Operations and Maintenance Specialist

As an Operations and Maintenance Technician, you will be based at our Kenmare Water Treatment Plant with assigned ownership of certain water treatment plant, 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 processes are operated & maintained as required. All O&M Technicians will work on call.

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, 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 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.

• 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 Capital Replacement Fund (CRF) projects when and where applicable.
• Show eagerness to learn and progress in your own career as well as mentoring and training of more junior staff.
• Other duties as required from time to time.

• 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

• This role offers a wide range of benefits including a competitive salary, comprehensive training and opportunities for career advancement.

• We are committed to equal opportunities employment and welcome applications from candidates who meet the requirements of the role.