Company Description

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation.

Within this framework, Veolia's Water Tech Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Job Description

As a Field Service Technician with Water Technologies and Solutions (WTS), you’ll play a critical role supporting operations and maintenance of advanced water treatment systems for Power Generation. If you’re mechanically inclined, enjoy working with new technology, and are equally at home in a team or operating independently, this is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for!

You’ll have the chance to learn and work with advanced treatment technologies including media filtration, softening, reverse osmosis (RO), ion exchange (IX), de-oxygenation, electro deionization, and ultrafiltration (UF). This is an opportunity to learn valuable skills that will last a lifetime while creating a cleaner more sustainable world for us all!  The main sites will be Nyrstar and Chemours. You will also have to be available to help at TVA Cumberland Gas and Fossil, TVA Paradise unless it is for Veolia development training.  

Key Characteristics 

Operate, monitor, and optimize industrial equipment performance. Troubleshoot and perform preventative maintenance on a variety of systems and equipment.Perform analytical testing such as: turbidity, hardness, chlorine, pH, CO2, O2, SDI, TOC, in addition to various other site-specific testing requirementsMaintain inventory of spare parts and adequate supply of chemicals and replacement parts. Create and maintain site paperwork, and provide customers with detailed technical summaries of work performedCarry out mechanical, electrical and controls troubleshooting on equipment such as valves, air compressors, ejectors, process pumps, blowers, and instrumentationPartner with customer management and operations teams to help advise on system performance, maintenance, and troubleshootingOther duties as required.

Qualifications

Education & Experience
Required:

High School Diploma / GED / Home School Certification OR international equivalent and 2+ years’ experience of service/maintenance or equivalent in an industrial environmentHold and Maintain a Valid driver’s licenseSometimes emergency service is required. When it happens, you may be asked to be step in and save the day – we work hard to make sure on-call schedules are balanced but it is part of the roleAbility to gain and maintain access to the customer sites (including Nuclear)

Preferred Skills:

Bachelor or Associates Degree in Science/Engineering/Chemistry or technical certificate in Instrumentation, Controls or programming and/or water treatment equipment including PLC control systems, PLC programming and troubleshooting

Additional Information

Please Note: The Chattanooga TN area is the base of operations, if you live Within one hour that may work just as well and we encourage you to apply!

Why do people love working here?

Recognition and rewards for your hard work and achievements!Opportunity for new challenges – We’re growing and love to promote from within!Competitive pay, benefits (including company matched 401k), paid training, and time off!An excellent leadership team and a collaborative culture where you’ll be part of something special!

At VWTS, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Because our people are our greatest assets, we also offer competitive benefits that include:

Health & Life InsurancePaid Vacation & Sick TimePaid HolidaysParental Leave401(k) PlanFlexible Spending AccountsAD&D InsuranceDisability Insurance

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.