Utility Worker

Utility Worker

Utility Worker

Company Description

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management. Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Job Description

Job Summary Operate equipment to control and blend chemicals in the processing of products. Cleaning and loading of tanker trailers in truck dock, as well as material staging for the production areas, tote washing, receiving and putting materials into storage locations, inventory consolidation and general housekeeping.

Verify and keep records on incoming and outgoing shipments. Prepare items for shipment. Duties include assembling, addressing, stamping, and shipping merchandise or material; receiving, unpacking, verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material; and arranging for the transportation of products.

Key Characteristics

• Team player, individual thinker
• Customer focused; positive attitude
• Attention to detail and numbers oriented
• Willingness to work all shifts as needed

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support all Environmental, Health, Safety and LEAN programs, policies, and regulations.
• Control and make necessary adjustments on equipment units affecting speeds of chemical blending, quality, and product yields
• Monitor and calibrate recording instruments, flow meters, process indicators, to verify conformity of process conditions
• Control and operate chemical blending processes.
• Turn valves to regulate flow of products through agitator tanks, storage drums, or neutralizer tanks.
• Calculate material requirements or yields per formulas
• Record operating data such as process conditions, test results, and instrument readings
• Confer with technical and management to report or resolve conditions affecting safety, efficiency, and product quality
• Draw samples of products and conduct quality control tests to monitor processing, and to ensure that standards are met.
• Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, as directed by supervisory personnel.
• Start pumps to transfer material, wash and rinse tanks, vessels, to exhaust gases and vapors, to regulate the flow of oil, steam, air, and to add products to blending vessels.
• Interpret chemical-blended products through quality control sampling, and review laboratory test reports for any necessary process adjustments.
• Patrol work areas to ensure that solutions in tanks and trenches are not in danger of overflowing.
• Notify maintenance, and other personnel to correct equipment malfunctions and to adjust plant utilities (power, steam, water, or air)
• Document tank levels regularly, using calibrated gauges.
• This list is not all-inclusive and may include other duties as assigned and necessary for the operation and management of the shift and overall plant Examine contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment.
• Prepare documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, and shipping orders to route materials.
• Determine shipping method for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
• Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping purposes.
• Contact carrier representative to make arrangements and to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials.
• Confer and correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and nonconformance to specifications.
• Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
• Deliver or route materials to departments, using work devices, such as hand truck, conveyor, or sorting bins.
• Compute amounts, such as space available, and shipping, storage, and demurrage charges, using calculator or price list.
• Pack, seal, label, and affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, and postage meter
• Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer.
• Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
• Support all Environmental, Health, and Safety programs, policies, and regulations.
• Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
• Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, supply rooms, or other areas.
• Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
• Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas in order to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
• Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, shortages, shipments, expenditures, and goods used or issued.
• This list is not all-inclusive and may include other duties as assigned and necessary for the operation and management of the shift and overall plant.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Willing to work different shift as needed (1st, 2nd or 3rd)
• Willing and able to drive a fork truck and pass certification
• Willing and able to work overtime as needed
• Willing and able to wear a respirator as needed
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Working knowledge of SAP
• Strong computer skills, including MS Outlook, Excel, Word, and the Internet

Education & Experience Required:

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)
• Minimum of 2 years related experience with hazardous materials

Preferred:

• Associate's degree (two year college or technical school)
• Five plus years related experience with hazardous materials
• Prior fork truck driving experience is desired