Water Services System Technician - Wastewater Collections

Description

The Water Services System Technician – Wastewater Collections performs skilled and semi‑skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work for the City of Glendale Water Services Department.

The City of Glendale’s Water Services Department provides over 250,000 residents with safe, reliable, and high‑quality water and wastewater services. Glendale Water Services promotes industry best practices, leadership, and innovation to ensure our employees put public health and community vitality first.

• FLSA non‑exempt; overtime paid for hours over 40 in a week.
• Grade 312; hourly salary range $22.6404 to $33.9606.

• $1,000 after 30 days of employment.
• $1,000 after 6 months of employment.

Benefits become effective the month following 30 days of employment. The City offers a generous package that includes health, dental, vision, retirement, disability, and paid time off.

• 10.5 paid holidays per year, plus 12 hours of special holiday leave for cultural or religious holidays.
• Vacation accrues at 5.33 hours per pay period (138 hours/yr). Increases to 6.12 hours after 5 years and caps at 7.6 hours after 10 years.
• Sick leave accrues at 4.4 hours per pay period (114 hours/yr).

• Participation in Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).
• Mandatory contribution of 12.00% deducted each pay period.

Glendale is the West Valley’s entertainment nexus with access to major freeways, a growing community, and a diverse professional workforce. Employees have opportunities for growth and career advancement.

• Perform skilled and semi‑skilled construction, maintenance, and repair tasks.
• Operate light to heavy equipment: 3‑ton utility truck, backhoe, combination jetter, vacuum truck, dump truck, utility crane truck, hydro‑excavation equipment, and closed‑circuit TV.
• Use power and hand tools to accomplish tasks.
• Enforce safety rules, traffic control, hazardous material procedures.
• Maintain daily work records and perform computerized data entry.
• Transport, set up, and conduct safety checks on supplies and equipment.
• Install, test, maintain, and repair water mains, sewer mains, service valves, fire hydrants, manholes, and storm water facilities.
• Tap water mains, install services, and water meters.
• Test, repair, replace, and relocate water meters, including seasonal service cuts.
• Respond to water usage complaints.
• Construct and maintain large meter vaults, manholes, and job sites.
• Excavate and restore job sites to pre‑work conditions.
• Investigate sewer odors, stoppages, and storm water issues.
• Hydro‑clean street and storm lines.
• Assist with closed‑circuit TV operations and surveillance of sewer and storm lines.
• Operate city vehicles requiring a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• Two years of construction, maintenance, or repair experience and/or operation of light, medium, and heavy equipment related to this assignment.
• Experience operating 3‑ton utility trucks, backhoes, combination jetters, vacuum trucks, dump trucks, utility crane trucks, hydro‑excavation equipment, and closed‑circuit TV.
• Equivalent combinations of education, training, or experience may qualify.

• Relevant rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Materials, tools, equipment, safety hazards, and precautions.
• Confined space entry procedures.
• Blue‑stake laws and underground utility identification practices.

• Read and understand blueprints, technical diagrams, maps, and staking procedures.
• Barricade work sites according to the Phoenix barricade manual.
• Follow safe working practices and oral/written instructions.
• Communicate with residents, businesses, coworkers, and supervisors.
• Complete reports, logs, and computer data entry.
• Operate atmospheric sensing devices.
• Operate city vehicles requiring a CDL.

• Arizona Class A Commercial Driver’s License with tanker endorsement within 90 days of hire.
• Maintain valid state driver’s license and comply with all training and license checks.
• Register with FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse within 90 days of hire.
• ADEQ Grade 1 Wastewater Collection System Operator Certification within 12 months of hire.
• Eligible for certification incentive program after 1 year of employment.
• May be subject to call‑back, standby duty, and rotating shifts.
• Safety‑sensitive position requiring drug and alcohol testing and a post‑offer physical assessment.

• Heavy digging and lifting up to 80 pounds.
• Extensive walking, bending, standing, crawling, and working in trenches and water‑filled holes.
• Exposure to traffic, hot weather, hazardous materials, insects, and gases.
• Operation of city vehicles requiring a CDL.