Maintenance Mechanic I/II

Essential Functions

• Inspects, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs a variety of plant, pump station, force main transmission lines, and regulating equipment and facilities, including electric motors, engines, gas and electric powered pumps, valves, air compressors, blowers, emergency systems, hydraulic systems, and pressure and flow regulators.
• Maintains and repairs specialized water control and treatment equipment, such as flow recorders, chlorination, and other chemical feeding equipment and wastewater treatment equipment.
• Repairs, cleans, and rebuilds pumps, replacing bearings, shafts, sleeves, and seals; designs and fabricates parts and equipment as needed.
• Maintains and repairs specialized water control and treatment equipment, such as flow recorders, chlorination, and other chemical feeding equipment and wastewater treatment equipment.
• Replaces and repairs existing pipes and valves; repairs leaks and modifies systems as needed.
• Makes operating adjustments to a variety of equipment.
• Inspects and lubricates boosters and pumps.
• Inspects and sets safety switches.
• Disassembles equipment and renews bearings and packing, removes and renews water and oil hoses on gasoline engines, replaces air and oil filters, and replaces or repairs small valves.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of: Methods, materials, and equipment used in maintenance and repair of machinery, engines, and equipment.
• Tools and equipment used in the general maintenance, construction and repair of treatment plant and field facilities and equipment.
• Theory and principles of internal combustion engine operation.
• Hydraulic systems and control systems.
• Basic principles of transmission lines, pump stations, and treatment plant operation and maintenance.
• Procedures, equipment, materials, and tools used in the operation, maintenance, and repair of force main transmission, pump station, and treatment plant motors, engines, pumps, compressors, and other equipment.
• Pumping equipment and chlorinators.
• Gas and diesel engine maintenance and repair.
• Principles and practices of gas and electrical welding.
• Safety practices, procedures, and equipment pertaining to work.
• Applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, codes, and regulations relating to maintenance and repair work.
• Record keeping principles and procedures.
• English usage, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation.
• Techiques for providing a high level of customer service to public and Agency staff, in person and over the telephone.

Required Education And Experience

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by specialized course work in the maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment.
• Two (2) years of experience in the skilled mechanical maintenance and repair of industrial plant machinery, engines, and equipment for Maintenance Mechanic I.
• Four (4) years of experience in the skilled mechanical maintenance and repair of industrial plant machinery, engines, and equipment or two (2) years of experience equivalent to Maintenance Mechanic I with the Agency for Maintenance Mechanic II.

Licenses And Certifications

• Maintenance Mechanic I/II: Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Driver's License and be insurable with the Agency's insurance at the standard rate, and continue to meet established driving standards as a condition of employment for this position.
• Ability to obtain a valid California 40-hour Hazwoper Certificate during the initial 12 months of employment and continued maintenance of valid certificates as a condition of employment for this position.
• Maintenance Mechanic I: Ability to obtain and maintain possession of a Class B Driver's License.
• Maintenance Mechanic II: Possession of a Class B Driver's License.
• Ability to obtain a Grade I Mechanical Technologist Certificate issued by the California Water Environment Association within 18 months of date of hire and continued maintenance of a valid certificate as a condition of employment for this position.
• Ability to obtain a Grade II Mechanical Technologist Certificate issued by the California Water Environment Association within 18 months of date of hire and continued maintenance of a valid certificate as a condition of employment for this position.

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Standing & Walking - Standing for extended periods of time and/or walking distances (1 or more miles): 15 minutes up to 5 hours per day.
• Lifting - Ability to safely lift up to 40 pounds overhead and 70 pounds to waist level; both these requirements include bending at knees to facilitate proper lifting techniques: 1 minute up to 15 minutes per day.
• Climbing - Ability to ascend 10 ft. or more up ladder(s), manhole rungs and stairs: 1 minute up to 30 minutes per day.
• Pulling - The ability to safely pull, hand over hand, up to 60 pounds attached to a rope (retrieval of equipment from manholes & vaults): 1 minute up to 5 minutes per day.
• Manual Dexterity - The ability to perform multiple work activities requiring a significant level of physical and mental coordination, such as accurate field measuring; repair and calibration of instruments; computer keyboard; writing: 1 hour up to 8 hours per day.
• Visual - Acuity for driving long periods; reading literature for long 8 hours per day.