Engineering Aide-Corbalis Treatment Plant at Fairfax Water – Herndon, Virginia

Under the supervision of Sr. Plant Engineer, the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Engineering Aide provides engineering support to the Production Team. The Engineering Aide will support a wide range WTP functions including project management, environmental compliance, safety, technical documentation updates, writing technical reports, and process data analysis. This is a great opportunity to be exposed to a wide range of engineering and technical projects required to operate an advance water treatment plant.

• Support plant-wide asset management projects as directed Sr. Plant Engineer.
• Support environmental compliance through inspections, documenting findings, and taking corrective actions.
• Assist in compiling the WTP Production budget inputs.
• Develop sampling plans and conduct sampling in support of plant projects.
• Updating technical documents to include SOP, maintenance manuals, and drawings.
• Process, analyze and develop reports with Production process data.
• Conducting research to identify potential solutions to plant problems.
• Conduct their work in a safe manner and follow Fairfax Water safety policy.
• Follow the direction of experienced tradesman and seek clarification if directions are unclear.
• Drive a Fairfax Water vehicle, as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Actively pursuing degree in engineering, or other STEM majors.

Strong aptitude in MS Office applications (especially EXCEL and PowerPoint), MS SharePoint, and experience with 2-D drafting skills. Effective communication skills and the ability to work as part of a team.

Possess the ability to work in a variety of environments: outside, industrial, and office.

Up to 50% of time will be field work.

Ability to work from a ladder.

Ability to operate a hand truck, pallet jack, power and hand tools.

Ability to lift 50 pounds.

Hours: 7:30am-4:00pm