Operating Engineer IV SU

About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water, and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website 

Job Description

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose:

Under supervision, and on an as scheduled basis, performs duties of assigned position with a wastewater treatment plant setting. Work is performed in an industrial environment with frequent, unavoidable exposure in temperatures, fumes, noise, dust, wet, odors and gasses. Work is performed on rotating shifts.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Under supervision, monitor and control equipment listed below whose monitoring devices and controls are located in Area Control Center 5 and the operating floor within the Power House building. Equipment: Gas Engine Generator, Supervisory control board, Electrical switchboard, Dispatch board, Computer control counsels, Process Blowers.
• Visually inspect above listed equipment and operate the same equipment by local control, when necessary, maintain logs, and change charts on a fixed time schedule. Adjust systems and controlled equipment to meet management and operational requirements.
• Respond to equipment problems: shutting down, starting up, standby, and requesting maintenance as appropriate.
• Maintain record of equipment status.
• Cogeneration startup, if necessary.
• Under supervision, sources of authority are verbal instructions and operating manuals within the specifications of standard practices.
• Perform minor maintenance as assigned.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area and equipment (Operating Engineer II and Operational Maintenance Person only), and security of ACC 5 operating area (Operating Engineer IV and III only).

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background:

• High School Diploma, GED Equivalent or Higher.
• Four years of experience of operating power house equipment in plants containing high-pressure boilers.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. 
• The candidate is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. 
• The candidate must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Additional Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.