Process Operator purifying Ottawa’s drinking water at City treatment plants. Monitoring chemical systems, managing process upsets, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
About the role
- Licensed Industrial Millwright responsible for maintenance and operation of water and wastewater treatment systems. Collaborating with engineering and trades staff in a regulated environment for Ottawa’s Water Services.
Responsibilities
- You are responsible for planned, unplanned and emergency inspection, testing, installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and/or repair of process mechanical systems and equipment within Water Services’ water treatment, supply and storage facilities (including the Water Purification Plants, pumping stations, reservoirs, elevated tanks, metering facilities and well treatment systems) or wastewater treatment and collection facilities (including Wastewater treatment plant, remote pumping stations, odour control facilities, regulators, lagoons, valve chambers, storage tanks).
- These duties are carried out in an industrial, production, regulated and quality focused environment and, as such, must be completed in consideration of and in close coordination with other engineering, skilled trade and maintenance staff in the Branch.
- As a licensed water treatment, wastewater treatment and/or wastewater collection system operator, you are also responsible for operating various pieces of process equipment (in Drinking Water this spans water treatment, distribution and supply process equipment and in Wastewater this spans wastewater treatment and collection process equipment) and/or adjusting various water or wastewater treatment system process parameters, after prior consultation with and in close coordination with other licensed operating staff in the Branch.
- Note these systems and equipment include, but are not limited to: process chemical feed, metering, piping and storage systems (e.g. sulphuric acid, sodium hypochlorite, aluminium sulphate, sodium silicate, sodium bisulphite, sodium hydroxide, potassium permanganate, hydrofluorosilicic acid, aqueous ammonia, etc.), raw water, treated drinking water, effluent water and sanitary sewage screening, processing, metering, piping, pumping and valve systems (fractional horsepower to several thousand horsepower, 6mm to 2450m dia or 4500mm x 3600mm), sludge collection, transfer and mixing systems, pressure and flow control valves, crane, rigging and hoisting systems (up to 5 tons), pumps, blowers, motors, engines, compressors, vacuum systems, gear boxes, clutches, turbines and centrifuges (fractional horsepower to several thousand horsepower).
Requirements
- Completion of Industrial Millwright apprenticeship program of 8000 hours
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a licensed Industrial Millwright in a combination of both process-dependant industries and construction services including demonstrated experience in the maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of industrial and process mechanical equipment and the installation, construction and commissioning of process mechanical and chemical feed systems.
- Valid Ontario Certificate of Qualification as Industrial Mechanic Millwright 433A
- Must obtain and maintain Ontario MOE Operator-in-Training Certificate within the applicable Drinking Water/Wastewater process area, within the timeframe determined by the employer
- Must obtain and maintain Ontario MOE Class 1 Operator Certificate within the applicable Drinking Water/Wastewater process area, within the timeframe determined by the employer
- Valid Ontario unrestricted G class driver’s licence (or provincial equivalent) with no more than 6 demerit points accumulated
- Valid Certified Cross Connection Control Specialist with Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA)
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods training certificate approved in Ontario
- Must obtain Mobile Crane Operator 0-8 ton (P930030) training certificate within the timeframe determined by the employer
- Must obtain Ontario unrestricted AZ class driver’s licence (or provincial equivalent) within the timeframe determined by the employer
- Must obtain Ontario unrestricted DZ class driver’s licence (or provincial equivalent) within the timeframe determined by the employer
- Must complete all required on-the-job training/certifications (e.g. WHMIS, fall arrest, confined space entry, etc.) within the timeframe determined by the employer.
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