Overview
Location: Kingsport, TN
Pay: Starting at $18.00 and up/hour, based on experience
Shifts: Training-M-F 7-approx 5, after Jan 12th, shifts will go to 12 hours, with schedules alternating
Opportunity Statement:
This role gives you the chance to utilize your specialized ALAR experience to manage a critical environmental process while joining a team that recognizes and rewards your technical expertise from day one.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- Competitive Pay: Starting at $18.00 and up/hour, based on experience
- Training Shift/Schedule: Training-Monday-Friday 7AM-approx 5PM, after Jan 12th, shifts will go to 12 hours, with schedules alternating
- Full-Time Opportunity: 40 hours per week + overtime
- Affordable Health Benefits After 30 Days: $5 copays, $5 prescriptions, and FREE telehealth services for you and your family!
- Paid Weekly: Direct deposit or pay card options
- Amazing Culture: Proudly ranked as an SIA Top Workplace for 5 years running!
- Contract-to-Hire: At Ōnin, you’re not “just a temp”—you’re a valued teammate from day one!
What You’ll Do as a Wastewater Systems Operator:
This position is vital to the client’s environmental operations and requires someone confident with transfer tanks, pumps, chemical metering, sanitation equipment, and hydraulic systems. The role splits between technical maintenance work and operating the plant's ALAR water treatment system.
- Operate, monitor, and troubleshoot ALAR wastewater treatment systems.
- Handle pumps, valves, manifolds, chemical feed systems, and filtration units.
- Perform sample collection, lab testing, and process adjustments.
- Conduct preventive maintenance and light repairs on equipment (15–20 hours/week).
- Maintain accurate logs and follow strict safety/environmental protocols.
Skills and Experience
- Hands-on experience with ALAR wastewater systems is a must.
- Technical or mechanical background (maintenance, sanitation, or equipment troubleshooting).
- Familiarity with wastewater processes, including chemical dosing and quality testing.
- Wastewater certification or willingness to earn one.
- Strong attention to detail, safety practices, reliability, and teamwork.
Bonus points if your experience includes: Hydro-agriculture operations, complex food manufacturing (slurry processing, retort canning), or municipal water/wastewater treatment.
We don’t hire temps, we hire TEAMMATES!
Benefits
Don't miss this chance to enhance your experience in a production environment while enjoying competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package.
- Weekly pay
- $5 prescription drugs
- $5 doctor's visit copays
- Free teledoctor service
- Free counseling services
- Life insurance included
- Vision insurance included
- Dental insurance included
- Vacation and holiday pay
- Scholarship Opportunities
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Free legal services
- Our unbeatable employee discount program
Apply today with Ōnin Staffing Johnson City—your next opportunity is just a click away!
––Your Ōnin team
