**Job Title: Wastewater Operator** **Job Description** The role involves operating and maintaining water and wastewater treatment facilities to ensure water purification meets all permit and operational requirements. This includes managing a variety of automatic and semi-automatic machines and equipment designed to decontaminate wastewater through processes such as settling, aeration, and sludge digestion. **Responsibilities** + Operate and maintain water/wastewater treatment, processing, disposal, and testing equipment. + Tend to automatic and semi-automatic machines including pumps, generators, valves, gates, mixers, conveyors, blowers, and chemical feed and odor control equipment. + Monitor control panels and adjust valves and gates manually or by remote control to regulate flow. + Monitor flow meters, gauges, flow ratios, pressures, and related controls through instrument panels and computer terminals. + Record operating conditions, observations, and data in area shift log. + Ensure conformance to process specifications and diagnose basic operational problems. + Take corrective actions per procedure and report suspected malfunctions and variances to the supervisor. + Sample wastewater, sludge, and gases according to schedule. + Prepare chemical solutions and service automatic samplers. + Monitor process chemical supplies and recommend reorder. **Essential Skills** + Experience with hazardous material handling and HAZWOPER training. + Knowledge of wastewater and water treatment processes. + Skills in material handling and machine operation. + Basic electrical and mechanical skills. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Must have a High School Diploma or GED. + 3-5 years of experience in wastewater treatment is ideal. + Must hold a Water Treatment license grade 2 or above. + Ability to lift 50lbs on a repeated basis. **Why Work Here?** Join the world's leading environmental services company, where you will help address environmental and sustainability challenges in energy, water, and waste. Work in a safe, cost-effective, and innovative environment that contributes to improving clients’ energy efficiency, managing water and wastewater, and recovering resources from wastes. **Work Environment** This role requires working both inside and outside facilities with moderate noise levels, particularly indoors. Travel between sites in Canby and Wilsonville is necessary. **Job Type & Location** This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Portland, OR. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $28.00 - $34.00/hr. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Portland,OR. **Application Deadline** This position is anticipated to close on Feb 5, 2026. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.