Water/Wastewater Construction Crew Leader

About the role

Supervises and assists crew in laying, maintaining, and repairing water and sewer lines; plans line construction projects; and completes paperwork on jobs performed. When needed, assist with new construction or repairs to the water distribution system.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and assists crew in laying water and sewer lines
• Supervises maintenance workers and equipment operators, including assigning and reviewing work, training, and conducting performance reviews
• Ensures that crew follows established safety and operating procedures such as using the proper shoring equipment, CGI gas detectors, and PPE
• Plans line construction projects, including reading blueprints, cut sheets, and determining proper location of lines to be installed
• Has knowledge of TCEQ rules and regulations for water and wastewater
• Determines grades for sewer line replacements and sets grades for new construction
• Sets up street barricades and detour routes as necessary
• Supervises and assists crew in fixing line leaks and breaks
• Performs inspections on new construction
• Performs routine maintenance of sewer system components, including videoing sewer mains, jetting sewer mains, and smoke testing sewer mains
• Operates various equipment, including jet machine, power saw, underground utility locator, water pumps, backhoe, cranes, hydro excavator, and loaders
• In the absence of the department Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent, supervises the Water/Wastewater Construction department
• Completes work orders, equipment/labor logs, and required paperwork
• Serves on call duty with water department to respond to after-hours customer water or sewer problems

Requirements

• Residency Requirement: Employees who are likely to be called to work in cases of emergency may be required to reside within reasonable response commuting ranges of their places of work. A reasonable response time to an emergency is thirty (30) minutes. Residency which allows response time to a City emergency of thirty (30) minutes MUST be established with 90 days of hire.
• Education and/or Experience: High school graduation or its equivalent plus two years of experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid Texas commercial driver's license (B CDL), Class II Wastewater collection license, or ability to obtain license within 180 days of hire.
• Physical Demands: Regularly required to sit, use hands to operate office equipment, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear; engage in moderate to strenuous physical activity, work with tools and equipment, perform repetitive motions, perform work involving the entire body, stand, walk and balance on all types of surfaces; bend from the waist, squat, kneel, sit, crawl, climb, twist, and reach with arms and hands; lift and/or move objects weighing up to 100 pounds; see clearly with or without vision correction in close, distance, and peripheral vision, and adjust focus.
• Work Environment: Frequently faces difficult and stressful situations; frequent contact with employees within and outside department, public, other organizations; constantly required to change tasks frequently and perform tedious, exacting work; frequently required to work under time pressures to meet deadlines, perform multiple tasks simultaneously, work closely with others as part of and/or leader of a team; must exercise caution and adhere to safety standards; exposed to outdoor elements, loud noises, vibrations, respiratory hazards such as dust, gases, chemicals, bacteria; may be required to work in confined spaces around gas, water, and sewer lines; work environment is noisy and distracting.
• Background Checks: All offers contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment background and other screenings, including criminal background, driver's license