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WWTP Laboratory Technologist

The City of Red Deer
Red Deer, CAN
Full-time
Mid
Onsite
Discovered 3 days ago

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Required Skills:

  • Well-developed verbal, written communications skills, and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Strong computer aptitude including demonstrated proficiency with City based computer programs, databases, spreadsheets and word-processing software.
  • Work unsupervised, cooperate with colleagues as a team, understand and follow instructions and provide guidance and instructions to WWTP Laboratory Technologists. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, business owners, and their representatives.
  • Ability to handle new or emergency situations in a logical and reasoned manner involving unusual difficulty, troubleshoot problems and exercise critical thinking initiatives.
  • Ability to correctly interpret and administer rules, regulations and policies in order to make decisions based on established policies and procedures and understand other viewpoints and work with others honestly, professionally and ethically with due diligence.
  • Knowledge of laboratory techniques, terminology, equipment, materials, and principles and practices of chemical, biological and physical testing, and analyses. Ability to compute test results and interpret analysis. Knowledge of ISO 17025 standards and detailed knowledge of QA/QC practices.
  • Recognize personal legal responsibilities and liabilities. This position requires a diverse set of business administration and data management skills to be able to support standards, measures and the design and administration of information systems.
  • Understanding of business objective setting, levels of service, asset management and quality monitoring.
  • Demonstrated safety skills in the use of specialized laboratory equipment and hazardous chemicals.
  • Specific Demands of the Job:
  • Exposure to toxic chemicals, unhygienic bacterial hazards, and malodorous conditions.
  • Errors could significantly disrupt service levels and programs, require expenditures to correct, result in a loss of customer confidence, and damage the public image of the City. Could have personal liability exposure in the event of environmental contamination.
  • Impacts the safety of other work units. Laboratory error could result in equipment damage and injury.
  • Shift work may be required.
  • Complying with regulations, policies and procedures, and to immediately report non-compliant situations.
  • Good eyesight and manual dexterity skills in laboratory manipulative techniques.
  • Hepatitis A and B inoculation is recommended prior to employment.
  • Affiliation: Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 417 Status: Regular Full-time Remuneration: $41.11 to $43.28 per hour Hours of Work: 80 hours biweekly (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Once the incumbent is adequately trained, weekends and statutory holidays will be scheduled to work on rotationally basis. Additional Information: Note - More than one position may be filled from this posting.
  • The City of Red Deer does not permit the use of unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other form of AI) during interviews or any supervised or timed assessments. Any violation may be investigated and result in serious consequences, including the rejection of your application.
  • We thank you for your application. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Qualifications

  • Well-developed verbal, written communications skills, and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Strong computer aptitude including demonstrated proficiency with City based computer programs, databases, spreadsheets and word-processing software.
  • Work unsupervised, cooperate with colleagues as a team, understand and follow instructions and provide guidance and instructions to WWTP Laboratory Technologists. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, business owners, and their representatives.
  • Ability to handle new or emergency situations in a logical and reasoned manner involving unusual difficulty, troubleshoot problems and exercise critical thinking initiatives.
  • Ability to correctly interpret and administer rules, regulations and policies in order to make decisions based on established policies and procedures and understand other viewpoints and work with others honestly, professionally and ethically with due diligence.
  • Knowledge of laboratory techniques, terminology, equipment, materials, and principles and practices of chemical, biological and physical testing, and analyses. Ability to compute test results and interpret analysis. Knowledge of ISO 17025 standards and detailed knowledge of QA/QC practices.
  • Recognize personal legal responsibilities and liabilities.
  • This position requires a diverse set of business administration and data management skills to be able to support standards, measures and the design and administration of information systems.
  • Understanding of business objective setting, levels of service, asset management and quality monitoring.
  • Demonstrated safety skills in the use of specialized laboratory equipment and hazardous chemicals.
  • Exposure to toxic chemicals, unhygienic bacterial hazards, and malodorous conditions.
  • Errors could significantly disrupt service levels and programs, require expenditures to correct, result in a loss of customer confidence, and damage the public image of the City. Could have personal liability exposure in the event of environmental contamination.
  • Impacts the safety of other work units. Laboratory error could result in equipment damage and injury.
  • Shift work may be required.
  • Complying with regulations, policies and procedures, and to immediately report non-compliant situations.
  • Good eyesight and manual dexterity skills in laboratory manipulative techniques.
  • Hepatitis A and B inoculation is recommended prior to employment.
  • Affiliation: Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 417
  • Status: Regular Full-time
  • Remuneration: $41.11 to $43.28 per hour
  • Hours of Work: 80 hours biweekly (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.). Once the incumbent is adequately trained, weekends and statutory holidays will be scheduled to work on rotationally basis.
  • Additional Information: Note - More than one position may be filled from this posting.
  • The City of Red Deer does not permit the use of unauthorized internet resources or Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools (for example, Copilot, ChatGPT or any other form of AI) during interviews or any supervised or timed assessments. Any violation may be investigated and result in serious consequences, including the rejection of your application.
  • We thank you for your application. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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