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The individual in this position is responsible for operating the utility services for the site; Steam, Compressed Air, Chilled Water, Cooling Water, Potable Water, Dowtherm, Rainwater control, and Waste hauling. Evenings, nights, weekends and holidays responsibility for monitoring the performance and performing necessary testing of the Biological and Sanitary Plants.\nThis position is called upon to support the ERT on environmental issues and incident controls. The individual is not directly supervised and requires self-motivation and personal discipline to perform the required tasks. This position is classified as a “Lone Worker” and falls under the guidelines of this category. The position requires working an 8 hour rotating shift schedule. The Utility Operator must be prepared to cover overtime when needed for vacancies, vacation coverage, sickness/disability coverage, and shutdown coverage. The Utility Operator must handle chemicals involved in water and waste treatment.\nResponsibilities\nThe individual selected for this position will be accountable for the Energy Operations of the Manufacturing Site and the Environmental Performance and Safety of the Utility, Biological and Sanitary Operations to the “first valve” of the energy users. Support function to the Emergency Response Team as needed.\nThe individual selected for this position is required to work rotating 8 hour shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nLights gas or oil fed burners on boilers and dowtherm boiler.\nStarts oil pumps to feed oil into furnace or boiler.\nObserves pressure, temperature, and draft meters on panel to verify specified operation of automatic combustion control systems, feed water regulators, and burners.\nTurns valves and adjusts controls to set specified fuel feed, draft openings, water level, dowtherm pressure of dowtherm boiler, and steam pressure of boiler\nObserves boiler and auxiliary units to detect malfunctions and makes repairs, such as changing burners and tightening pipes and fittings.\nTreats boiler feed water.\nMaintains log of meter and gauge readings and records data such as water test results and quantity of fuel consumed.\nOperates and controls electric motors, pumps, and valves to regulate flow of raw water into plant.\nMonitors dowtherm level in system and adds dowtherm as necessary.\nDraws off dowtherm in each dowtherm boiler to minimize buildup of solids.\nStarts power unit to build up specified pressure in compressor.\nAdjusts controls or sets automatic controls to maintain continuous air supply to pneumatic tools or equipment.\nObserves temperatures and pressure gauges and adjusts controls accordingly,\nStarts air dryers to maintain dry air.\nAdjusts controls or sets automatic controls to maintain continuous dry air supply critical to plant operation.\nOperates and monitors plant breathing air system.\nOpens valves on equipment such as compressors, pumps, and condensers to prepare system for operation and starts equipment and auxiliary machinery.\nObserves temperature, pressure and ampere readings for system and equipment and adjusts controls or overrides automatic controls to obtain specified operation of equipment.\nRecords temperature, pressure, and other readings on log sheet at specified intervals.\nMakes periodic inspection of equipment and system to observe operating condition and need for repair or adjustment.\nAdjusts controls to isolate and clear broken lines for repair or shuts down equipment.\nAdjusts cooling tower pumps, valves, fans and automatic controls.\nPumps water into water mains.\nMonitors panelboard and adjusts controls to regulate flow rates, loss of head pressure and water elevation, and distribution of river water. \nRepairs and lubricates machines and equipment.\nOther duties as assigned.\nQualifications\nMinimum Qualifications:High School diploma or GED equivalent\nPreferred Qualifications: (candidates should possess many or most of the following qualification to be considered a candidate).Knowledgeable in the Operation of:High Pressure Boilers and related mechanical equipment\nChillers and chilled water systems\nAir Compressors and air-drying systems\nCooling tower systems\n\nBasic knowledge in water treatment chemistry and testing\nAbility to interact with instrumentation and control systems and perform troubleshooting of system.\nAbility to communicate effectively with electronic media including email, Lotus notes, etc.\nIntermediate level skills in Word, Excel, and basic skills in SAP.\nAbility to perform hazard recognition in mechanical systems and execute the LTCT program in the operational area.\nAbility to coordinate with contractors and perform Work Permits, Line Break Permits, Loading/Unloading of Tanker Trucks.\nAbility to operate/perform independently of supervision and make initial assessments/decisions on your own during upset conditions.\nThis Virginia position pays between $30/hour - $44/hour and annual bonus eligibility. 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