Water Resources Services Technician

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Responds to customer complaints, installs bulk and residential water meters, performs functions related backflow prevention, and performs other technical related tasks to ensure water quality is maintained.

Position functions five (5) percent indoors and ninety‑five (95) percent outdoors with exposure to all types of weather and traffic conditions, mechanical, electrical, explosive, and burn hazards, fumes, dusts, odors, and gases. Protective clothing includes safety shoes, vest, ear plugs, SCBA equipment, sound attenuator, gloves, hard hat, safety visor, and glasses.

Physical Factors

Heavy physical effort is required to perform job functions including constant balancing, bending/stooping, climbing into and out of man holes, moving around construction sites with uneven terrain, and lifting repair fittings, mechanical joint fittings, C900 pipe, meter boxes and other water components weighing up to fifty (50) pounds from ground to shoulder height. Push/Pulling manhole and meter vault lids weighing up to ninety (90) pounds.

Sufficient clarity of speech, hearing, or other communication capabilities, vision or other powers of observation, manual dexterity, and personal mobility and physical reflexes sufficient to effectively and efficiently perform essential job functions.

Work Situation Factors

Position involves competing demands, performing multiple tasks, working to deadlines, and responding to customer issues. It may also involve emergency situations, shift‑work, work on holidays, weekends, nights, overtime and standby status. Precise limits, tolerances and standards must be met. Regular attendance is an essential function of the job to ensure continuity of services. Position is subject to drug testing in accordance with applicable State and Federal regulations and City of Las Cruces policies.

Meeting or exceeding the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an invitation to participate in the process.

FIRST CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO CURRENT CITY OF LAS CRUCES EMPLOYEES WHO MEET ALL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Full‑Time;
Regular;
Non‑Exempt;
Union‑Represented.

Responds to customer complaints, installs bulk and residential water meters, performs functions related backflow prevention, and performs other technical related tasks to ensure water quality is maintained.

Environmental Factors

Position functions five (5) percent indoors and ninety‑five (95) percent outdoors with exposure to all types of weather and traffic conditions, mechanical, electrical, explosive, and burn hazards, fumes, dusts, odors, and gases. Protective clothing includes safety shoes, vest, ear plugs, SCBA equipment, sound attenuator, gloves, hard hat, safety visor, and glasses.

Physical Factors

Heavy physical effort is required to perform job functions including constant balancing, bending/stooping, climbing into and out of man holes, moving around construction sites with uneven terrain, and lifting repair fittings, mechanical joint fittings, C900 pipe, meter boxes and other water components weighing up to fifty (50) pounds from ground to shoulder height. Push/Pulling manhole and meter vault lids weighing up to ninety (90) pounds.

Sufficient clarity of speech, hearing, or other communication capabilities, vision or other powers of observation, manual dexterity, and personal mobility and physical reflexes sufficient to effectively and efficiently perform essential job functions.

Work Situation Factors

Position involves competing demands, performing multiple tasks, working to deadlines, and responding to customer issues. It may also involve emergency situations, shift‑work, work on holidays, weekends, nights, overtime and standby status. Precise limits, tolerances and standards must be met. Regular attendance is an essential function of the job to ensure continuity of services. Position is subject to drug testing in accordance with applicable State and Federal regulations and…