Assistant Engineer II - Water Quality - Metropolitan Water District - La Verne, CA - EXPIRED
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Job Information:
Company: Metropolitan Water District
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of twenty-six cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California. Metropolitan's mission is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high quality water to meet current and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way. Metropolitan's facilities include the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, five conventional water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 2.6 billion gallons per day, nine surface water reservoirs, 800 miles of pipeline, and 16 hydroelectric power plants.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER II - Water Quality
The Water Systems Operations Group, Water Quality Section, of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California currently has one (1) opening for an Assistant Engineer II within the Operations Compliance Team of the Water Purification Unit. This position is located at Metropolitan's Water Quality Laboratory in La Verne.
The primary objective of the Operations Compliance Team and this position will be to ensure 100 percent compliance with all primary drinking water standards. This position will assist beyond regulatory compliance, ensuring the water quality-related satisfaction of Metropolitan's customers, member agencies, sub agencies, and ultimately drinking water customers.
This position will assist with reviewing and summarizing operational data to ensure compliance with existing drinking water regulations; provide technical support to the Water Treatment and Conveyance & Distribution Sections to ensure 100 percent compliance with all drinking water standards; serve on the Treatment Plant and Distribution System Quality Assurance Teams to provide water quality perspective to ensure continued compliance with current and future drinking water regulations; assist with full-scale evaluations and process optimization studies; assist Engineering and Operations with start-up of new facilities; provide disinfection requirements and procedures for new installations, repairs, and inspections of water treatment processes and/or distribution system pipelines; perform water chemistry, hydraulics, and/or water treatment process calculations; and provide training to treatment and/or distribution system operational staff on water quality topics.
JOB DUTIES
1. Assists with planning, coordinating, conducting, and monitoring tests, studies, and investigations.
2. Assists with preparing technical documents, reports, and presentations.
3. Assists with preparing or reviewing design criteria, plans, specifications, submittals, cost estimates, and budgets.
4. Assists with preparing standards, procedures, guidelines, and manuals.
5. May assist with emergency response duties.
6. Assists with maintaining official records, documents, and data.
7. Assists with developing and directing test plans for bench, pilot and full scale water quality testing.
8. Assists with analyzing and interpreting data to develop water treatment process design criteria.
9. Assists with analyzing and interpreting data to optimize water quality performance and maintain compliance with drinking water quality regulations.
10. Assists with reviewing and analyzing water quality data and provides recommendations to ensure compliance with all drinking water quality regulations.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and two years of relevant experience which must have been at the Assistant Engineer I level.
A degree in a related field is defined as a degree in Engineering (Civil, Sanitary, Environmental, Mechanical, or Chemical) or Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Microbiology, or Biological Sciences.
Relevant experience is defined as two years of experience in water and/or wastewater treatment processes or experience in water/wastewater regulatory compliance.
General Required Knowledge of: Engineering principles and practices in specific discipline; project schedules and budgets; applicable federal, state and local laws, codes and regulations related to area of responsibility; and current office technology and equipment.
General Required Skills and Abilities to: Analyze and interpret data; organize; problem solve; prioritize and multi-task; communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; work independently and in a team environment; and operate current office equipment including computers and supporting applications.
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations Requirements
* Valid California Driver's License or equivalent from state of residency that allows you to drive in the course of your employment.
Working Schedule: 9/80 with alternating Fridays off
PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT, AND VISION REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met or may be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the job duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job duties.
Physical Demands: The work requires some physical exertion such as long periods of standing; walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities; recurring lifting of moderately heavy items such as personal computers and record boxes. The work may require specific, but common, physical characteristics and abilities such as above-average agility and dexterity.
Work Environment: The work involves moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions, e.g., working around moving parts, carts, or machines, or irritant chemicals; etc. Employees may be required to use protective clothing or gear such as masks, gowns, coats, boots, goggles, gloves, or shields.
Job Related Selection Criteria:
25% Technical Knowledge and Skills in water treatment
21% Written Communication Skills
12% Job Preparation (education, experience and training relevant to the position)
12% Analytical Skills
12% Interpersonal Effectiveness
06% Organizational & Planning Skills
06% Teamwork
06% Oral Communication & Presentation Skills
100% Total
Benefits:
* Competitive compensation
* Excellent medical, dental, life, vision
* Retirement plans, including pension plan and 401k
* Tuition reimbursement
* Training and advancement opportunities
* Excellent working environment
* Public transportation reimbursements and van pools
For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: http://www.mwdh2o.com/PDF_Careers/benefits.pdf
This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. To receive a copy of the complete job description, please send an email to [email protected].
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process, please call (213) 217-7738 or email [email protected].
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