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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Treatment Plant Mechanic Senior
FLSA: Standard/Non-Exempt EEO Category: (70) Skill Craft
Class Code: 18814 Salary Grade: WB0
Approved: June 11, 1998 Last Revised: September 11, 2017

Purpose:
  Under limited supervision, perform complex repair, maintenance and preventive maintenance at a water or wastewater treatment plant, wastewater collection or water distribution systems facility.  Perform in both operations and maintenance disciplines with demonstrated mastery in one discipline and demonstrated competency in the other discipline.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
1. Drives personal and/or City of Austin vehicles on official business and must maintain a driver record that meets the City of Austin’s standards.
2. Make process control decisions and assign process control tasks under normal, temporary, and emergency operating conditions; conduct tests to determine proper chemical feed rates, calibrate field instruments, and make changes to chemical pumping rate as required.
3. Maintain balanced and consistent operation of plant equipment based on established process control techniques to ensure maximum efficiency of plant process and to ensure regulatory compliance for effluent quality.
4. Ensure plant processes are always operating within regulated parameters as mandated by state, federal and AWU requirements; report out-of-compliance occurrences to supervisor and superintendent.
5. Lead work groups in performing preventative maintenance tasks such as lubrication, changing equipment oil/fluids, installing packing, bearings and seals.
6. Lead work group in performing predictive and corrective maintenance on specialized treatment facility equipment such as pumps, blowers, clarifiers and valves.
7. Conduct routine rounds of the treatment facilities to monitor treatment process, identify and troubleshoot process, coordinate and resolve anomalies or mechanical problems with plant equipment.
8. Monitor and interpret data from SCADA systems and computerized control systems, instrument panels and gauges in order to make and coordinate basic to advanced process changes under normal and temporary operating conditions.
9. Maintain treatment facility operations and maintenance records using log books, databases and spreadsheets; generates and analyzes data trends and reports from historical data.
10. Troubleshoot, coordinate, and resolve mechanical and process failures.
11. Assist and/or lead on-the-job training of Treatment Plant Workers and Treatment O & M Technician Associates and Assistants.
12. Safely perform operations and maintenance tasks including confined spaces and hazardous environments; may function as confined-space entry supervisor.
13. Perform maintenance tasks in confined spaces up to 100 feet deep and requiring the use of SRL Body Harness that supports 283 pounds.
14. Perform maintenance tasks that require climbing to heights of up to 200 feet on ladders that support up to 300 lbs.
15. Perform maintenance tasks that require lifting and/or carrying equipment or supplies weighing up to 50 lbs. unassisted.
16. May provide input to supervisors on SSPR performance reviews for Treatment Plant Workers, O&M Technician Associates and Assistants. 
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
  Lead and coordinate a shift or work group, including assignment of operational and/or maintenance tasks.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of water/wastewater treatment, lift stations and/or water systems operations processes and procedures, and regulatory requirements under normal, temporary and emergency operating conditions.
  • Knowledge of moderately complex utility mathematical formulas involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of standard and metric units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions, decimals and computing rate, ratios and percentages.
  • Knowledge of chemistry, chemical properties, and methods and precautions for receiving, storing and handling of hazardous chemicals.
  • Knowledge of diagnostic techniques and troubleshooting methodology.
  • Skill at reading diagrams, analyzing, interpreting and modifying blueprints, diagrams, schematics and technical drawings.
  • Skill in using computers and related software.
  • Skill at operating a motor vehicle and motorized equipment.
  • Skill at operating manual, automated and buried valves, pumps and control systems.
  • Skill at using hand tools and power tools.
  • May require skill at basic to intermediate welding and fabrication.
  • May require skill at precision alignment of rotating equipment.
  • Skill at using lifts, hoists and rigging.
  • Skill at preparing written reports.
  • Skill at analyzing and making recommendations on optimizing operational processes and/or maintenance schedules.
  • Ability to operate and select proper breathing apparatus, respirators and atmospheric monitors, in compliance with Utility Respiratory Protection Policy/Procedures.
  • Ability to work in environments which may have hazardous atmospheres.
  • Ability to climb ladders and work at heights of up to 200 feet.
  • Ability to work in spaces, where there is limited or restricted means for entry and exit, or where the work activities may be hindered.
  • Ability to safely wear Anti-fall (SRL) body harness for confined space entry that supports up to 283 lbs.
  • Ability to walk, stand, sit, bend, stoop, twist, push, pull, climb, kneel, crawl, and lift/carry up to 50 lbs. unassisted.
  • Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
  • Ability to read, interpret, and modify treatment system technical guidelines and standard operating procedures.
  • Ability to read and interpret meters, gauges, control panels, and testing and monitoring equipment.
Minimum Qualifications:
 

• Graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent

• Four (4) years of experience in a work environment such as process control, operations, water distribution or wastewater collections, construction, or in the operation, repair and maintenance of mechanical or industrial equipment. 
Licenses and Certifications Required:
 
Must hold appropriate TCEQ License as specified by position at time of promotion.
• Water Treatment Plant Operations: TCEQ Class B Surface Water License. 
• Water Distribution Systems Facilities: TCEQ Class B Water Distribution License or TCEQ Class B Surface Water License. 
• Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations: TCEQ Class B Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator License.
• Collection Systems Facilities: TCEQ Class B Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator License or TCEQ Class II Wastewater Collection License.
• May require a valid Texas Commercial Driver's License with endorsements.
• Valid current Texas Class "C" Driver’s License.
• Must be certified for Respiratory Protection and Confined-Space Entry Programs at time of promotion and maintain certifications. 

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.