Water Treatment Tech I

What You Can Expect

As a Water Treatment Technician I, you will play a key role in maintaining the University of Iowa’s drinking water treatment plant and supporting the High-Quality Water (HQW) Group, which oversees facilities such as the Oakdale Water Plant, Macbride Nature Recreation Area Public Water System, and campus pools and spas. This is a day-shift position (Monday–Friday) with rotational on-call duties, including nights, weekends, and holidays. When on call, you must be able to report on-site within one hour.

Each day, you will review priorities, plan tasks, and interact with students, faculty, and staff, explaining service and repair processes and addressing safety concerns with professionalism and courtesy. You’ll also provide exceptional customer service while working in diverse campus environments, including hospitals, pharmacies, and research labs, and complete assigned tasks while maintaining accurate records of time and materials using the company’s work order management system. While you will collaborate with others in the plant, this role is much more customer-facing and operates with a sense of ownership, similar to running your own business. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on work in the trades, values excellent customer service, and is eager to grow with the organization.

Your roles and responsibilities encompass:

- Performing preventative maintenance and repairs on various water treatment equipment (e.g., water softeners, reverse osmosis systems, filtration systems).

- Perform mechanical, electrical, and controls troubleshooting on pumps, motors, valves, and compressors. Monitor and maintain chemical injection systems.

- Install and repair piping for water, steam, and compressed air, including piping of carbon steel, galvanized, stainless, copper, and various plastics.

- Conduct electrical troubleshooting (e.g., checking voltage to pumps, switches, motors).

- Performs and/or coordinates preventive and general maintenance, calibration of water treatment equipment, to maintain maximum performance of equipment and processes.

- Inputs data obtained from monitoring into computer-based systems for the purpose of determining and tracking the water quantity and quality produced and determining maintenance needs, including development of preventative maintenance schedules.

- Completes tasks as assigned and scheduled, maintaining accurate records of time and materials spent to provide services, utilizing the company’s work order management system.

- After training, may be required to operate facilities in certain situations.

- All other duties as assigned by their supervisor.

What You’ll Bring

- A High School Diploma/GED or equivalent

- A minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience or a combination of training and experience in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing repairs.

- Certification as a Water Treatment or Distribution Operator in the State of Iowa is required or a willingness to obtain certification.

- Knowledge of instrumentation and software systems for process analysis, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), data processing, and report generation.

- Familiarity with safety protocols, including confined space entry, fall protection, forklift operation, lockout/tagout procedures, process safety and risk management, respirator usage, and chemical safety.

Additional Details

- This role requires attendance at a worksite on a daily basis.

- This is a field position requiring regular travel within the University of Iowa campus and satellite location to client site(s) and supply houses.

- Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record for use of company vehicles on and off campus.

- This position consists of 90% of work indoors and 10% work outdoors; while performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions (transition between buildings on campus).

- Could involve some lifting / up to 50 lbs.

- Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment and the ability to acquired new skills as needed.

- Ability to communicate effectively with customers and ENGIE leadership and staff; verbally, electronically and in writing, using Microsoft products and our CMMS to respond to service tickets, document damages and repairs, complete service reports and make repair recommendations to customers and leadership.

- Ability to accurately read gauges, charts, computer monitors, and operations manuals.

- Ability to hear warning alarms.

- Ability to operate forklifts, trucks, and other motor vehicles.

- Ability to work safely in or with high noise levels, extreme heat, dust, high places, exhaust from purge pumps, chemicals and their fumes (Sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, chlorine), fiberglass insulation, asbestos, welding hazards, cutting tools (power saws, grinders, drills, etc.), high pressure steam, hot condensate, high pressure distribution loop, and high-speed rotating equipment.

- Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies.

Compensation

Hourly Range: $26.58 – $40.74 USD hourly

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

In addition to base pay, this position is eligible for a competitive bonus / incentive plan.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location.

At ENGIE, we take your well-being seriously. Our comprehensive benefits package includes options for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, ESPP, generous paid time off including wellness days, holidays and leave programs. We also help you plan for retirement by offering a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with a company match. But that's not all – we're dedicated to the health and happiness of your entire family, offering supplemental benefits for full time employees that enhance emotional and physical well-being through all stages of life from family forming to caregiver benefits. Explore our benefits package to see how we can support you. Learn more.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it! Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.

In 2020 The University of Iowa (UI) entered a 50-year, trailblazing partnership with the University of Iowa Energy Collaborative (UIEC), a joint venture between ENGIE, Meridiam, and Hannon Armstrong, to operate, maintain and enhance the university’s Utility System. As the founding member of this joint venture, ENGIE designs, builds, operates, and maintains the energy infrastructure delivering safe, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy solutions in producing and distributing steam, electricity, chilled water, and domestic water to the main campus in Iowa City, Iowa and a nearby satellite campus.

ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.

Business Unit: LEI RoW

Division: LEI RoW - Northam

Legal Entity: ENGIE North America Inc.

Professional Experience: Skilled ( >3 experience <15 years)

Education Level: High School Diploma/GED/A Levels

Company Name: ENGIE North America

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