Water Qualiity Technician

**Job Advert Summary**:
Rand Water is currently looking a Water Quality Technician to assist in managing all corporate chemical and water quality related issues within Rand Water that affect the quality of the potable water produced

**Minimum Requirements**:

- National Diploma in water care, chemistry or chemical engineering qualification or equivalent
- Four (4) years’ experience preferably in a water industry
- Computer literacy in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Valid Code 8 drivers licence
- Experience in the field of water treatment processes would serve as an advantage

**Primary Duties**:

- Participate in scheduling of chemical procurement, writing contract specifications and adjudication of contracts.
- Management of bulk chemical contracts.
- Participate in the drafting of the chemical budget and monthly variance reports.
- Participate in managing water quality data affecting long-term variables by statistics/trending/reporting and identifying areas of concern with relation to water quality.
- Managing data and investigating possible areas of non-compliance to specifications.
- Take water samples in special projects and evaluate data.
- Taking minutes of technical and supplier liaison meetings.

**Knowledge**:

- Treatment processes operations and management
- Bulk treatment chemical specifications
- On-line instruments
- Knowledge of SHEQ and ISO systems
- Computer literacy

**Skills**:

- Strong communication skills ( verbal and written)
- Planning, scheduling, and coordinating skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving
- Negotiation
- Business report writing skill and minute taking
- Must have ability to co-ordinate, motivate and achieve results utilizing skills external to production division

**Attitude**:

- Performance driven
- Goal Orientated
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Proactive
- Be able to work under pressure
- Innovative
- Customer focussed