Utility Construction Compliance Specialist

About the role

The Utility Construction Compliance Specialist ensures the safety, reliability, and integrity of the City’s utility systems. Key responsibilities include examining and evaluating utility construction and maintenance work, reviewing and interpreting plans, conducting on-site inspections, and supporting safe and coordinated project activities.

Responsibilities

• Reviews utility systems and facilities plans and specifications for contracted construction and maintenance work.
• Examines and evaluates utility systems and facilities construction and maintenance work for conformance with engineering specifications and established standards.
• Observes work in various stages of progress to ensure compliance.
• Consults with, coordinates, and monitors the work of contractors.
• Reviews various plans, specifications, and reports, such as Underground Survey Alerts, and distributes to other divisions, departments, agencies, or groups as warranted.
• Ensures other departments, agencies, and companies operations are not in conflict with City utility lines and facilities.
• Advises interested parties including other City departments, citizens, private construction contractors, of City utility lines and facilities locations.
• Makes field markings indicating underground City utility lines and facilities locations.
• Examines various City utility facilities and performs/coordinates maintenance functions.
• Performs and coordinates tests of various scheduled equipment such as rubber glove sleeve, hot stick, and gas detectors testing.
• Maintains all related records and prepares various reports and summaries.
• Performs field investigations; coordinates and assists with utility systems and facilities and related operational projects.

Requirements

Education/Experience: Any combination equivalent to education and experience likely to provide the required knowledge and abilities. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: Education - Graduation from high school. Experience - Three years of utility systems construction and maintenance experience including survey and compliance work.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of utility systems and facilities construction and maintenance; methods, materials, equipment and tools used in construction and maintenance of utility systems and facilities; policies and regulations governing the construction and maintenance of utility systems and facilities; safe work practices and procedures.
• Ability to effectively examine and evaluate utility systems and facilities construction and maintenance work for conformance to plans and specifications and established standards; review and interpret applicable plans and specifications; interpret and apply related codes, ordinances and regulations; participate in plan and specification development; coordinate the work of contractors; establish and maintain accurate records; communicate effectively; establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments and agencies, and the general public.

Skills

• Hands-on experience in utility construction, maintenance, survey work, and compliance.
• Strong technical judgment.
• Communication skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships.

Benefits

• CalPERS Retirement: Classic Members: 2% at 55 formula, 8.868% contribution; New Members 2% @ 62 formula, 8.25% contribution.
• Medical: Comprehensive health coverage with a generous City contribution towards medical premiums.
• Dental: Comprehensive dental coverage provided to employees and their eligible dependents.
• Vacation: Starting with 80 hours annually and increasing with years of service.
• Holidays: 11 City Holidays.
• Floating Holidays: 6 days.
• Sick Leave: 96 hours annually.
• Deferred Compensation: Up to 1% 457(b) matching City contribution after 1 year of continuous service.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

N/A