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If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!\nAbout Essential Utilities\nEssential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.\nOperating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.\nWe are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.\nOur company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.\nAre you looking for a fantastic career at Aqua? We have a great opportunity for a Water Treatment Technician at our water treatment plant in Kankakee reporting into the Plant Manager. The duties of the Water Treatment Technician provides the operation and preventative maintenance of pumping and purification equipment, instruments, buildings and grounds, and facilities as are or may be in use throughout the Aqua Illinois Kankakee/Will County Division for the treatment and pumping of water. The position involves shift work and the incumbent should anticipate working various shifts. The Water Treatment Technician position performs all tasks related to the installation, testing, operation, maintenance, emergency repair, relocation, and retirements of all facilities related to the water system and the water pumping and treatment facilities located in Kankakee/Will Counties.\nRESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:\nOperate and maintain the facilities and equipment related to the water treatment plant, well facilities, pumping and storage facilities, and water distribution system including but not limited to chemical feed equipment, sludge pumps, high and low service pumps, water pumps and clarifiers.\nOperate valves, electrical switchgear, electrical disconnects and switches.\nOperate and maintain the vehicles and equipment used in the water facilities.\nPerform and record inspections, tests, and data on the systems’ and facilities’ operations. \nOperate, read, interpret, and record as directed all instruments at Company’s facilities.\nBackwash intakes and exercise individual judgment in changing intakes when conditions indicate the desirability of a change.\nRecord measurements, verify drawings, and record data for proper record keeping and reporting on the Company’s facilities.\nMonitor bulk chemical inventories, complete inventory reports and order bulk chemicals.\nPrepare reports required by the Company, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the Illinois Commerce Commission, or other jurisdictional entities.\nOperation of laboratory equipment and perform water quality testing, raw, in-process, finished, and distribution water. \nCollects, analyze, and record water samples for regulatory compliance and process control monitoring for proper operation of the systems.\nPerform preventative maintenance, emergency repairs and trouble shoot operational problems on all equipment and facilities.\nAs necessary, care for the office and grounds in and around the Company facilities.\nPerform a wide variety of operating, maintenance and custodial duties. \nDemonstrates a conscientious in respect for the responsibility to safeguard the public water supply and prevent pollution of area surface waters.\nAvailable for overtime work and available for emergency call-out duty to maintain water service continuously to the public.\nOther duties as assigned.\nSPECIAL EDUCATIONAL OR REGISTRATION QUALIFICATIONS:\nMust possess a high school diploma or the equivalent, with technical school advanced study in mechanical and/or instrumentation control preferred. \nMust have a valid U.S. Drivers License.\nMust be capable to lift at least 50 (fifty) pounds.\nMust be computer literate and proficient with Microsoft Office applications, being able to demonstrate particular skillfulness with spreadsheet development and the ability to manipulate data, as well as other software applications used in the normal course of business.\nPreferred candidates will have the technical, academic and physical ability to perform the duties of the position. \nMust be able to readily read, understand and accurately follow operating instructions both written and verbal. \nPreferred candidates will possess mathematical ability to perform calculations to determine various ratios, dosages, volumetric calculations that are required for the operation of the Water Treatment Plants and Water Systems. \nOne-year experience at a water utility company preferred.\nPreferred candidates will have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate in writing with ability to accurately prepare technical reports. \nMust obtain a Class A Public Water Supply Operator license issued by the IL Environmental Protection Agency within six (6) months of employment or eligibility to take examination.\nThis is a union position based out of the Kankakee Water Plant. Rate of pay is $30.04 per hour.\nAqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.\nAqua is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. 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