WANTED: An outstanding Water Treatment Operator who is driven for excellence, collaborates well with others and ultimately wants to provide safe and reliable drinking water for the well-being of our residents!

Napa's Utilities Department, Water Division provides potable drinking water to over 86,000 residents in city limits and surrounding areas. We own and operate two conventional water treatment plants (20 MGD each) and one 3 MGD direct filtration plant that treats water from the State Water Project and from the City-owned reservoirs. Our state-of-the-art facilities include the Edward I. Barwick Jamieson Canyon Water Treatment Plant with pre- and intermediate-ozone treatment basins, filtration, washwater clarifier facilities, and an ELAP certified laboratory. You will be a key member of the team and help operate our three plants and facilities. Additionally, the Water Treatment Operator may be provided an opportunity for potential growth into the Advanced Water Treatment Operator series.

In addition to qualifications, you will have shown success in demonstrating the following proficiencies:

• Technical Knowledge and Skill - Technical, functional, and/or professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise; using knowledge to accomplish results.
• Authenticity - Gaining other people's trust by demonstrating openness and integrity, behaving consistently, and acting in accordance with moral, ethical, professional, and organizational guidelines.
• Decision Making - Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by capturing, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
• Managing Work - Effectively handling one's time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Quality Orientation - Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how detailed; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
• Information Monitoring - Setting up ongoing procedures to collect and review information needed to handle an organization or ongoing activities within it.
• Emotional Intelligence - Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting own and others' emotions and behavior; using insights to handle own responses so that one's behavior matches one's values and delivers intended results.

This recruitment and examination is being conducted to fill multiple Water Treatment Operator vacancies and may be used to fill similar full-time vacancies in the future as they occur during the active status of the employment list. The active status of this employment list will be at least 6 (six) months unless abolished sooner or extended beyond that date in accordance with the Civil Service Rules.

Hiring Incentives: The $15,000 incentive will be paid to hired candidates in three $5,000 installments: at first pay period of hire, after completion of probation of one year, and after one year of successfully passing probation. The relocation reimbursement applies to eligible candidates for moving expenses as defined by IRS rules. Hiring Incentives are available for up to three (3) positions until filled.

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

**NOTE: IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT INTERNAL CITY OF NAPA APPLICANTS USE A PERSONAL EMAIL DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS, RATHER THAN THEIR CITY OF NAPA EMAIL IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE NECESSARY COMMUNICATIONS.***

• We will review your application and all supplemental materials to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. Screening will include a review of minimum qualifications, application appraisal rating of education, training and experience and relevance of background qualifications related to the target job as well as supplemental questions if applicable.
• Applicants selected to move forward in the process may be asked to participate in any combination of the following (at any phase of the selection process): a written examination, job related exercise, phone interview, in-person interview(s), and/or web-based testing.
• Based on the City Charter, the final phase of the selection process is the Probationary Period, which in most cases is six (6) months, but may be twelve (12) months depending on your classification.
• When three or fewer candidates are available, the testing procedures outlined in the Job Announcement may be waived by the Human Resources Department.

• If you need assistance with the recruitment and selection process in Spanish, contact us at 707-257-9505. These request will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• Si necesita ayuda con el proceso de reclutamiento y selección en español, contáctenos al 707-257-9505. Estas solicitudes se evaluarán caso por caso.