Water Treatment Technician I 43329

What You Can Expect

As a Water Treatment Technician youll maintain the University of Iowas drinking water treatment plant and support the HighQuality Water Group which oversees various facilities including the Oakdale Water Plant MacBride Nature Recreation Area Public Water System and campus pools and spas. This position entails day shift work from Monday to Friday with rotational oncall duties including nights weekends and holidays requiring you to be onsite within one hour when called upon.

Every day you will review priorities and plan tasks. Youll interact with students faculty and staff explaining service and repair processes and addressing safety concerns professionally and courteously. Your responsibilities encompass performing preventative maintenance and repairs on various water treatment equipment (e.g. water softeners reverse osmosis systems filtration systems).. Additionally youll play a pivotal role in maintaining large plant equipment such as pumps motors valves and compressors. Monitoring and maintaining chemical injection and piping systems (PVC copper steel). Conducting electrical troubleshooting (e.g. checking voltage to pumps switches motors).

What Youll Bring

• A High School Diploma/GED or equivalent

• A minimum of three 3 years of relevant experience or a combination of training and experience in mechanical electrical and plumbing repairs
• Knowledge of instrumentation and software systems for process analysis supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) data processing and report generation
• Familiarity with safety protocols including confined space entry fall protection forklift operation lockout/tagout procedures process safety and risk management respirator usage and chemical safety
• Certification as a Water Treatment or Distribution Operator in the State of Iowa is required or a willingness to obtain certification

Additional Details

• This role requires daily attendance at a worksite
• This is a field position requiring regular travel within the University of Iowa campus and satellite location to client site(s) and supply houses
• Must possess a valid stateissued drivers license with a clean driving record. This role requires the use of company vehicles on and off campus
• Must be willing and able to comply with ENGIEs policy with respect to COVID vaccination and testing
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is exposed to weather conditions (transiting between buildings on campus)
• The position consists of 90 work indoors and 10 work outdoors; outdoor work may expose the employee to weather conditions
• Could involve some lifting / up to 50 lbs
• Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment and the ability to acquire new skills as needed
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and ENGIE leadership and staff; verbally electronically and in writing using Microsoft products and our CMMS to respond to service tickets document damages and repairs complete service reports and make repair recommendations to customers and leadership
• Ability to accurately read gauges charts computer monitors and operations manuals
• Ability to hear warning alarms
• Ability to operate forklifts trucks and other motor vehicles.
• Ability to work safely in or with high noise levels extreme heat dust high places exhaust from purge pumps chemicals and their fumes (sulfuric acid hydrochloric acid chlorine) fiberglass insulation asbestos welding hazards cutting tools (power saws grinders drills etc. high pressure steam hot condensate high pressure distribution loop and highspeed rotating equipment

Compensation

Salary Range: $26.58 $40.74 USD hourly

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography experience industry knowledge education internal pay alignment or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal state and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography experience education internal pay alignment or other bona fide factors.

In addition to base pay this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location

At ENGIE we take your wellbeing seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical dental vision life insurance employerpaid shortterm and longterm disability insurance ESPP generous paid time off including wellness days holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match. But thats not all were dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical wellbeing through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE

ENGIE North America isnt just participating in the ZeroCarbon Transition were leading it! Join us as we develop energy that is renewable efficient and accessible to everyone.

In 2020 The University of Iowa (UI) entered a 50year trailblazing partnership with the University of Iowa Energy Collaborative (UIEC) a joint venture between ENGIE Meridiam and Hannon Armstrong to operate maintain and enhance the universitys Utility System. As the founding member of this joint venture ENGIE designs builds operates and maintains the energy infrastructure delivering safe reliable costeffective and sustainable energy solutions in producing and distributing steam electricity chilled water and domestic water to the main campus in Iowa City Iowa and a nearby satellite campus.

At ENGIE our goal is to support promote and thrive on diversity equity and inclusion. We do so for the benefit of our employees customers products and services and community. ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are firmly committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all employees.

We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity religion national origin disability veteran status or other legally protected status.

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The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.