Position: WTP Technician

Location: Eagle Mine, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA

General Description:

Continuously monitors the water treatment processes and makes operational changes necessary to ensure conformance to acceptable standards and specified water quality.  In addition, it performs routine operational maintenance and custodial tasks on equipment, buildings, and grounds.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assure that plant operates within required standards
• Operate all plant equipment and processes and participate in routine and preventive maintenance
• Collect and analyze samples of water or waste at different stages of the treatment process
• Work with hazardous chemicals using proper safety practices
• Monitors performance of electrical systems, circuits or equipment. Notifies supervisor of any problems
• Record daily entries in log sheets, logbook and/or computer
• Performing lab duties using a series of defined testing procedures and performs lab tests required to determine process performance and by the Water Treatment Plant Discharge Permit
• May be required to perform or assist with corrective maintenance of equipment
• Operate mobile equipment as needed upon proper training
• Enter Maintenance Work Orders as needed
• Develop Process SOPs
• Participate in routine custodial duties as needed for building and grounds maintenance
• Participate in 5S
• Other duties as assigned

Education, qualifications, and experience:

• A high school education or equivalent is required
• College-level coursework or technical training in Water Treatment, biology/environmental science or chemistry preferred
• Experience in domestic or industrial water or wastewater treatment is desired
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment techniques, processes and equipment maintenance
• Knowledge in computer operations, data entry, spreadsheets, and word processing
• Must possess a valid driver’s license
• Ability to work independently and be self-directed
• Ability to follow both oral and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, and the general public
• MDEQ Industrial Wastewater certification upon hire is desired.
• Must obtain all necessary MDEQ Industrial Wastewater certification within two years from the date of hire.

KEY PERSONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Action-oriented and produces results – tasks are accomplished within required timeframes
• Leadership – accepts responsibility and accountability
• Integrity and trust – operates by a personally defined set of ethics and values
• Decision making – correct, appropriate, timely, based on sound judgment, business sense and technical data
• Communications – clear, concise, objective, well organized, is an active listener
• Technical excellence, analysis, problem-solving – subject matter expert, researches/support proper solutions
• Ingenuity and resourcefulness – utilizes resources effectively and efficiently, thinks outside the box
• Organized – activities are logically and appropriately prepared, coordinated and conducted
• Planning and scheduling – work is planned properly, scheduled effectively, and accomplished efficiently
• Quality – output meets/exceeds standards, is accurate and complete
• Teamwork – works collaboratively focusing on team needs, provides recognition, is open and supportive
• Flexibility – accepts change and is open to and supportive of innovative ideas and methods

HSEC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Everyone in the workplace is responsible for his or her own safety and for the safety of their co-workers. Employees are responsible for performing all tasks in accordance with relevant HSEC Site Procedures, so as to work safely and keep the workplace safe.  Lundin Mining Company is responsible for determining steps required to ensure the health and safety of all employees, protection of the environment, and the community. Specifically, all employees must:

• Accept personal responsibility for HSEC
• Identify hazards, unsafe actions, and conditions that could result in damage to property, injury, impacts on the environment, and the community
• Obey any instruction issued to protect their own personal health and safety, and the health and safety of others, protection of the environment and the community.
• Report, as soon as practicable to their Manager any situations where HSEC requirements are not being conformed to within their work area
• Avoid endangerment to any other person through any act or omission
• Only use equipment you are trained to use and operate the equipment in a way that is safe protects the environment and doesn’t cause undue community impacts.
• Participate in HSEC training provided to them
• Report all incidents; including but not limited to injuries, near miss, community interactions and impacts, environmental impacts, spills, unsafe work practices, etc.