Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under general supervision repairs, maintains, and operates water and sewerage systems, related facilities, and auxiliary equipment.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must obtain and maintain a NYS Department of Health Grade IIB Community Water Systems Operator Sub Part 5-4 of Part 5 of the NYS Sanitary Code.
• Use individual initiative to identify and correct operational and minor maintenance problems at the Water Treatment Facility.
• Maintain a vigilant and observant watch of all aspects of the water and sewage systems at all times and perform rounds as required by supervisor.
• Take decisive action as deemed appropriate, to operate the water and sewage systems in BNL’s best interest and in accordance with State and County requirements.
• Maintain the operations log of all plant activities, issues, and occurrences.
• Troubleshoot and repair, water and sewage treatment machinery, pumps, and equipment as directed.
• Perform daily water treatment testing, sample collection, and add chemical additions as needed.
• Provide informed communications effectively, accurately, and on a timely basis, with supervisor and other operators.
• Maintain cooling towers sampling log sheets.
• Perform work effectively, efficiently, and safely.
• Cooperate with and assist other staff.
• Identify potential hazards, environmental concerns, and unsafe conditions or practices in work or at work site, and implement or suggest controls to minimize risk.
• Respond to emergency situations, alarms, or occurrences in an appropriate manner.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Current holder of a NYSDOH Grade IIB and/or Grade D water operator’s license.
• Experience with the installation of piping and plumbing systems.
• Familiar with the practice of taking various types of water samples and sampling techniques.

Environmental, Safety, and Health, Considerations:

• Standing, bending, and lifting, up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in confined spaces.
• Ability to climb fixed and portable ladders and work at heights up to 30 feet.
• Use of a respirator and other related safety equipment.
• Work outdoors/cold environments.
• Work in warm environments.
• Use of powered and air operated hand tools.
• Operates forklifts, mobile cranes or other heavy equipment.
• Work with machinery including benchtop grinders and similar.

The Lab’s placement policy is to select the best qualified candidate for an available position. With respect to Bargaining Unit positions, candidates are considered in the following order: (1) present benefits-eligible employees within the department/division and/or appropriate bargaining unit, with preference for those within the immediate work group; (2) present benefits-eligible employees within the Laboratory; and (3) outside applicants. The full salary for this position is $37.03 per hour.