Water Maintenance Technician

Are you the kind of person who loves to be outside and working with your hands, rain or shine? If so, then the Water Maintenance Technician position in our Public Works department may be the perfect job for you.

The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community that is home to over 72,000 residents as well as an array of commerce, high technology, and industry. To be consistently recognized as one of the best cities to live in, it takes progressive thinking that balances environmental protection and improving our climate with connected neighborhoods, inclusive practices, and a vibrant economy.

The City of Redmond Maintenance Division is one of the many unsung heroes of the Public Works department. The Water Maintenance Technicians maintain and ensure operation of the City's water supply system to meet the needs of existing and future customers. Redmond is part of the Cascade Water Alliance (CWA) and buys 60% of its supply from the Seattle Tolt River supply through the CWA.

The rest of our drinking water supply comes from our five municipal supply wells that serve the areas of town east of the Sammamish River. The City of Redmond believes that safe drinking water is no accident - it is our highest priority - but we need your help to continue to be successful.

Our Water Maintenance Techs maintain the water system in a manner that protects public investment, protects the environment and human health, ensures compliance with state and federal mandates, and ensures that reliable service is available to all customers of the City utility system.

While we prefer prior public works water utility experience, our Water Maintenance Technician position is also a great opportunity for someone with skilled manual labor experience in utilities construction, specialized light and heavy equipment and vehicles, sewer, stormwater, or water utilities maintenance and/or installation. If selected to join us, these are a few of your key responsibilities:

• Install and repair water mains, valves, fire hydrants, service lines, blow offs, air relief assemblies, and pressure reducing valves.
• Maintain and repair City's reservoirs, wells and booster stations; includes carpentry, plumbing, concrete and masonry, general electrical, HVAC, painting, landscaping and general construction.
• Prepare surfaces for painting; paint interior and exterior of buildings and facilities.
• Design and adhere to job site safety plan.
• Order, schedule and perform concrete pours and lay asphalt.
• Perform odor and gas monitoring control prior to entering water related confined spaces.
• Hydro excavate to locate water mains or service lines for repair or to locate other underground utilities.
• Operate gate, check, and butterfly valves throughout the water system.
• Monitor and repair pumping equipment, electric motors, SCADA, and control equipment.
• Maintain and service portable and on-site generators; hook up and use with transfer switches as needed.
• Install, repair and maintain pumps at booster stations and well sites.
• Test, replace, repair, read and install residential and commercial water meters (touch read and radio read), including the installation of the MXU signal device on radio read meters.
• Complete rereads, final bills and leak checks generated by the customer or utility billing office.
• Flush the water system and conduct pressure and volume tests and check for chlorine residual in the water after cleaning.
• Perform a full range of maintenance and repair duties, such as location and repair of leaks in water mains, service lines, tapping, cutting, fitting, laying, cleaning and flushing lines and fittings and restoring area to original condition.
• Inspect new water lines and various system infrastructures at construction sites for compliance with City standards and bond release.
• Provide accurate field information to GIS for update of utility maps and drawings.
• Provide telemetry system and SCADA troubleshooting and repair assistance to the water quality division.

Education and Experience

• Any combination equivalent to high school diploma or equivalency and one (1) year construction or trades experience.

Licenses and Certificates

• Valid Washington State Driver's License and a driving record that meets City standards.

Please review the Maintenance Technician - Public Works classification description for more information about the knowledge, skills, abilities, working conditions, and physical requirements.

Selection Process

• All applicants will be notified of their application status.
• Top candidates will be contacted to participate in the next phase of the selection process which will include skills assessment testing and an interview.
• All candidates must participate in a practical skill testing assessment at the Public Works Maintenance & Operations Center to determine basic abilities with operating equipment and performing certain tasks.
• Note, the City may review existing application pools to fill this position or use this pool to fill future vacancies.

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