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Water Treatment Specialist, UPW & Wastewater (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Production Bastrop - PCB/PLP Wastewater
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Hybrid (Bastrop, TX)Full-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Water Treatment Specialist focused on UPW and wastewater for Starlink production facilities, ensuring reliable water quality, maintaining and improving high-volume water treatment processes, and collaborating with engineering and manufacturing teams.

Responsibilities

  • Monitor, troubleshoot, root cause, and improve UPW (ultrapure water) systems, including reverse osmosis (RO), electrode ionization (EDI), UV disinfection, and filtration
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, root cause, and improve wastewater treatment processes, including pH neutralization, evaporators (multiple-effect vacuum and MVR units), clarification/precipitation and solids dewatering, AOP (advanced oxidation processes), crystallizers, and a variety of other processes (TMF, UF, etc.)
  • Perform routine preventative maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting on pumps, valves, sensors, membranes, and control systems; help to define maintenance schedules and support activities
  • Define daily water quality sampling, analysis (e.g., TOC, silica, metals, conductivity), and data logging requirements and tools needed to do them, like Hach analyzers or similar
  • Respond to alarms, investigate excursions, and implement corrective actions to minimize downtime (target: >99.9% system availability)
  • Collaborate with manufacturing, EHS, and engineering teams to optimize water usage, reduce waste, and implement sustainability initiatives
  • Ensure adherence to OSHA, EPA, and SpaceX safety protocols, including lockout/tagout (LOTO) and chemical handling
  • Identify equipment and process deviations and perform corrective actions
  • Work with engineers and technicians to create operating procedures
  • Use knowledge of systems and existing documentation like schematics and parts lists to create and maintain a mature and efficient hardware inventory system – including procurement of critical spares
  • Identify continuous improvement opportunities for uptime and quality
  • Safely handle chemicals (including transporting and loading) and chemical handling equipment
  • Ensure 5S standards are upheld by maintaining a clean and organized work area
  • Perform other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment
  • Work with engineers, technicians, and fabricators to implement fluid and mechanical designs in the field
  • work with engineers and technicians to create operating procedure

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, math, or science discipline; OR 3+ years of experience working with automated processes in one of the following areas: Control room operations; Plant operations; Fluid control systems

Skills

Required:UPW and wastewater process knowledge
Nice to have:P&ID and schematic understanding
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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