Are you seeking a new opportunity to apply your skills in the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment plants? Become a Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator for the Department of Human Services! This position is part of the White Haven Center stay-behind maintenance team and will remain operational after the facility's closure.

If you take this position and become an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union member employed at White Haven Center under the Department of Human Services, you may qualify for special programs that provide assistance with the costs associated with higher education and with student loan debt. We offer excellent benefits, pay increases, paid time off, retirement, and contractual raises as well as opportunities for advancement. Continue your career with the benefits of civil service!

As a Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, you will provide the proper settling, biological oxidation, digestion, and disinfection of the center wastewater and sludge by reading meters and gauges as well as operating skimmers, scum breakers, sludge pumps, filter pumps, filters, digesters, and chlorinators. This includes laboratory monitoring and record keeping. As part of the center's stay-behind maintenance team, you will continue operations after the facility closure and ensure the production of a wastewater effluent of sufficient quality to meet requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permit issued by the Department of Environmental Resources. This position is part of

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch, and will rotate weekends and holidays for daily testing.
• Overtime - as needed.
• Travel - as needed.
• FREE PARKING!
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Successful completion of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Trainee (commonwealth title) program and certification as a wastewater treatment plant operator for any class and type of plant; or
• Possession of a valid certification issued by the Pennsylvania State Board for Certification of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators as a wastewater treatment plant operator for any class and type of plant.

• You must possess an active PA non-commercial Class C driver's license or equivalent.
• You must possess a valid certification issued by the Pennsylvania State Board for Certification Wastewater System Operators (Class C, Subclass 2 or higher).

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require satisfactory completion of a medical examination.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
  • Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.

• Failure to comply with the above application requirements will eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.