WWTP Operator III - Supplemental Questions

San Mateo: Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator III (19903900)

Please provide answers to the following questions. Responses to the supplemental questions will be used in the selection process. Neatness, clarity of expression, grammar, spelling, and ability to follow instructions will be considered in evaluating your responses:

1. If you were referred to this recruitment by a City of San Mateo employee, please provide us with the name and department of the employee.

2. What is your philosophy of leadership and followership and what is it about that philosophy that does, or does not, lend itself to fostering a positive and respectful work environment with a 24-hour per day, 365-day per year operation?

3. Where and what kind of hazards are common to these unit processes: a raw wastewater pumping station having both a wet-well and dry-well; a covered primary clarifier; an anaerobic digester dome; a solids dewatering using centrifugation; a 480-V motor control center; and, what should you do to mitigate those hazards?

4. What are the basic components of a BNR facility and their respective functions and test you might run to gauge system performance?

5. When should you vary from the sampling locations and times described in a process control management plan and why?

6. What is your experience with wastewater residuals processing and dewatering (describe the specific types of systems operated)?

7. What is your experience with SCADA and specific SCADA applications?