Maintenance II

Our mission
· Klamath Irrigation District

We represent our Patrons before government agencies, the legislature, Congress, and in such forums as appropriate for the perfection and protection of their water rights. We defend the District from actions which would diminish our effectiveness and function. We further promote the conservation of water, soil, and other natural resources.

The Maintenance II crew keeps the District’s canals, drains, structures, and equipment working — running heavy equipment, welding steel, pouring concrete, and rebuilding the structures that carry water across the basin. It’s hands-on,physical, essential work, and when the season demands it you can be called in to run aditch rider’s route too. The gravity-fed system that helps feed the country onlykeeps running because someone keeps it in repair — that someone is you.

The mission, kept running

Klamath Irrigation District exists to deliver water to the farms and lands of the Klamath Project. None of it moves without canals, structures, and equipment that work.

The repairs you’d make and the structures you’d build are the District keeping its promise to the farming families who depend on this water — work that serves your neighbors and sustains a community that has farmed the basin for generations.

This is the District’s build-and-repair crew — the people who keep thesystem standing season after season.

Equipment & earthwork

• Operate and service heavy equipment — backhoes, excavators, loaders, dump trucks, dozers, forklifts, cranes and hoists, graders, mowers, and other District vehicles.
• Excavate, load, haul, and dump earth, rock, and other materials.
• Haul, load, and unload equipment on trailers.
• Keep District vehicles and equipment clean, and log their operation.

Build & repair

• Repair District structures, and weld, cut, and grind steel.
• Mix, place, and finish concrete, and build wooden structures — bridges, concrete forms, and more.
• Assist the mechanic with repair of District vehicles and equipment, using a range of hand and power tools.
• Paint, and handle traffic control (flagging) as the work requires.
• Step into a ditch rider’s route when the Manager needs you during the irrigation season.

We want you to know what the job is before you apply. This is outdoor, physical work:

• Working outdoors in inclement weather — heat, cold, snow, and rain.
• Driving and walking on narrow, uneven irrigation and drainage banks.
• Walking, lifting heavy objects, bending, and reaching.
• Working in mud and water, or over water.
• Keeping your cool with the occasional unhappy customer.

This is a year-round role, with overtime when the work calls for it.

Day to day

Normal hours are Monday–Friday, 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.,with regular overtime. This is construction and maintenance work in every season— pouring concrete, building forms, and repairing structures, often out in thewinter cold. Weekends and holidays can also bring emergency call-ins,paid as overtime.

When the water needs you

During the irrigation season you can be substituted into a ditch rider’sroute when the Manager needs it — a 10-days-on, 4-off schedule keeping water moving across the basin.

• A high school diploma or equivalent, with solid basic math and problem-solving skills.
• A valid ClassA CDL without an air-brake restriction — or the ability to obtain one. The District provides off-season CDL training and reimburses the cost of obtaining and maintaining a District-required CDL.
• The ability to pass pre-employment and random drug & alcohol testing — the District is a drug-free workplace — and a…