Water Utilities Worker I​/II

Definition

The city of poway is looking for a motivated, reliable, and team-focused individual to join our water utilities division as water utilities worker i/ii. In this role, you will help maintain, repair, and enhance the city's water distribution systems and facilities to ensure safe, dependable service for our community. This position offers a great blend of hands-on fieldwork, equipment operation, problem solving, and opportunities to develop technical skills in water system operations.

Whether you're starting your utilities career or bringing experience to the team, you'll play an important part in protecting water quality, supporting infrastructure, and providing high-quality service to residents and businesses. If you're ready to contribute to meaningful community work, learn valuable skills, and be part of a supportive team, we encourage you to apply!

Water utilities worker i: $30.8936 - $37.5508 per hour

Water utilities worker ii: $35.1935 - $42.7774 per hour

The city is in its final year of a six-year agreement and future negotiated increases for this position include:

7/1/2026 - 5% wage increase

Water utilities workers perform a variety of work in the construction, modification, maintenance, and repair of city potable water distribution main and lateral pipeline systems, including complex residential and commercial water meters, valve cans, meter boxes, and water distribution valves. Employees in this classification use and operate a variety of manual and power tools and light to heavy power driven equipment.

Incumbents in this position receive direct or general supervision from the water utilities distribution supervisor or assigned supervisor; and exercise no direct supervision over staff.

Key responsibilities

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

* performs construction, maintenance, and repair activities of city water utilities systems and facilities to ensure safe and efficient access for the public, including complex residential and commercial water meters, valve cans, meter boxes, and water distribution valves.

* performs water meter maintenance, including installing new meters, testing and repairing meters of various sizes, repairing leaks, and replacing meters as necessary; installs service lines for newly developed properties and accounts for the installation of meters for new homes; performs shut-downs of services, as required.

* performs water valve maintenance, including various types of lines and valves, locating and raising valves that are not exposed, operating automated machines to exercise valves on an annual basis, and updating records following the installation of new valves.

* flushes water distribution lines to ensure water quality, utilizes chlorine level testing devices, and runs tests for dissolved solids, bacteria, and coliforms.

* operates and maintains specialized vehicles and a variety of light, medium, and heavy equipment related to the construction, maintenance, and repair of water utilities systems and facilities.

* operates a variety of hand and power tools and equipment related to work assignment as instructed.

* observes safe work methods and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment as required.

* repairs concrete after water distribution system maintenance, including sidewalk panels and temporary street patches.

* uses valve-turning equipment to isolate and shut down pre-designated water lines for routine maintenance and in emergency situations; ensures proper shut-down of services by utilizing sounding equipment and flow rates; provides explanations to the public during shut-downs.

* participates in the city-wide inspection program, including inspecting assigned city infrastructure for safety issues, structural integrity, and possible future work projects and programs, and appropriately marking areas that need to be repaired.

* monitors contractors working with and around underground services to ensure the work is appropriately performed to code; addresses discrepancies as necessary.

* maintains public facilities, shop and garage areas, storage sites, and other work areas in a clean and orderly condition, including securing equipment at the close of the workday.

* installs street barricades and cones and controls traffic around work sites and special events to ensure safe conditions for the general public and city workers.

* provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions.

* maintains accurate logs and records of work performed and materials and equipment used.

* maintains attendance and punctuality that is observant of scheduled hours on a regular basis.

* performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum requirements/license or certificates required

Minimum qualifications

Any combination of the…