Location: all cities,NC, USA
Seeking a safety-minded individual to join our team as a Biosolids Recycling Technician. This position supports the Wastewater Treatment Plant by distributing the biosolids residuals beneficially back to the environment. This is accomplished by hauling the residuals using a tractor trailers and other heavy equipment.
Key responsibilities:
Drives tanker trucks by loading the tanker at the Wastewater Treatment Plant or from off-site storage tanks and driving it to site to be applied as biosolids.
Follows appropriate agronomic rates by spreading biosolids onto fields using a tractor and spreader; hauling dewatered solids to the designated disposal site via container on roll-off truck; maintaining daily work logs and submitting to supervisor; conducting routine maintenance on transport and spreading equipment; coordinating the applications of biosolids with participating farmers.
Follows regulatory requirements by completing land application site inspections. Flags fields by maintaining knowledge of the Class A and Class B regulations; inspect the farmlands and mark the buffer zones.
Gathers soil samples from application fields, reporting all information accordingly, and delivering samples for testing.
Maintains access routes to land application fields, Wastewater Treatment Plant, off-site storage and pump stations by spreading stone, clearing debris from the road, and cutting back tree limbs using various heavy equipment such as a skids-steers, excavators, tractors, loaders, and dump trucks.
Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.
Qualifications:
Requires a high school diploma or GED with at minimum one year experience driving a tractor trailer and operating heavy equipment.
Requires the ability to maintain a North Carolina Commercial Class A Drivers License with Tanker Endorsement to include a Department of Transportation Medical certificate clearance.
Attention to detail and ability to effectively communicate.
Team members are our most important resource. Pay and Benefits include:
Salary Range is $45,265 - $67,897
Membership in the NC Local Government Employee Retirement System; 5% Employer 457 Deferred Compensation contribution; Retirement Health Savings account
Employer paid Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Life, Long-term Disability
Vacation, Sick, Personal, Bereavement and Parental Leave; 12 Paid Holidays
Educational Reimbursement, Bonus Pay for Additional Certifications and/or Education; Cell Phone Stipend
Ability to transfer unused sick leave from preceding NC Local Government or State agency employer.
OWASA is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to integrity, reliability, teamwork, safety, stewardship, innovation, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.