Utilities Maintenance Worker Water

Franklin County is seeking a hardworking and dependable Utilities Maintenance Worker to help maintain and support the vital water systems our community relies on every day.

Estimated Hiring Salary Range: $38,124-$40,030

• To Be Determined Based on Experience and Qualifications**

• 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 assistance program

Franklin County offers a competitive benefits 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 assistance program. For more information about Franklin County benefit options please  Benefits Summary.

• 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 equipment such as dump trucks, backhoe, tractor, basic hand tools; performs preventive maintenance and minor repairs to equipment.
• Assists in maintenance of equipment and vehicles; cleans, changes oil and greases.
• Serves on-call and call-back duties on a weekly rotation.

• Performs related duties as required.

• Working knowledge of the use of common tools, materials and equipment used in construction and maintenance of collection and distribution lines and water and wastewater lift stations, pumps, etc.
• Working knowledge of a variety of maintenance and manual methods and tasks involved in the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of utility lines and appurtenances and repair of lift stations, booster stations and treatment plant pumps and equipment.
• Working knowledge of the occupational hazards and…