Utility Maintenance Worker - Const - SE

About the role

This is manual labor work involving the use of acquired skills in maintaining, cleaning, inspecting, repairing, replacing, and data collection for the City’s sanitary and sanitary combined sewer collection systems infrastructure to protect the environment and public from sewer spills. Employees in this classification are required to operate specialized sewer cleaning automotive equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operates specialized sewer cleaning automotive equipment.
• Injects dye into the sewer lines and assists with the insertion of robotic CCTV camera equipment to inspect sewer pipes for defects or blockages.
• Performs jetting operations for cleaning sewer mains and stormwater systems.
• Maintains and clears vegetation for accessibility to facilities and equipment.
• Picks up, loads, and removes debris from streets and sidewalks after storms.
• Reviews maps and locates manholes, piping, and other collection system structures.
• Uses sewer mapping and magnetic locator to locate and mark sewer manholes and lines in the field.
• Places and retrieves temporary traffic control devices as trained.
• Maintains and clears vegetation for accessibility to facilities and equipment.
• Monitors safety of work spaces, and places and retrieves temporary traffic control devices as trained.
• Performs cleanup and routine maintenance of job sites, vehicles, and equipment, including securing tools and equipment for transportation and removing debris and trash.
• Maintains regular job attendance in accordance with a schedule established for the position by a supervisor.

Requirements

• One (1) year of experience in construction, maintenance, sewer cleaning, or locating utilities.
• High school graduation or its equivalent is preferred.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Class B Commercial driver’s license with N endorsement and no air brake restrictions or higher by the end of the probationary period.
• Must possess and maintain the following certifications by the end of the probationary period: Second Grade Hoisting and Portable Engineer’s certificate, Forklift operator’s certificate, Confined Space Entry certificate, Work Zone Traffic Control certificate, Competent Person Shoring and Trench Safety certificate, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Certification.
• Must be available to work on-call and after hours to respond to emergency situations as necessary.

Qualifications

The knowledge, skills, and abilities may be acquired through, but are not limited to, the following combination of education and/or experience: One (1) year of experience in construction, maintenance, sewer cleaning, or locating utilities. High school graduation or its equivalent is preferred.

Skills

• Knowledge of, and ability to operate, computers and other technology using standard or customized computer or systems software applications appropriate to the assigned tasks.
• Knowledge of general construction.
• Knowledge of traffic laws and regulations governing equipment operations.
• Knowledge of the geography of the City.
• Skill in minor maintenance needed to repair assigned equipment.
• Skill in operating automotive equipment up to and including a tandem-axle dump truck.
• Skill in operating acoustic equipment to provide real-time blockage assessment in gravity sewer lines.
• Ability to learn basic pipe and structure repair methods to the wastewater collection systems.
• Ability to learn and utilize shoring and excavation safety procedures.
• Ability to work in a confined space such as a manhole and/or trench depending on the assigned division.
• Ability to fit into a 24in wide manhole structure and climb a ladder to enter and exit structures and trenches.
• Ability to acquire skills in the use and maintenance of hand tools, jet nozzles, jet saws, hose and reels, jet truck operation, and other assigned tools.
• Ability to understand oral and written instructions.
• Ability to operate acoustic technology equipment to provide real-time blockage assessment in gravity sewer lines.
• Ability to perform minor mathematical functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to learn and adapt to advances in computer and electronics device technology and software.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with superiors, other city employees, members of the public, and contractors and their agents.
• Ability to learn and adhere to safety policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Ability to learn and apply Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) rules for Work Zone Safety and Temporary Traffic Control.

Benefits

• Forty-hour work week.
• Paid leave per year: twelve days vacation; eighteen days sick; and fourteen holidays.
• Employee’s group health insurance, including major medical, vision, and dental, for individual or family.
• Defined benefit pension plan, plus Social Security, and more.

Pay

$19.22 with step increases to $27.66 hourly.