Operations Engineer III/Lead

Job description

Position Purpose

Under supervision, and on an as scheduled basis, performs duties of assigned position with a wastewater treatment plant setting.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities

When performing Operating Engineer IV duties: Under supervision, monitor and control equipment listed below whose monitoring devices and controls are located in Area Control Center 5 and the operating floor within the Power House building.

Equipment

Gas Engine Generator; Supervisory control board; Electrical switchboard; Dispatch board; Computer control counsels; Process Blowers. Visually inspect above listed equipment and operate the same equipment by local control when necessary, maintain logs, and change charts on a fixed time schedule. Adjust systems and controlled equipment to meet management and operational requirements.

Respond to equipment problems

shutting down, starting up, standby, and requesting maintenance as appropriate. Maintain record of equipment status. Cogeneration startup, if necessary.

When performing Operating Engineer III duties

Operate and adjust as required gas engine generators, boilers, pumps and biogas compressors and auxiliary Power Plant equipment throughout South Shore as needed. Make manual adjustments on Power Plant equipment to maintain proper operating levels; collect and run boiler analysis on Fired Heat Boilers. Maintain inventory on boiler chemicals, reagents and process chemicals. Make out store requisitions. Obtain supplies. Record employee notification of illness and notify proper authority.

Maintain a maintenance log of daily readings as needed. Make appropriate changes using the computer control systems and visually inspecting the related equipment.

When performing Operating Engineer II duties

Locally observe and inspect the equipment listed below to ensure proper operating status within established parameters of pressure, temperature and flow. Follow established inspection procedure, start equipment locally as required; report any malfunction of equipment to Operating Engineer IV. Locate and eliminate trouble for Operating Engineer IV. Must be able to control Process Air Compressors locally.

Equipment

Control panels, Electrical switchgear; Computer control systems; Gas Engine Generators; Waste Heat System; Boilers; Pumps. Log operational status of equipment pertaining to pressure, flow and temperature. Locally inspect and observe operational areas within the plant for fire hazards or unsafe activity.

When performing Operating Maintenance Person duties

Inspect, repair and maintain pumping equipment. Exercise and lubricate various types of valves and valve operators. Record preventative maintenance, scheduled maintenance and emergency repairs. Maintain spare parts inventory and order needed parts. Keep and maintain accurate daily logs. Service Sampler In-take unit, if necessary. Operations and Maintenance Operational Maintenance Persons are interchangeable between departments.

Under supervision, sources of authority are verbal instructions and operating manuals within the specifications of standard practices. Perform minor maintenance as assigned. Maintain a clean and orderly work area and equipment (Operating Engineer II and Operational Maintenance Person only), and security of ACC 5 operating area (Operating Engineer IV and III only).

Work Environment

Work is performed in an industrial environment with frequent, unavoidable exposure in temperatures, fumes, noise, dust, wet, odors and gasses. Work is performed on rotating shifts.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Background

High School Diploma/GED is required. Four years of experience of operating power house equipment in plants containing high-pressure boilers.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training

ASOPE First Class Operating Engineer License preferred.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.