Promotes, encourages, and reinforces a positive safety culture, safe practices, and a safe work environment to all employees.

> Treatment Plant

• Inspects and monitors facility operations and equipment to ensure proper operation.
• Reads meters, gauges, and other monitoring equipment and interprets the readings to determine processing requirements; makes adjustments to automate controls and instruments; operates valves and gauges to adjust flow and treatment process; starts, stops, and lubricates equipment.
• Performs routine preventative and corrective maintenance on equipment; orders parts and supplies as needed; contacts equipment manufacturers as necessary; maintains automated records of equipment repairs, parts lists, and inventories.
• Collects samples and perform laboratory analysis; interprets results and prepares records and reports; assures quality control; replaces chlorine cylinders and regulates the flow of chlorine. Participates in on-call weekend and holiday duty as required.
• Participates in on-call weekend and holiday duty as required.
• Responds to emergency situations and alarms at on-lot sites.
• Operates assigned vehicular equipment when required.
• Performs janitorial and grounds maintenance as required.

> Collection System

• Performs on-lot reactive and preventive maintenance.
• Troubleshoots, removes, and replaces faulty components; reads volt meters, amp meters and pressure recording charts.
• Performs utility locates and subsequent user installation inspections; maintains as-builts of subsequent user sites.
• Performs mainline extension inspections; maintains mainline extension as-builts maps.
• Monitors automatic air release valves; performs mainline pressure testing.
• Ability to interface with the public while maintaining collection systems.
• Responds to emergency situations with the mainline piping system.
• Participates in after hours On-Call job rotation.

> Work to be done during manufacturing business hours, which may include an occasional early and/or later shift as needed. Occasional overtime may be required.

> Regular, consistent, and predictable attendance is required.

> Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:

Associate Degree in Wastewater Treatment Operations, Engineering, or a related field preferred. High school education with a strong emphasis on math and sciences will be considered.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:

• Must be willing to achieve an Oregon Grade I Wastewater Plant Operator Certification within 12 months from time of hire.
• Completion of initial eight-hour Emergency Response & HazWopper and Operations level training is required. Completion of the annual eight-hour HazWopper-Operations Level training is required thereafter. Training description: Emergency communication, alarms and evacuation routes, contingency plan implementation/emergency response procedures, emergency equipment use and inspection, incident response (fire, explosion, soil and water contamination), and site shut down procedures. Hazardous waste management - handling and storage rules.
• Must obtain a CDL (Commercial Driver's License) within the first year of employment in this position, preferably sooner, and maintain it throughout employment.
• Must possess ability to grasp the principles, practices, and techniques of modern wastewater treatment.
• Must be able to quickly learn the function of all plant equipment and its operation and maintenance.
• Must be capable of learning standard laboratory procedures and analysis.
• Must be capable of learning wastewater safety hazards and precautions.
• Must be capable of learning collection system hydraulics.
• Must be capable of learning collection system pumping equipment.
• Must have basic knowledge of electricity.
• Ability to perform strenuous physical labor in all weather conditions.
• Must have skill in the use of power tools.
• Ability to prepare reports, records, and statistical data.
• Must have ability to use computer.
• Ability to make operation decisions in unusual or emergency situations or in the absence of the Lead Operator or Plant Manager.
• Must have ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to meet and deal effectively with co-workers and the general public.
• Ability to be flexible and adjust to priority changes with little notice and to remain calm during confrontational or high-pressure situations.
• Ability to use sound judgement and follow-through in problem-solving and decision-making processes.
• Must have satisfactory driving record, maintain valid driver's license, and current insurance on personal vehicle if used for business. Must meet company insurability requirements.

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT:

Calculator

Cell Phone

Computer

Drill

General Office Equipment

Grinders

Hand Tools (screwdrivers and drills)

Vehicle

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Indoor and outdoor working environment. Frequent exposure to outside elements and extended viewing of a computer screen. Extensive travel may be required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Regular job duties include seeing, speaking, hearing, reading, writing, keyboarding, time viewing a computer screen, prolonged periods of standing and walking on concrete floors, kneeling, climbing stairs and ladders, reaching, pushing, pulling, grasping, holding, bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, repetitive foot and hand movement with good manual dexterity. Regular job duties require frequent unassisted lifting of up to 50 lbs. and occasionally up to 70 lbs., lifting over 70 lbs. must be assisted.

Current Openings for STEP Collection and Treatment Plant Intern Operator Jobs at Orenco Systems