• Filtration Engineer II

    City of Chicago (Chicago, IL)


    Description:

    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.

    Qualifications:

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

    Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical or Civil Engineering or a directly related field of engineering.

     

    _NOTE:_** **_You must provide your degree/transcripts at the time of processing, if applicable._

    SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

    This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected.

     

    **APPLICATION EVALUATION:** Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. The Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

    **COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY:** To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. **_These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders._** **_For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates._** To learn more about our hiring practices click here. (https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dhr/provdrs/emp.html)

    For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

    https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

    For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

    https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp\_info/JobClassification/2025\_Classification\_and\_Pay\_Plan.pdf

     

    ALL REFERENCES TO POLITICAL SPONSORSHIP OR RECOMMENDATION MUST BE OMITTED FROM ALL APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMITTED FOR CITY EMPLOYMENT.

     

    The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer** **.

     

    City of Chicago

     

    Brandon Johnson, Mayor