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Operator (Manufacturing)



Waste Water Operator

About the Role

The Waste Water Treatment Operator is responsible to ensure all environmental and safety requirements are met.  The operator maintains safe and efficient operations, while completing required testing, monitoring processes, and inspecting equipment.  

What You Will Do

  • Communicate, share knowledge, and advise mill with waste water safety, environmental, production, centerline, usage, needs, and concerns
  • Perform inspections on all waste water equipment and basins
  • Maintain a safe, clean, and orderly waste water treatment plant
  • Understand and react to the chemical process and MSDS information
  • Follow LOTO procedures
  • Understand and react appropriately to H2S Levels, spills
  • Knowledge of clarifer and aeration basin operations
  • Conduct effluent sampling
  • Conduct and understand testing for TSS, TDS, DO, Turbidity, pH, temperature, color, COD
  • Conduct and understand testing for  metals and low level mercury
  • Conduct all required NPDES permit required testing
  • Monitor trending of waste water systems
  • Maintain operating license as required by Essity and State of Ohio

Who You Are

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Experience working in an industrial environment preferred
  • Ability to use Excel
  • Ability to safely perform tasks in a fast paced, heavy industrial environment
  • Ability to stand, reach, and twist in a heavy industrial environment
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
  • Ability to climb ladders, walk distances, work at heights on platforms, work in tight or closed spaces
  • Licensed Waste Water Operator with the State of Ohio

What We Can Offer You

  • Industry leading safety culture! 
  • Health insurance offerings from day one, with a wellness program! 
  • Company paid basic life insurance, AD&D, short term and long term disability insurance 
  • Paid time off with paid holidays 
  • Premium pay for hours worked over eight hours in a day 
  • Premium pay for Saturday  
  • Doubletime on Sundays 
  •  Premium pay for holiday work 
  • 4% employer match 401k 
  • 5.5% defined contribution 401k 
  • 96 hours of vacation prorated to start date 
  • 11 paid holidays  
  • Employee Discount Programs 
  • Scholarship program for children of Essity employees 

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. 

 
Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards 

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere. Innovate for Good  |  Excel Together |  Be You with Us

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

Application End Date:

08 Dec 2025

Job Requisition ID:

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