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People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals.

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About American Water

American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water\'s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company\'s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders.

As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest \$30 to \$34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities.

American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron\'s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\'s WaterSense Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions.

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Primary Role

Operates a Class A Surface Water Treatment Plant including chemical feed systems and performing required process control testing and analysis.

Key Accountabilities

• Operates pumps, multimedia filters, chemical feed systems, and performs required process control testing and analysis.
• Fills day tanks.
• Calibrates chemical feed pumps, including checking chemical feeds at outlying stations that may be required.
• Receives and tests chemical deliveries.
• Performs routine maintenance and housekeeping, depending on actual working assignment.
• Perform a variety of water field tests.
• Make process adjustments based on process data and operational skillsets.
• Collect treatment and equipment data (flow data, run times, etc.).
• Collect compliance samples.
• Adjust chemical feed systems and change chemical containers as needed.
• Maintain process and facility equipment.
• Maintain asset recordkeeping via MapCall.
• General housekeeping of facilities and grounds.
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Overtime required.

Requirements

• Responsible for the safe operation of water facilities.
• Follow all safety rules and operation procedures as established by the Company.
• Responsible for proper sample collection and related laboratory or fiel tests.
• Mathematical aptitude to effectively perform calculations associated with the position.
• Mechanical aptitude to service, maintain, and make minor repairs to a wide variety of machinery and equipment.
• Comply with all requirements to provide high quality water and proper wastewater treatment as established by the company and governmental regulatory and environmental agencies.
• The ability to learn and use computer programs such as Outlook, Microsoft Office, Waterly (Production Department\'s data entry systems), Teams, and MapCall.
• Familiarity with SCADA computer systems for utilities.
• Physical capability to perform heavy manual labor in all types of weather.
• Must be reliable, responsible, organized, resourceful, and able to think and act promptly, all while most often working alone.
• Ability to cooperate/collaborate with other operators and laboratory personnel.
• Good written and verbal skills.
• Strong problem solving and prioritizing skills.

Experience/Education

High School diploma or GED required.

0-2 years of experience in the water industry