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• Operate, monitor, and adjust control functions within a water treatment plant, distribution system and sludge de-watering facility, using local controls and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA).
• Operate and adjust treatment plant pumps, motors, feeders and other equipment to maintain appropriate plant operations.
• Regulate the flow of water into and through the source water transmission system, the water treatment plant, and the distribution system.
• Record entries, update and maintain plant operation logs, forms and reports; perform and document calculations related to plant operational activities.
• Monitor water quality through online instrumentation, sampling procedures, and performing an analysis using standardized testing methods, tools, and equipment in a plant process laboratory, and at various stages in the treatment process.
• Mix and apply chemicals for use at various stages in the treatment process.
• Calculate dosages and adjust feeders/chemical injection pumps for proper operation and application of chemicals in order to ensure a high finished water quality standard.
• Work with hazardous chemicals related to water treatment and laboratory operations; receive training in and assist in spill prevention and response at City facilities.
• Maintain plant, operating equipment and facilities in a clean and orderly condition; perform routine housekeeping inside and outside the plant and conduct regular site safety inspections.
• Dispatch call-out personnel as required as required for emergency situations at all hours.
• Schedule, receive, safely unload, and store chemicals and materials by hand and by use of motorized and mechanical equipment; record deliveries and ensure adequate supplies.
• Safely operate a City-owned motor vehicle for travel to a number of pumping stations and water distribution and treatment facilities; operate City communication equipment.
• Correctly regulate waste side-streams and return flows. Assemble, update, and maintain plant operations logs and reports; perform and record mathematical calculations related to plant operational activities, process testing and control.
• Assemble, update, and maintain plant operations logs and reports; perform and record mathematical calculations related to plant operational activities, process testing and control.
• May act in a central communications function as follows: taking, relaying, transmitting, and providing information to and from City personnel or outside emergency services as required.
• Receive business contact with other city employees, customer inquiries and make every effort to enhance public relations.
• Conduct general tours of the facilities.
• Provide for safe plant conditions and working environment at all times by exercising a routine of attentiveness and proactive responses to plant safety and security matters.
• Participate in accurate and complete shift change turn-overs to discuss vital plant information.
• Participate in emergency preparedness training and exercises.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

• Standard principles of mathematics, biology, chemistry, and hydraulics as applied in the operation of a drinking water treatment facility and throughout the distribution systems.
• Standard principles and practices of drinking water treatment plant operations, laboratory analysis techniques and current drinking water standards and regulations.
• Operating principles of plant equipment such as valves, pumps motors, controls, instrumentation and telemetry.
• Basic computer (PC) skills in Microsoft Office Suite software.
• Safety regulations pertaining to industrial work practices and use of related equipment.
• Operational and safety regulations pertaining to water treatment plant operations and vehicle and equipment usage.
• Regulations, techniques and equipment used in managing, mitigation, recovery and reporting of hazardous materials release.

• Understand and carry out written and oral instructions.
• Read and interpret gauges and other recording devices, plant piping and distribution diagrams and other technical documents.
• Logically solve problems and identify hazardous work conditions.
• Apply the practices, procedures, techniques, and treatment rules pertaining to the operation of water treatment plants and distribution system into daily practice.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Work any shift, rotation, weekends, and holidays, at any Water Department facility. Water Treatment Plant Operators may be assigned and required to report directly to any City treatment facility location, and to travel to alternate duty/work locations and offsite meetings.
• Lift 55 pounds and move heavy chemical containers.
• Operate and maintain water treatment plant equipment.
• Perform simple to moderately complex tasks while wearing Level A personal protective equipment.
• Wear respiratory protection equipment as required; perform required duties while wearing a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
• Maintain the ability to perform required duties while wearing a Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
• Diagnose operating problems and take effective courses of action.
• Make independent technical decisions within established parameters to maintain proper treatment operations.
• Perform simple repair or maintenance to plant equipment such as pumps, valves, and electronic monitoring devices.
• Independently operate all of the Water Department's facilities.
• Exercise all phases of plant operations: start-up, shutdown, reduction or bypass of unit processes, adverse or emergency conditions.
• Accurately observe and record operating conditions and furnish verbal reports.
• Work independently without supervision.

• Applications are due by 5:00 P.M. on Friday, January 17, 2025. Applicants must submit a completed City of Vallejo online application, including all responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire (Resume/Cover Letter Optional), by the posted deadline in order to be considered.

• Applications will be screened for overall qualifications the week of January 20, 2025.

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  Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications will have their supplemental responses scored by subject matter experts the week of January 20, 2025. The most qualified applicants from the scoring of the supplemental questions will be invited for an Oral Panel Interview.
  

• Oral Panel Interviews are tentatively scheduled to take place the week of February 3, 2025. Oral Panel Interviews are weighted at 100% of the candidates' score. Candidates must achieve a minimum passing score of 70%. Those achieving 70% or higher will be placed on the Register of Eligibles (eligible list) and may be considered to fill positions for up to one year.
  
  The City reserves the right to limit the number of candidates to those determined to be best qualified based upon all requested application materials, including training and experience, current resume, and responses to supplemental questions.

• Candidates placed on the Register of Eligibles (eligible list) will be referred to the department for final interviews based on their performance in the exam. The number of candidates referred for a hiring interview is at the discretion of the hiring department.

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