WASTEWATER TECHNICIAN ENTRY LEVEL GRAVE SHIFT ANACORTES WA

: Date Posted: 3/20/2025 Job Code: SS2100 City: Anacortes State: WA Country: United States of America Category: Engineering / Maintenance

Description

Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident's global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.

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This job does not provide room and board

Job Summary : The Wastewater Treatment Operator is responsible for maintaining the facilities' wastewater pre-treatment system, manage sludge processing activities, and operate disposal equipment by performing the following duties:

Key Responsibilities :

• Monitors control panels and adjusts valves and gates manually or by remote control to regulate flow of sewage.
• Reads PH levels and make appropriate pump adjustments as needed.
• Observes variations in operating conditions and interprets meter and gauge readings and tests results to determine load requirements.
• Starts and stops pumps, engines, and generators to control flow of process wastewater through filtering, settling, aeration, and sludge digestion processes.
• Maintains log of operations and records meter and gauge readings.
• Collects wastewater samples and conducts laboratory tests.
• Oversees and completes water-desludging.
• Conducts inspections and maintains to meet permit compliance.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Cross trains in Recycling.
• Performs outdoor grounds housekeeping activities and PMs, as needed.
• Sanitizes equipment.
• Performs other similar or related duties as requested or assigned.
• Acquires knowledge of Trident's Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions
• Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings.

This is a nonexempt position with an hourly rate of $22.05 to $29.66.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long-term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, paid time off, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. For full-time employees, the initial paid time off benefit starts at 20 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience. Commuter and transit programs are also available.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• Must be willing to work days or nights, as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Water and Wastewater
• One to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven record in chemical compliance with regards to wastewater.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to climb or balance.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

The employee moves objects

• regularly up to 10 pounds

• frequently up to 25 pounds

• occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception

Work authorizations:

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship