Lead Industrial Wastewater Operator

Woodard & Curran is an employee-owned engineering, science, and operations firm dedicated to clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. We foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that supports professional growth, flexibility, and meaningful work, empowering our employees to make a lasting impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.

Woodard & Curran draws on the experience of hundreds of certified operators across the country, backed by the knowledge and skills of hundreds more engineers, scientists, and regulatory experts, to quickly tackle the most challenging operational issues and keep treatment plants running efficiently and in full compliance. Woodard & Curran also aids employees in earning, upgrading, and keeping their certifications within the industry.

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What would you be doing at Woodard & Curran?

Woodard & Curran is growing, and we are looking for a qualified Lead Operator! Come join our team supporting the wastewater treatment needs for a food and beverage client located in Crossville, Tennessee! In this role, you will have the chance to work in Industrial Wastewater Treatment, allowing you the opportunity to grow and develop your skill set in the field. Each day presents different challenges and learning opportunities as we strive to maintain safety, compliance and produce the highest quality of treated wastewater. You will be working in a wastewater pretreatment plant that treats Industrial wastewater. If you enjoy working outdoors protecting nature’s precious resource, water, then this position is for you.

The Wastewater Lead Operator regularly participates in the daily operations and maintenance of the Wastewater Treatment facility as directed by the Project Manager. Employees who join Woodard & Curran’s staff find a culture that is welcoming, supportive, and empowering.

Assumes responsibility for all daily operations of the water and/or wastewater treatment facility as directed by the Plant/Project Manager.

Responsible for ensuring that the facility meets all process control targets in the various treatment systems and odor control systems.

Implements policies and procedures for process monitoring and control and troubleshooting.

Supervises the collection of process samples or collects samples when necessary.

Performs in-house lab analysis and interprets their results. May be required to coordinate all additional analysis with certified labs for compliance.

Supervises or performs the adjustment of wastewater process systems, operations and equipment in order to comply with local, state and federal standards and compliance permit requirements.

Coordinates with staff to evaluate equipment performance and correct deficiencies, assists with capital planning.

Develops and maintains records such as chemical usage, flows, operations equipment and process checklists, diaries, logbooks and laboratory records in accordance with the compliance permit and client requests.

May be required to communicate with regulatory officials and client representatives.

Schedule: The schedule is eight days on, six days off, and will mostly be on first shift, although there may be times where other shift coverage is required during emergencies or when other staff are out on vacation or other call-outs. The operators work from Wednesday through the following Wednesday and then get the next 6 days off. Weekdays are 10-hour days and the weekends (Saturday & Sunday) and holidays are 12-hour days.