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Coordinates with the Operations Manager on compliance with fertilizer/soil conditioner program. The bio-solids system is a highly technical and complicated set of equipment that is unique in complexity to the process. Limited supervisory responsibility. No budgetary responsibility.\nSupervisory Responsibility\nBio Solids Operators will assist in the developing of subordinates by coaching, training, guiding, and mentoring.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\nINSPECTS equipment to ensure safe and correct operation.\nTROUBLESHOOTS a variety of mechanical issues and takes corrective action to keep equipment operational.\nPERFORMS lubing and greasing.\nOPERATES forklift and track loader for dryer pellet inventory management purposes.\nMAINTAINS and REVIEWS paper and electronic bio solids records.\nIDENTIFIES and RESOLVES complex process issues using large data sets and trends.\nPERFORMS maintenance of equipment instrumentation.\nASSEMBLES data for completion of annual bio solids report.\nCONDUCTS on-the-job orientation and training of new operators.\nCOLLECTS samples for laboratory analysis following proper chain of custody procedures.\nCONDUCTS field analysis using moisture balance and SGN scale.\nCALCULATES polymer dosage for belt presses. \nMAINTAINS utility water filter systems.\nOther Duties and Responsibilities\nCLEANS equipment and buildings.\nASSISTS with wet side operational duties.\nPERFORMS all other related duties as assigned.\nEmployee Behavior and Conduct\nCity employees shall conduct themselves in a professional manner and shall exhibit and extend such professional conduct appropriate for the circumstances to those with whom they come into contact both internally and externally during the performance of their duties. Examples of professional conduct include, but are not limited to, being communicative, informative, fair, honest, and respectful.\nRequired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities\nMust obtain Missouri “C” level Wastewater Treatment License within 1 year of hiring.\nTwo years of machine operating experience preferred.\nSolid working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.\nSkills in effective communications.\nSkills in record keeping and maintenance of operational logs.\nKnowledge of basic electricity, mechanical pumps, hydraulics and wastewater treatment operational procedures.\nKnowledge of laboratory sampling and testing.\nAbility to analyze large amounts of data.\nValid driver’s license required.\nSkills in Mathematics and problem solving. \nMaterial and Equipment Directly Used\nIncluding but not limited to hand tools, safety equipment, power tools, scissor lift, track loader and forklift. 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Vacation and other leave scheduling shall be requested of and approved by the appropriate supervisor.\nEducation\nHigh school diploma or equivalent required.\nAll applicants must pass a drug screening and criminal background check prior to employment.\nAny job offer made by the City is contingent upon the applicant passing the drug screening and background check. \nAN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER\nThe City is a governmental entity subject to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,\nwhich requires that otherwise qualified handicapped individuals be protected from discrimination.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4301,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"high_school","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-22T08:11:10Z"},{"event":"close","at":"2026-10-28T17:46:47Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":null,"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":51043,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/st-joseph-mo-biosolids-operator","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/st-joseph-mo-biosolids-operator.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T01:01:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1351,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2366632},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2366632"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fst-joseph-mo-biosolids-operator"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fst-joseph-mo-biosolids-operator"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fst-joseph-mo-biosolids-operator"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/st-joseph-mo-biosolids-operator\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fst-joseph-mo-biosolids-operator"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3066505}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"stjosephmo.gov","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3066505},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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