Department of Energy Grant – NTUA Liaison O&M

This is a modification to an ongoing grant agreement. This grant provides funding to the NTUA to retain a liaison to provide an O&M perspective during the design and construction phases of the NGWSP. Now that the recipient is in the completion stages of the project, they have acquired a need to hire a full-time treatment plant operator. This mod will add a task for the O&M liaison that was retained under this grant. The Liaison will assist in retaining and training an operator for the first year of operation. It will be beneficial to allow this addition to this grant to ensure the recipient is capable to perform ongoing O&M on this project once the agreement is complete.

The O&M Liaison will assist NTUA in hiring and training a Class 4 Cutter Lateral Water Treatment Plant Operator. NTUA will solicit for this position. General requirements for this position are as follows;

Qualifications

• New Mexico level 4 drinking water certification.

• Operator certification must meet all regulatory standards of the operator in charge per NMED Permit NM0031194 Cutter Lateral Water Treatment Plant.

Responsibilities

• Operates and maintains an electronically controlled, automated water treatment plant.

• Operates, troubleshoots, calibrates, and maintains pumps, valves, piping, mechanical sensors, gauges, flowmeters, motors, gear boxes, circuit breakers, emergency generator, uninterruptable power supply, programmable logic controller (PLC), proportional–integral–derivative controller (PID), electronic sensors and probes, wiring, fans, compressors, and power supplies.