Skills: Maintenance Technician
Experience: 2 + Years
Education: High School/Secondary
Location: Bakersfield, California, United States
Company Description
Part of Veolia Group, Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions brings together experienced professionals in pursuit of the same goal: to solve the world's most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, the environment and energy. We're always looking for passionate and creative people to help us in this mission!
Job Description
The Veolia Service Technician will set up and service water purification systems at customer sites. In this role, you will deliver, set up and exchange ion exchange tanks to customers in commercial and industrial applications.
• Drive truck to deliver ion exchange tanks and water treatment equipment to customer site.
• Ensure that correct equipment required for the daily route is loaded, secured and meets quality specs. Load and unload tanks on truck and maintains correct inventory on board truck as required.
• Completes Vehicle Inspection Reports for pre-trip inspection.
• Keep accurate accountability of inventory at each site and make changes as needed.
Communicates changes thru the proper channels and follows up to ensure that changes have been made.
• Takes water samples and conducts the following tests including but not limited to TDS,
resistivity, Cl 2 , and hardness. Accurately record results.
• Rinses ion exchange tanks to customer specifications at customer sites and ensures quality specifications met.
• Performs both dry and wet ion exchange tank exchanges.
• Performs maintenance on equipment to include minor PVC repair.
• Maintain good housekeeping at all times, which includes the vehicles and customer sites.
• Follow Veolia WTS and customer EHS policies and rules.
• Maintains contact with customer on site, communicating effectively, politely, and responding to their needs. Maintains good customer relationships.
• Assist with equipment or product delivery outside normal scope when needed due to business levels.
• May be required to be on call during non-business hours.
• Maintains and safeguards company assets (plant, fleet, equipment, and inventory).
• Work Independently
$31.10 - $38.33 hourly
Qualifications
• HS Diploma, GED or equivalent.
• ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
• Possess a valid driver's license and clean driving record history
• Ability and willingness to handle repetitive weight - 50 lbs.
• Ability to use hand truck and pallet jacks to move heavier loads
• Ability and willingness to work in all weather conditions
• Ability and willingness to: read, and interpret technical manuals, procedures, and regulations; to write reports; to subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure
• Ability and willingness to work in range of environments to include but not limited to industrial facilities, manufacturing facilities, and power industry facilities
Desired Characteristics:
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in applicable fields such as electrical, industrial, mechanical, maintenance or plumbing
• Minimum of 2 years of water industry experience in ion exchange, water treatment, reverse osmosis or membranes and related equipment highly desirable.
• Forklift certification/experience or ability to obtain forklift certification.
• Associate degree in electrical, industrial / mechanical, engineering, or water treatment disciplines
• Vocational training in applicable fields such as electrical, industrial/mechanical maintenance, water treatment, plumbing
• College coursework in chemistry
• Experience driving company vehicles such as panel vans or service trucks
• Initiative
• Customer Focus
• Accountable
Additional Information
As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.
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