Assistant Utility-Maintenance Worker

Assistant Utility-Maintenance Workers

Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and make a difference in the community? Marin Water's Operation Division is currently seeking motivated and reliable Assistant Utility-Maintenance Workers to support the maintenance, repair, and construction of our water distribution systems and facilities. In this hands-on role, you'll work outdoors as part of a dedicated team ensuring safe, reliable water service to our customers.

You'll gain valuable skills operating tools and equipment, assisting with utility repairs, and maintaining vital infrastructure across central and southern Marin.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys physical work, teamwork, and contributing to projects that directly impact residents every day. Marin Water offers competitive pay, excellent benefits, and opportunities for career growth in a supportive, mission-driven environment. Make a difference in your community and help protect Marin's most valuable resource — water!

Benefits include:

• Competitive salaries
• Tuition reimbursement
• 12 District paid holidays
• A variety of benefit options available (medical, dental, vision)

Salary Range: $6,500 - $7,914 per month

* New hires typically start at Step 1 of the pay range, depending upon qualifications.

The purpose of this classification is to perform a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance, repair and landscaping of District facilities and distribution systems, and to do other work as required.

This is the trainee or pre-entry level class in the maintenance or utility series. Incumbents perform physical labor in construction, repair, maintenance, and landscaping assignments. Work is closely supervised and performed according to established procedures or specific oral or written instructions. Assistant Utility/Maintenance Workers can be assigned to any one of the operational departments in the Facilities and Watershed Division and the work performed is determined by the assignment.

Positions in the Utility/Maintenance Worker class series are flexibly staffed; positions at the Maintenance Worker I and Utility Worker I level are normally filled by advancement from the Assistant Utility/Maintenance Worker level; progression to either the Maintenance Worker I or Utility Worker I level is dependent on (i) management affirmation that the position is performing the full range of duties assigned to the classification;

(ii) satisfactory work performance; (iii) the incumbent meeting the minimum qualifications for the classification including any licenses and certifications; (iv) the incumbent satisfactorily meeting the internal promotional criteria; and (v) management approval for progression to the Maintenance Worker I or Utility Worker I level.

In addition to the duties listed below, tasks within assigned areas may include, but are not limited to, the following duties. Any single position may not be assigned all duties listed for an area of assignment, nor do the examples cover all duties which may be assigned.

• Follows all safety regulations, rules and precautions;
• drives pickup trucks and dump trucks;
• operates construction equipment;
• uses a wide variety of hand tools including picks, shovels, pneumatic and hydraulic tools, chain saws, jackhammers, tampers, compressors, trucks and related equipment;
• loads, unloads, and transports construction materials and supplies;
• maintains equipment and tools used on the job;
• performs clean-up duties at the worksite; and
• performs related duties as required.

Maintenance of Water Distribution Systems

• Excavates and backfills trenches;
• assists in the installation and repair of mains, services and other water distribution facilities;
• builds forms and pours concrete;
• repairs and replaces…