O&M Technician-Covering Connemara / Galway Region
Glanua
- Galway
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Take ownership and responsibility for allocated water and wastewater treatment plant facilities ensuring standards of quality and cleanliness are upheld.
- Perform daily, weekly, monthly, and other periodic operation and maintenance checks to ensure the quality and quantity of any treated water produced or final effluent treated is within specification.
- Complete grounds maintenance activities including grass cutting, cleaning and facilities maintenance.
- Predominately, normal day-to-day duties involve working alone, therefore all O&M Technicians are required to carry a lone working device and use it as per the specific operating procedure.
- O&M Technicians must visit each site on a regular basis. A site visit report on the Site Reporting App must be filled in on each visit to the plant.
- Welcome visitors and provide induction upon first visit, record this and any subsequent visits on the Site Reporting App.
- O&M Technicians must perform a walkthrough of the site, visually inspecting all areas of the plant and treatment process, and record the tasks as outlined in the Site Reporting App for each applicable plant.
- Respond to critical alarms when required to ensure water and wastewater treatment output is maintained.
- Conduct and record process adjustments as required to ensure treated water and treated wastewater outputs are to the required standard.
- A HSQE walkthrough of each water and wastewater treatment plant must be carried out on a weekly basis. O&M Technicians must complete and submit the Weekly HSQE Checklist for Operations.
- Assist with the delivery of the CRF (Capital Replacement Fund) projects when & where applicable.
- Show an eagerness to learn and progress in your own career as well as the mentoring and training of more junior staff.
- Other duties as required from time to time.
- Experience in Water / Waste Water Plant operations is desirable.
- An interest in developing a career within an industry-leading organisation.
- Ability to work as part of a team in project delivery and provide input at team meetings.
- Ability to engage with suppliers and sub-contractors at procurement stage and in the delivery of their scope of supply during contract delivery.
- Ability to use own initiative, problem solve and adjust as issues arise during project O&M activities.
- Good working knowledge of MS packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Strong communication skills with a high level of motivation.
- Full driving licence
- The opportunity to join an ambitious and growing organisation.
- Monday to Friday working week finishing early on Fridays.
- 22 days annual leave plus 10 bank holidays.
- Competitive base salary with annual salary review.
- A company laptop and phone.
- Access to EAP - 24/7 365 days confidential employee counselling service, free to avail for employees and their families.