# Wastewater Treatment Operator (WWT Operator)

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Seattle, WA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a Wastewater Treatment Operator (WWT Operator) to provide full-time operation, repair, and maintenance of a small-scale industrial dissolved air flotation (DAF) wastewater treatment plant.

The successful candidate will be responsible for onsite DAF operations, including system operation, control, and performance evaluation, to ensure industrial water quality meets process needs and that effluent complies with discharge requirements of the facility permit(s).

**Primary Responsibilities:**

- Perform O&M tasks, including operational checks, sampling, and monitoring of pH, turbidity, temperature, and surfactants, chemical calibration of pumps, bench top testing, equipment troubleshooting, and minor maintenance of mechanical components.

- Schedule and oversee subcontractors conducting electrical and plumbing repairs of the system.

- Document compliance with project sampling procedures and complete daily logs and system documentation.

- Support sampling of groundwater, collecting water level data, and storm water sampling during precipitation events.

- Comply with Leidos site-specific Health & Safety Plan.

- Communicate directly with the site facility engineer and the Leidos Project Engineer.

**Required Skills and Qualifications:**

- High school diploma or equivalent and at least 2 years of relevant experience treating industrial wastewater.

- Current 40-Hour HAZWOPER certification with valid 8-Hour refresher training.

- Demonstrated experience in delivering field work in a safe manner.

- Ability to work independently and schedule and complete routine field duties.

- Good organizational and project documentation skills.

- Good communications skills and ability to proactively interact with client and Leidos team.

- Valid driver's license.

- Willingness to work during night, weekend, or extended hours occasionally.

**Preferred Skills:**

- Knowledge of DAF wastewater treatment systems with a Certified Level II wastewater treatment operator.

- Certified Wastewater Treatment Operator for Washington State, or in the process of becoming certified.

- Forklift certification or the ability to obtain qualification/certification.

**Physical Requirements:**

- Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE).

- Ability to enter confined spaces and perform confined space work in accordance with applicable regulations and training requirements.

## Skills

### Required
- wastewater treatment
- HAZWOPER certification
- mechanical maintenance
- electrical repairs
- plumbing repairs
- sampling and monitoring
- data interpretation
- project documentation
- communication

### Nice to have
- DAF wastewater treatment systems
- Certified Level II wastewater treatment operator
- Washington State Wastewater Treatment Operator certification
- Forklift certification

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