BID/JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

FILTRATION ENGINEER II

DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT

Bureau of Water Supply

Number of Positions: 11

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $79,260; Grade: G-06

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.

This position is open to the public and all current city employees covered under the City’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME) – BARGAINING UNIT 1, 3, 4 5. Only employees in City job titles in this bargaining unit are eligible to bid.

BID INSTRUCTIONS:Apply on the bid site: https://chicago.taleo.net/careersection/103/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en AND

1. Check the box on your profile titled “Currently employed by the City of Chicago”

2. Enter your employee ID (located on your pay stub labeled ‘payee/employee number’)

3. Select your correct bargaining unit

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN A REJECTED BID APPLICATION

Under immediate supervision, the class performs entry level professional engineering work in connection with the operation, instrumentation, cyber security, SCADA and maintenance of water purification equipment and facilities; and performs other related duties as required by the deputy commissioner and/or managing deputy commissioner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

· Operates and maintains purification and chemical feeding equipment

· Investigates equipment breakdowns and makes recommendations to prevent their recurrence

· Observes instruments registering purification plant processes and conditions and records relevant data on operations logs

· Receives reports from the control laboratory regarding analyses of water samples, records data and compares data with instrument panel gauge data to ensure water quality standards are maintained

· Calculates actual dosage rates of water purification chemicals and monitors residuals to ensure compliance with City or other governmental standards

· Repairs and replaces malfunctioning instruments and controls on purification equipment

· Assists in conducting specifications tests on new and refurbished equipment

· Assists in calibrating and maintaining recording, regulating and treatment devices on purification equipment

· Completes daily control logs detailing plant activity, treatment changes, equipment readings and problems

· Reports operating conditions to supervisor on a periodic basis and when adjustments are required.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

LOCATION: Various

HOURS: Various

THIS POSITION IS IN THE CAREER SERVICE.