Utilities Maintenance Specialist III - Water

PAY RATE: $23.15/HR.

This position is responsible for the installation of water meters, water main lines, water service laterals, and fire hydrants. Responsible for repairing water leaks, back‑flow replacement, hydrant replacement and repairs, and all related tasks. This position operates equipment including backhoe, loader, track‑hoe, dump truck, ditch witch, tapping machine, boring machine, road saws, chop saws, and many related pieces of equipment. This position also supervises assistants, reads blueprints and geological mapping, and suggests functional changes.

Work is reviewed through oral and written reports, discussion, and results obtained.

• Acts as the working leader of a small crew.
• Trains new employees in water distribution maintenance methods, procedures, and techniques.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs water mains, water service connections, fire hydrants and valves.
• Raises, lowers, or relocates water mains and meters to allow clearance for other utilities or improvements.
• Sets meter boxes and water meters and records meter numbers for a generated work order. Records time and materials used for warehouse inventory.
• Measures, cuts, and connects sections of pipe, using tapping machine, pipe cutter, threader, reamer, wrenches, assorted tools, glue, and couplers.
• Makes excavations in concrete, pavement and dirt to trouble‑shoot and repair water mains, water lines, valves, and meters, using a backhoe, shovel, pick, jackhammer and concrete saws.
• Excavates under very dangerous conditions to make emergency repairs, such as digging up a main line under water, around power lines, gas lines, telephone lines, fiber optic, sewer lines and/or storm water.
• Compacts soil in roads to meet densities.
• Maintains road cuts until completed by road crew.
• Conducts post‑construction finishing work to grade out the surface, applies topsoil, grass seed and/or sod grass.
• Obtains and sets up equipment, tools and materials needed for work. Determines best way to set up job site, may use the M.O.T. series 600. Sets up barricades and other warning devices to channel traffic around construction areas or other hazards.
• Operates power‑driven machinery such as air compressors, sled packers, jumping jack packers and high‑pressure pump or other similarly sized equipment.
• Drives trucks and operates heavy and/or specialized equipment, such as small excavator, large excavator, backhoe, front end loaders, dump trucks, line locating equipment, leak locating equipment, valve locating equipment, and a directional boring machine requiring extensive training to operate.
• Maintains a daily register of parts on trucks for water repairs. Maintains equipment and tools by greasing and cleaning them. Evaluates inventory on truck, restocks parts as needed. Services truck on a weekly basis by checking fluid and oil levels.
• Responds to complaints and answers questions from the public; warns the public of hazards and alerts the public before commencing work, which may inconvenience them. Notifies customers of necessity for interruptions of water service.
• Makes customer service calls to investigate and correct water quality, leaks, or pressure problems. Communicates with customers concerning pressure problems or water service complaints.
• Works under all weather conditions to make repair and restore services to customers.
• Reads diagrams, maps, blueprints, and work orders.
• Makes written and oral reports of work completed and in progress and work needing to be done by others.
• Conducts preventive maintenance on valves.
• Replaces smaller valves on water system under pressure to prevent or minimize mainline shutdowns.
• Locates valves and shuts down water main in an emergency.
• Opens and closes main valves manually for water main extensions or repairs.
• Performs and directs crews of temporary and regular employees in the installation, repair and replacement of wastewater collection systems, main lines, service lines and manholes.
• Plans, schedules, and directs the work of assigned crews, and ensures that crews perform assigned work safely.
• Keeps detailed records of all daily activities. Prepares and submits weekly…