Leachate Technician Landfill - Rochester, NH, United States - WM

Description

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

I. Job Summary

Responsible for the proper operation of the Leachate Management System (LMS) in accordance with regulatory and waste Management requirements.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Follow all safety rules and regulations.

Maintain and repair pumps and mechanical equipment.

Maintain accurate activity logs.

Work with various site contractors.

Use computer SCADA systems for operation and troubleshooting of essential equipment.

Work with completing CYCLE tasks.

Monitors control panels and adjust valves and gates manually or by remote control to regulate flow of Landfill-leachate.

Observes variations in operating conditions and interprets meter and gauge readings and tests results to determine load requirements.

Starts and stops pumps, engines, and generators to control flow of Landfill-leachate through treatment and collection systems.

Maintains log of operations and records meter and gauge readings.

Collects Leachate sample and conducts laboratory tests.

Update and maintain data spreadsheets for compliance reports.

Other duties as assigned.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory duties.

IV. Preferred Qualifications

Experience with wastewater treatment and collection systems.

Vocational/Technical training

Experience troubleshooting and repairing instrumentation systems.

A. Education and Experience

Have a High School Diploma or GED equivalent.

Associate's Degree, or equivalent experience, and four or more years previous experience is preferred

Demonstrate excellent communication and problem solving skills.

Exhibit basic personal computer skills.

Mechanical ability to troubleshoot and repair pumps, blowers and other equipment.

Ability to work on a rotating on-call schedule and responds to call-ins. Night, weekend and holiday work could be required.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

None required.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

Intermediate personal computer skills.

V. Work Environment

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc) occasionally;
Required to exert physical effort in handling objects greater than 30 pounds occasionally;
Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc) occasionally;
Required to be exposed to physical environment that involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements part of the work day;
Normal setting for this job is: landfill and associated facilities and Leachate treatment plant.

Benefits

At Waste Management, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability.

As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days.

Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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