Water Quality Engineer
Farah Experiences
- United Arab Emirates
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Performs the assigned preventive, corrective and other maintenance services in a related field and ensures the timely completion of the tasks.
- Ensures all life support systems are operating within all environmental applicable regulations and permit conditions; maintains the water quality for the health of the animals, mammals, fish, and humans.
- Analyzes data provided by the controls system, meters, the laboratory, or other Animal Care staff, in order to troubleshoot water quality, flow or other systems problems.
- Performs various troubleshooting techniques related to field of expertise.
- Utilizes safe handling, storage and disposal practices for toxic substance and hazardous waste in accordance to company/department's SOPs and manuals.
- Maintains accurate logs of the maintenance activities and reports the status to the ALSS leadership team.
- Maintains cleanliness and organization of all chemical drums, storage areas and workstation.
- Maintains the department's tools, parts, materials and equipment inventory.
- Works in vaults, and other confined spaces, utilizing proper safety techniques and equipment.
- Completes all required trainings; maintains professional development and competencies.
- Performs other duties assigned by the ALSS leadership.
- Inspects, diagnoses and performs major and minor repair works on all ALSS pumps, motors, hydraulic equipment, compressors, controls and related equipment; rebuilds equipment to manufactures specification.
- Conducts various analyses and inspections of mechanical systems to determine the most cost-effective means of maintenance, repair or replacements.
- Ensures the continuous operation of all saltwater, freshwater and water treatment systems.
- Conducts testing, troubleshooting, repairs and other maintenance services on a variety of low and medium voltage industrial electrical systems, components, Ozone generators, UV sterilizers, Level sensors, ORP and pH probes, motors and machinery.
- Installs, maintains, repairs and calibrates a wide variety of ALSS electronic recording and indicating instruments.
- Maintains, monitors, and operates the automated life support systems and water treatment facilities.
- Installs conduits, wires, pull boxes required in making additions, extensions or alterations in electrical systems.
- Monitors real-time water quality and systems trends provided by a computer based controls systems and responds to alarms or out-of-range trends.
- Responsible for the draining, filling and isolation of all habitats, holding pools, decretive pools and waterfalls.
- Makes adjustments and additions to maintain water balance in accordance with corporate and local regulating authority requirements.
- Performs filter, pump, valve, and piping maintenance and repairs.
- Performs proper water chemistry testing and understands the results as it pertains to all systems; takes appropriate actions as necessary.
- Diploma related to technical qualification.
- 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Basic English communication skills, verbal/written
- Excellent troubleshooting skills in a related field
- Working knowledge to all basic hand tools and measuring devices in a related field
- Basic computer skills including MS Office applications (Word, Excel)
- Demonstrated mechanical/technical knowledge in ALSS, Public Pools or Waste Water Treatment
- Working knowledge of mechanics; motors, hydraulics, centrifugal and vertical pumps, compressors and liquid metering pumps
- Able to interpret pump curves
- Able to diagnose and repair a verity of pump problems, from primary issues and cavitation to excessive vibration.
- Demonstrable knowledge of electronic based controls and programming ability
- Working knowledge of electronic controls systems and telemetry equipment
- Working knowledgeable on the methods of installing, calibrating, trouble shooting and repairing control systems and instruments.
- Able to interpret electrical drawings, schematics and symbols
- Working knowledge pertaining to the operation, troubleshooting of, maintenance and repairing various types of small pumps and related equipment
- Working knowledge of automated controls, pneumatics, electro-mechanical devices.
- Working knowledge of mechanical, chemical, and biological filtration as it applies to animal life support systems.
- Able to interpret PID layout of systems and have a solid understanding of pipe installation.