Senior Utility Maintenance Worker

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

Under limited supervision, the Senior Utility Maintenance Worker performs highly skilled labor and supports, monitors, and facilitates water, sewer, and stormwater activities for the division monitoring compliance with local, state, and Federal regulations.

(The following statements are illustrative of the essential functions of the job and do not include other nonessential or auxiliary duties required. The City of Manitou Springs retains the right to modify or change the duties or essential functions of the job at any time.)

• Maintains an adequate supply of maintenance materials and supplies; requisitions, restocks, and ensures maintenance materials and supplies are stored in a safe and orderly manner.
• Participates, assists, and supports the construction, maintenance, and repair of the municipal potable water system.
• Performs heavy manual labor including digging, lifting, and breaking pavement under varying weather conditions while exposed to dampness, fumes, odors, dust, biological, electrical, and mechanical traffic hazards.
• Installs, adjusts, and repairs utility access holes, utility access hole frames and covers, sewer clean-out boxes, valve box castings, curb stops, water meter boxes and meter setters; provides senior level expertise for challenging issues and supports other staff and personnel.
• Makes main water line tap connections for extension of distribution system and makes water meter connections of various size and type; installs, repairs, and reads water meters.
Places new water meters in inventory by proper identification with meter number and records meter inventory data; monitors readings and checks low consumption or leakage reports.
• Installs, tests, repairs, paints and maintains fire hydrants; establishes layout and sets up safety traffic controls around active work area.
• Performs daily locates on water mains, service lines, sewer mains, and water mains; takes water samples on city spring fed water locations and ensures appropriate submission for analysis.
• Cuts and repairs distinct types of paving; cuts, fits and lays water and sewer lines.
• Sets up and operates a confined space entry tripod and safety harness and associated data recording; performs atmospheric monitoring of a confined space and prepares confined space entry permits and files reports.
• Completes work in a professional manner utilizing accepted standards and practices.
• Operates heavy machinery, hand tools, power equipment and vehicles, including commercial vehicles; maintains city vehicles and equipment and ensures the appropriate maintenance and care of equipment by other personnel.
• Assists other public services departments with tasks; inspects materials and workmanship to ensure quality standards.
• Expedites the flow of material and supplies to assigned job.
• Participates in the rehabilitation of wastewater collection system lines, laterals and utility access holes; assists with televising and sealing of sanitary sewer lines.
• Performs all other work as needed or assigned.

• Must have high school diploma or possess a GED.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have a valid Class B or higher commercial driver’s license (CDL).
• Must obtain Flagger Certification within 6 months of hire.
• Class 2 Wastewater Collection Certification within one year from date of hire.
• Class 2 Water Distribution Certification from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment within one year from date of hire.
• Must have at least three (3) years’ experience in municipal potable water system and least three (3) years’ experience in municipal sewer systems.

• Must be computer literate with Microsoft Office familiarity.
• Must submit to and pass a drug screening test upon offer of employment.
• Must pass a motor vehicle record review and a driving evaluation upon offer of employment.
• Knowledge of and willingness to comply with all rules and regulations, including the Employee Handbook, OSHA Standards, and the Confined Space Program.
• Knowledge of safety rules and equipment, including identification of precautions for and emergency response to hazardous gases and vapors.
• Must have…