Utility Worker

Salary : $66,227.20 - $82,784.00 Annually
Location : Fairfield, CA
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number:
Department: Maintenance
Opening Date: 01/12/2026
Closing Date: 2/2/2026 5:00 PM Pacific

Description
Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) is currently seeking a candidate to fill a full-time position as a Utility Worker.
If you are looking to start a career in the Wastewater Industry, this may be a great opportunity for you! Our utility worker does a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled work throughout the plant to support the overall plant, facilities, and grounds. This is an entry level position with several opportunities for growth and learning.

The Ideal Candidate will have:

• A desire to work in the wastewater industry.
• A strong drive to learn and further develop skills to allow opportunities for growth and progression.

In summary, this position will be responsible for the following:

• Helps keep the District looking great by maintaining landscaping and grounds, including mowing, trimming, pruning, and keeping walkways, parking lots, and outdoor areas clean.
• Performs hands-on facility maintenance such as repairing fences and roads, maintaining irrigation systems, completing work orders, and assisting with general upkeep of buildings.
• Works alongside maintenance staff to inspect and perform basic maintenance and minor repairs on equipment, pumps, motors, and mechanical systems.
• Assists with sewer collection system work, including cleaning and inspecting sewer lines.

For more detailed duties, please review the job description linked under "Example of Duties".
OPPORTUNITY AWAITS!
Over several decades, the District has evolved from a technical engineering entity to a valuable resource manager, partner in local economic development, and active member of the watershed community. The District has taken numerous actions to shift conventional thinking about the way wastewater utilities are run.

• We are an award-winning facility, including winner of the 2024 Water Environment Federation Utility of the Future Award, 2022 California Water Environmental Association (CWEA) California Plant of the Year Award and the 2022 National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) Platinum Peak Performance Award.
• Over the years many of our employees have been recognized as operator of the year, laboratory person of the year, and mechanical technician of the year (to name a few).
• We are always looking for innovative solutions and often participate in various research pilots, which offers unique opportunities for our staff.
• We strive to obtain as much energy as possible from waste product and renewable energy through solar power, wind turbines, and cogeneration engines.
• We have a history of creative partnerships to address the issues we face, such as our partnership with Lystek International, who constructed a biosolids-to-fertilizer processing plant at our wastewater treatment facility.

At the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District, we work together and break down barriers to accomplish major projects and facilitate successful daily operations of the facility. The District is a highly collaborative organization. By fostering a relatively flat organizational structure, minimizing bureaucracy, and promoting employee empowerment, the District achieves a high degree of cooperation and partnership between departments to seek out the best overall solutions to shared challenges.

At the heart of the District's progress is an organizational culture that continues to embrace positive change. We have a leadership team that supports the growth and needs of the employees and encourages ongoing feedback to make the District an employer of choice.
Here at the District, we are dedicated to providing what we believe to be an excellent work environment. We strive to maintain good wages and benefits, open communications and opportunities for creativity, ownership and fun. Apply today!
Examples of Duties
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
The Utility Worker performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled tasks related to the routine maintenance and repair of the wastewater treatment plant, facilities, grounds, pump stations, and vehicles to ensure clean, orderly, and safe operating conditions in compliance with applicable regulations, codes, and standard operating procedures. The duties of this classification involve work which is physical in nature and requires familiarity with general laborer tasks.

This classification may be required to operate some types of mobile and general construction equipment and vehicles.

The Utility Worker is a stand-alone class. Incumbents may work independently or within a team to perform work which primarily involves landscaping maintenance of the plant facility, as well as performing preventative maintenance on equipment and plant facilities, forklift/tractor operation, and assisting operations and maintenance staff as required. This position is designed as a developmental class, serving as a potential steppingstone toward the Maintenance Mechanic I classification.
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