Field Construction Technician

Field Construction Technician 2

Clean Water Services

The Utility Operations & Services department is seeking a Field Construction Technician
2. This position constructs, repairs, and maintains sanitary and storm sewer conveyance infrastructure and associated system components, including pipelines, manholes, catch basins, outfalls, culverts, and water-quality facilities.

The Field Construction Technician position will be filled at a level 1 or 2. To be considered for both levels, you must submit a separate application for each.

• Constructs, repairs, and rehabilitates sanitary and storm sewer pipelines, manholes, and catch basins, using traditional and trenchless construction techniques; reads and works from maps and construction plans; performs pipe laying and repairs involving excavations.
• Digs trenches and ditches to lay pipelines, ensuring proper depth and alignment according to specifications. Cleans and prepares job sites for construction activities.
• Aligns and positions pipes for welding or sealing, ensuring secure connections. Applies protective coatings to pipelines to prevent corrosion.
• Performs maintenance and repair work on existing pipelines, including replacing sections of pipe and sealing leaks. Conducts pressure testing to ensure the integrity of the pipeline system.
• Operates a wide range of heavy equipment and machinery, including large and small excavators, rubber-tire backhoes, skid steers (standard and ride-on), compact track loaders, trenchers, telehandlers, articulated wheel loaders, horizontal directional drills, pipe-bursting machines, track trucks, rollers (large and small), and agricultural tractors of various sizes.
• Follows safety guidelines and participates in safety training to maintain a safe working environment. Installs pipeline markers and warning signs to ensure public safety.
• Responds to utility emergencies while on-duty and during off-duty hours, including participation in the after-hours emergency response rotation.
• Reads and interprets maps, diagrams and plans.
• Completes work orders to locate and mark underground utilities, connect and disconnect services, inspect leaks, and make repairs.
• As assigned, may assist with training, planning, or leading work and making assignments to be performed by the work team; may review team members' work to ensure CWS and departmental safety policies and procedures are followed
• As assigned, coordinates or performs installation, servicing, and repairs of mechanical equipment and maintains related records.
• May maintain safety files, MSDS sheets, and related records and document daily work.
• May confer with property owners and the public regarding work in progress and address concerns.
• Drives a CWS or personal vehicle for work-related purposes.

• Principles, materials, methods and equipment used in storm/sanitary conveyance and collection system layout, construction, maintenance and repair, and techniques
• Hazardous material handling practices and procedures
• SSO-Sanitary Sewer Overflow and IDDE-Illicit Discharge Detection Elimination response and documentation
• Safety program, procedures, and practices
• Record keeping principles and practices
• Basic civil engineering principles, practices, and standards
• GIS and mapping
• Basic land surveying techniques
• Traffic control and flagging
• Municipal maintenance and construction practices
• Creek restoration and bank stabilization principles and methods
• Uplands and wetlands maintenance principles and practices
• Repair, maintenance, and operation of mechanical equipment
• Electronics and electricity-driven equipment

• Operating a variety of heavy mobile equipment including excavation equipment, front end loaders, sleeving equipment, and/or sealants
• Constructing and…