Operations & Maintenance Technician

Role: Operations & Maintenance Technician

Location

Base: Ballinrobe, Claremorris,Ballintubber Co.Mayo some of the sites

you will be covering as follows Lough

Carra Wtp, Ballycroy Wtp, Glenhest Wtp, Belderrig Wtp, Fahy Wtp, Kilmeena Wtp,

Killeen Wtp, Laghta Wtp, Drummin Wtp, Lough Mask Wtp, Glencorrib Wtp, Brackloon

Spaddagh Wtp, Kilmovee Urlaur Wtp) and other sites as requested by your manager

Salary:

Competitive salary and Commercial Vehicle

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

The main duties and responsibilities of the Operations &

Maintenance Technician are outlined as follows:

Take ownership

and responsibility for allocated water and wastewater treatment plant

facilities ensuring standards of quality and cleanliness are upheld.

Perform daily,

weekly, monthly, and other periodic operation and maintenance checks to ensure

the quality and quantity of any treated water produced or final effluent

treated is within specification.

Complete

grounds maintenance activities including grass cutting, cleaning and facilities

maintenance.

Predominately,

normal day-to-day duties involve working alone, therefore all O&M

Technicians are required to carry a lone working device and use it as per the

specific operating procedure.

O&M

Technicians must visit each site on a regular basis. A site visit report on the

Site Reporting App must be filled in on each visit to the plant.

Welcome

visitors and provide induction upon first visit, record this and any subsequent

visits on the Site Reporting App.

O&M

Technicians must perform a walkthrough of the site, visually inspecting all

areas of the plant and treatment process, and record the tasks as outlined in

the Site Reporting App for each applicable plant.

Respond to

critical alarms when required to ensure water and wastewater treatment output

is maintained.

Conduct and

record process adjustments as required to ensure treated water and treated

wastewater outputs are to the required standard.

A HSQE

walkthrough of each water and wastewater treatment plant must be carried out on

a weekly basis. O&M Technicians must complete and submit the Weekly HSQE

Checklist for Operations.

Assist with the

delivery of the CRF (Capital Replacement Fund) projects when & where

applicable.

Show an

eagerness to learn and progress in your own career as well as the mentoring and

training of more junior staff.

Other duties as

required from time to time.

Knowledge,

Skills and Experience:

The main knowledge, skills and experience required of the

Operations & Maintenance Technician are outlined as follows:

Experience in

Water / Waste Water Plant operations is desirable.

An interest in

developing a career within an industry-leading organisation.

Ability to work

as part of a team in project delivery and provide input at team meetings.

Ability to

engage with suppliers and sub-contractors at procurement stage and in the

delivery of their scope of supply during contract delivery.

Ability to use

own initiative, problem solve and adjust as issues arise during project O&M

activities.

Good working

knowledge of MS packages such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Strong

communication skills with a high level of motivation.

Full driving

licence

The Role:

As an O&M Technician you will be assigned ownership of

certain water and wastewater treatment plants, and will be responsible to

ensure the quality and quantity of any treated water produced or final effluent

treated is within specification, and that each of the assigned sites, their

facilities, grounds, contents and individual process' are operated &

maintained as required. All O&M Technicians will work in conjunction with

each other and may be required to undertake duties and provide cover at various

plants.

You will be allocated responsibility and ownership for your

dedicated water or wastewater treatment plants and will ensure they are covered

by other O&M Department team members while on scheduled/unscheduled leave

or days off duty. Each Technician will work on a rota system, which will be

managed by O&M office staff. It is a requirement to share the out of hours

& public holiday cover with the contract site team. Any changes to the

published rota require notice to the O&M Project Manager in advance.

The use of email/apps etc is required and is considered an

essential business tool in day-to-day O&M activities. Business etiquette on

all correspondence is essential.

As an Operations & Maintenance Technician, you will be

expected to support the O&M project manager and engineer in the daily

operation and maintenance of live operational projects as well as showing

progression and development in your own career. You will be presented with a

wide multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge base and an opportunity to

progress your career.

What we offer you:

The opportunity

to join an ambitious and growing organisation.

22 days annual

leave.

Competitive

base salary.

Commercial

Vehicle.

A company

laptop and phone.

Access to EAP -

24/7 365 days confidential employee counselling service, free to avail for

employees and their families.