Water Treatment Operator

Key Responsibilities

Operate and monitor water treatment systems, including reverse osmosis (RO), filtration, demineralization, clarifiers, chemical feed systems, pumps, valves, and associated equipment to ensure safe and reliable plant operation. Perform routine inspections of water treatment equipment and systems; identify abnormal conditions; report deficiencies; and initiate corrective actions as required.

Collect water samples, perform laboratory, and field testing to verify water quality and system performance in compliance with regulatory and operational requirements. Record, review, and maintain operating data, laboratory results, equipment readings, inspections, and maintenance records using approved logs, and plant software systems.

Analyze operating parameters, water chemistry results, and equipment performance trends; identify process deviations; and recommend operational adjustments to optimize system efficiency and reliability. Notify and coordinate with the Lead Operator and Supervisor regarding operational issues, equipment failures, and abnormal plant conditions as required.

Apply company safety policies, environmental requirements, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures, and safe work practices to protect personnel, equipment, and the environment. Maintain housekeeping standards in water treatment facilities, chemical storage areas, laboratories, and equipment rooms. Verify chemical inventories; receive, handle, store, and manage treatment chemicals in accordance with applicable safety and environmental requirements.

Review operating procedures, drawings, P IDs, manuals, work orders, and technical documentation to support safe and effective plant operation. Coordinate shift turnover activities; communicate equipment status, operating concerns, and ongoing work to operations and maintenance personnel. Provide weekend, holiday, vacation, outage, and emergency coverage as needed to maintain adequate staffing and operational support across the facility.

Ability to safely work alone and manage assigned responsibilities with minimal supervision.