Operations Technician (Water Distribution Operator)
Company: Government jobs
Location: Carson
Posted on: January 14, 2023
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Job Description:
Description
West Basin Municipal Water District is a global leader in the water
industry in water recycling, conservation, water resource
management, and youth and adult education. West Basin provides
drinking water and recycled water to eight local retail water
agencies including four cities, three private water companies, and
one county water agency. The District serves a population of nearly
one million residents in 17 cities and unincorporated areas along
the coastal corridor from Palos Verdes to Malibu. The District is
governed by an elected five-member Board of Directors and is a
member agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern
California.
West Basin operates the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility
and three satellite locations. It is the largest treatment and
water purification facility of its type providing nearly 40 million
gallons of water each day to over 300 sites. West Basin utilizes
various advanced treatment processes to produce five types of
"fit-for-purpose" waters used for commercial, industrial, and
landscape purposes, including three ultra-pure waters.
West Basin owns and operates over 100 miles of recycled water
pipelines and supplies recycled water to customers for non-potable
use. To expand the use of recycled water, the District assists
customers with the process of converting their sites to utilize
recycled water. In addition, the District conducts site inspections
to ensure compliance for the safe use of recycled water.
West Basin is an equal-opportunity employer, promoting diversity in
its recruitment process and programs. The District is committed to
customer service and seeks to provide its customers with the most
qualified and exceptional professional services through those they
employ while offering an excellent benefits package to its
employees.
The Position
West Basin is seeking an Operations Technician (Water Distribution
Operator) who will provide oversight of the recycled water
distribution system and conducts regularly scheduled recycled water
site inspections as well as inspections of new and modified
recycled water sites. The Operations Technician is expected to
accomplish these tasks as described in more detail below:
Recycled Water Pipeline Distribution Oversight: The 100-mile
recycled water distribution system is currently maintained and
operated by a contract operator. The Operations Technician will
work directly with the contract operator to operate and maintain
the distribution system. The Operations Technician will oversee
maintenance activities such as valve exercising, pump and
disinfection station operation, and the cathodic protection
program. The Operations Technician will also provide inspections of
new pipeline installation.
Recycled Water Site Inspections: The position will conduct
regularly scheduled visual inspections at each of West Basin's
recycled water sites to ensure the safe use of recycled water. The
Operations Technician will be required to check each site to ensure
there is appropriate signage, recycled and potable water system
identification, appropriate backflow protection, and inspect for
unauthorized modifications of the water systems. The Technician
will be required to maintain the proper documents related to this
work.
Inspections of new recycled water sites and existing recycled site
modifications: New recycled water projects, and modifications of
existing recycled water sites, require several months of
inspections and require frequent visits during construction, which
will be conducted by the Operations Technician.
Key responsibilities are:
--- Works directly with West Basin's contract operator to operate
and maintain the distribution system.
--- Conducts inspections of recycled water sites.
--- Maintains and ensures that water system plans are up to
date.
--- Manages leak and shutdown coordination with contract
operators.
--- Coordinates cathodic protection surveys, valve maintenance,
booster pump station maintenance, disinfection stations
maintenance, flushing program, pipeline inspections, and oversees
distribution water quality sample collection and performs other
distribution system maintenance as needed.
--- Maintains records of work conducted and recommends needed
maintenance for the distribution system, pump, and disinfection
stations.
--- Updates asset management database.
--- Ensures compliance with policies, procedures, safety
guidelines, schedules, and work specifications.
--- Updates operations and maintenance manuals.
--- Ensures cross-connection rules and regulations are followed;
ensures proper separation between recycled and domestic water
lines, including that all recycled lines are properly marked and
meet District standards and specifications; makes recommendations
to comply with backflow standards; initiates coordination with
appropriate state and county health agencies to ensure compliance
with cross-connection regulations; provides training and oversight
to other staff and customers pertaining to the cross-connection
program.
--- Develops a periodic recycled water site inspection schedule to
ensure system testing requirements are being met; notifies
customers of the need for scheduled testing; tracks responses and
prepares follow-up notices for noncompliance and locks off water
services in cases of non-compliance as necessary.
--- Locates pipes, valves, and water distribution appurtenance as
needed.
--- Reviews proposed recycled water pipeline project design plans
and provides feedback to the engineering design team.
--- Stays apprised of City, County, and State plumbing codes and
State and County regulatory agency requirements.
--- Responds to other field work emergency or non-emergency related
to recycled water operations.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have:
--- A high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent; AND four years of
progressively responsible experience in the installation,
maintenance, repair, and/or inspection of water distribution
facilities, including water distribution operator experience.
College-level coursework in chemistry, biology, and water treatment
technology and experience in a public agency setting are
desirable.
--- Must possess a Water Distribution Grade III (D3) certification
as issued by the State of California Department of Health Services
at the time of appointment or Grade II (D2) with the ability to
obtain the D3 certification within 6 months from the date of hire.
Should possess or ability to obtain, a Cross-Connection Control
Specialist certificate. Possessing a Water Treatment Grade I (T1)
drinking water treatment certification is desirable, but not
required but should have the ability to obtain a T1 certification
within 12 months from the date of hire.
--- Knowledge of water distribution system maintenance and
repair.
--- Knowledge of pipefitting and plumbing methods and techniques;
pumps, valves, and backflow devices.
--- Knowledge of utility asset management, information systems,
technical or administrative experience in water or wastewater
systems; basic hydraulic principles used in water distribution
systems; and applicable federal and state water quality regulations
and best practices.
--- Knowledge of safe work practices and policies; and practices
and procedures of traffic control.
--- Knowledge of basic computer operation principles.
--- Ability to read, interpret, and understand water distribution
plans, schematics, technical manuals, diagrams, blueprints, and
drawings; compile information and data from multiple sources; and
prepare clear and concise reports, correspondence, and other
written materials.
--- Ability to collect and analyze technical data; and conduct a
variety of technical field inspections.
--- Ability to learn West Basin policies and procedures affecting
departmental operations and utilize new skills and information to
improve job performance and efficiency.
--- Ability to work primarily outdoors; travel from site to site,
be exposed to noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, noxious odors,
gases, mechanical and electrical hazards, and all types of weather
and temperature conditions; and work in or around water.
--- Ability and mobility to work in a field environment; to
frequently walk to conduct site inspections on a daily basis,
stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, and make repetitive movements; and must
be able to see and hear in the normal range with or without
correction.
--- Ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely both orally
and in writing, and exercise independent judgment and initiative
within general policy guidelines.
--- Ability to establish and maintain effective working
relationships with coworkers, the public, and those encountered in
the course of work.
--- Possession of a valid Class C California Driver's License and
proof of an acceptable driving record are required at the time of
hire and as a condition of continued employment. Employee may be
required to use their vehicle with mileage reimbursed at the
standard IRS rate.
Supplemental Information
There is one (1) vacancy currently available. The salary range is
$80,539 - $100,673 annually, depending on qualifications. The
position is eligible for benefits.
Apply by: January 18, 2023. Apply online at: www.westbasin.org. For
questions or additional information, please contact West Basin
Municipal Water District, Human Resources Department, 17140 S.
Avalon Boulevard, Carson, CA 90746, (310) 660-6228. Email:
hr@westbasin.org.
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed West Basin
Online Application. The most qualified applicants will be invited
to participate further in the screening process, which will include
a panel interview.
An employee who becomes a "new" member of CalPERS for the first
time on or after January 1, 2013 (and who was not a member of
another California public retirement system prior to that date)
will be enrolled in the CalPERS 2% @ 62 benefit formula (with
Social Security) with three year final compensation in accordance
with the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA). New
members will be required to pay at least 50% of the normal
retirement cost [Govt. Code Section. 7522.30(c)].
An employee who is a "classic" member of CalPERS or an agency with
CalPERS reciprocity, or who have less than a six month break in
service between employment in a CalPERS (or reciprocal) agency and
employment with West Basin, will be enrolled in the 3% @ 60 benefit
formula with Social Security.
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