Water Treatment Plant Superintendent at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Location: Ibadan
Contract: 3-year renewable contract                          

Duties

• Successful candidate will among other things perform the following duties:
• Plan preventive, repair and maintain all water plants, drinking water place, sewage and swimming pool plants;
• Install and maintain multi-stage vertical turbine and surface Pumps and Blowers;
• Maintain associated appliances such as Aerators, Compressors and level control systems;
• Initiate treatment plans and supervise the supply of about 1.2 million litres of high quality drinking water per day;
• Supervise treatment and safe discharge of about 8,000 litres of waste water per day;
• Treat and maintain high quality swimming pool water of about 385,000 litres;
• Ensure quality control of all waters: drinking, sewage and swimming Pool;
• Initiate procedures for purchase of spare parts and treatment chemicals;
• Supervise water treatment operation and the management of staff;
• Carry out other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications

•  B.Sc/HND in MechanicalWater Engineering, Biochemistry or related fields with minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in a reputable water treatment plant. 

Competencies
The ideal candidate must:

• Have good knowledge of water plants maintenance and treatment techniques.
• Have good interpersonal skill.
• Be honest, trustworthy and hardworking and be able to coordinate shift duties.

Remuneration
We offer highly competitive salary with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.