Senior Sanitary and Stormwater Operations Technician

Be part of the team that keeps a city running safely and efficiently every day. From maintaining stormwater and sanitary systems to responding to emergencies and protecting local waterways, your work will have a direct impact on the community. If you enjoy hands‑on work, teamwork, learning new skills, and making a difference you can see, this is an opportunity to build a career that matters.

Public Works is currently looking for a Senior Sanitary and Stormwater Operations Technician
. This position will be responsible for the inspection and maintenance of vegetated stormwater quality facilities, operating mowing equipment, and hand tools including RC mowers, string trimmers, etc. This recruitment may also be used for future vacancies to fill at the entry level, Sanitary and Stormwater Operations Technician.

Is someone who loves working outdoors, taking care of plants, lawns, trees, farming and care of the land and environment. Someone who enjoys landscape type maintenance and working with their hands. Someone who also has a friendly, positive and engaging customer service skillset and is able to problem solve with a positive approach to their work.

Bilingual (English/Spanish) Preferred but not required. This position interacts with many different community members as a front‑line field employee.

This position will be assigned to a field operations team primarily responsible for maintaining vegetative stormwater quality facilities. Additional duties may include operating a street sweeper, assisting with curbside leaf pickup, and maintaining other stormwater treatment facilities, such as catch basins and filter vaults.

The position also serves as an emergency responder for the Public Works Operations team during inclement weather and participates in a rotating after‑hours on‑call schedule for two weeks each year.

Positions in this class perform lead‑worker level maintenance and/or operational activities including providing customer service, performing routine maintenance and repair of equipment and infrastructure. This class differs from the lower‑class Sanitary & Storm Water Operations Technician and the higher‑class Sanitary & Storm Water Operations Coordinator that perform supervisory level activities and the work of subordinates in support of maintenance and operations activities and directives in assigned areas of responsibility.

The following list of functions, duties, and tasks is typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform other closely related or department‑specific functions, duties, and tasks from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Performs routine maintenance, installation, repair, cleaning, and/or preparation of equipment, systems, infrastructure, and/or other items related to assigned area. Operates motorized vehicles and equipment, machinery, and/or tools in the repair, maintenance, and support of assigned areas.
• Serves as a lead worker over assigned personnel responsible for day‑to‑day coordination of related issues including directing and reviewing work, providing training, participating in performance evaluations, monitoring time and attendance, and answering technical questions.
• Performs inspections of roads, grounds, facilities, pipelines, signals, signs, markings, vehicles, and/or equipment to identify potential safety hazards and/or the need for maintenance or repairs.
• Sets up and monitors assigned work area; prepares site and equipment for necessary repairs; maintains…