Utilities Maintenance Worker Wastewater

Franklin County is seeking a dedicated and hands-on Utilities Maintenance Worker to help maintain and improve our vital wastewater systems. If you're someone who takes pride in hard work, values public service, and wants to make a real impact behind the scenes—this is your opportunity to be part of the crew that keeps our community clean, safe, and running smoothly every single day.

Compensation:

Estimated Hiring Salary Range: $37,194-$39,054

** To Be Determined Based On Experience and Qualifications

Franklin County offers a competitive benefit package designed to encourage and support your health, well-being and productivity. Benefit options include medical and dental insurance; elective supplemental insurance options such as short-term disability, vision, and voluntary term life; local government retirement; 401(k) with a 4% employer contribution (no employee match required); generous paid leave that includes 13 county-observed paid holidays per year;

an employee wellness program inclusive of a county sponsored gym and an employee assistant program.

• An employee in this class performs varied semi-skilled, unskilled and occasionally skilled duties in the construction, maintenance, and repair of water and sewer lines, related appurtenances, lift stations, water booster stations, elevated water tanks, and equipment at the wastewater and water treatment plant. Work involves operating a variety of tools and light, medium, and heavy equipment to build, repair and replace sections of water and sewer lines.
• Employees are subject to working in both inside and outside environments, in extreme hot and cold weather, and exposure to various hazards such as loud noises, vibration, moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, poor ventilation, and oils.
• Employees are also subject to working in confined spaces. Work around raw sewage is also subject to the final standards of OSHA on blood-borne pathogens.
• Employees are also subject to callback work and being on-call on a weekly rotation.
• Work is performed under close supervision and is evaluated through observation and inspection for adherence to instructions and standard trade and safety practices.
• Assists in laying, repairing and replacing water and sewer pipe and maintaining wastewater lines and manholes in the system; may check manhole outfall lines for leaks and cleans.
• Assists in maintenance and making repairs to equipment at water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations and lift stations including pulling pumps, assisting in replacing drives, blowers, meters and other equipment.
• Assists in preventive maintenance on water booster stations, sewage lift stations and treatment plants including pumps, filters, electric motors, aeration basins, re-circulation and sludge pumps and other treatment plant equipment; maintains perimeter of wastewater plant, water and wastewater lift stations including cutting grass and cleaning the areas.
• Makes water and sewer taps into water line for individual customers; digs up lines, cleans and bores holes in running lines for meter and box; repairs breaks/leaks in main lines, taps and meter boxes.
• Assists with flushing fire hydrants and dead-end lines.
• Reads water meters for billing using handheld computers for assigned route; takes rereads as assigned in response to customer complaints; cuts water on and off based on work orders.
• May perform electrical, carpentry, welding or other basic to journey level trades’ work on occasion as needed by the department.
• Uses shovels to finish grading trenches for construction of water and sewer lines; fits pipe; and uses variety of hand tools.
• Operates construction…