Utility Worker - West Point

Utility Worker I - West Point

Salary: $57,271.76 - $72,595.12 Annually

Location:

Seattle, WA

Job Type: Career Service (Exec)

Job Number:

Department: DNRP-Natural Resources & Parks

Division:
Wastewater Treatment

FLSA:
Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit: A2 : SEIU L925-Wastewater

Full- or Part-Time:
Full Time

Hours/Week: 40 hours/week

This is a transfer opportunity, and first consideration is given to qualified transfer-eligible employees in the job classification family. If no qualified internal candidate is selected, external applicants will be considered. This recruitment aims to fill (2) Career Service Utility Worker I vacancies at the West Point Treatment Plant. This posting may be used to establish a list of qualified candidates for the Utility Worker I position in the following 6 months.

The Wastewater Treatment Division transforms wastewater to become a valuable resource for all King County communities. For those who live, work, and play in King County to have a healthy and sustainable future, the work the Wastewater Treatment Division accomplishes is valuable and important.

As a Utility Worker for the King County Wastewater Treatment Division, you would be involved in preventative maintenance of WestPoint’s buildings. As a Mission Critical, Non-Exempt, you provide for and maintain critical functions of county services that must remain operational. You will assist other staff in carrying out general preventative maintenance such as gardening, custodial restroom care cleaning, and operating equipment, machinery, and vehicles.

Other duties may include assisting operations and maintenance positions in accomplishing work assignments at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated facilities.

Tucked away in Discovery Park Seattle, West Point Treatment Plant, is one of King County’s three regional wastewater treatment plants and is the largest treatment plant in Washington state by volume. West Point cleans a combined flow of wastewater and stormwater through primary and secondary treatment processes. The West Point operations also include 20 pump stations and 23 regulator stations that send flow to the facility.

Approximately 150 employees operate and maintain the plant, while contract management personnel and administrative staff also work on site. It has a diverse workforce dedicated to supporting the mission of the Wastewater Treatment Division by safely operating and maintaining the facility to comply with environmental regulations.

• Assist other staff in carrying out general preventative maintenance such as gardening, cleaning, operating equipment, and assisting operations and maintenance positions in accomplishing work assignments at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated facilities.
• Operate a variety of equipment, machinery, and/or vehicles such as hand and power tools, landscape equipment, tractors, forklifts, cranes, vacuum trucks, backhoes, portable pumps, dump trucks, pressure washers, etc.
• Perform light maintenance tasks such as changing light bulbs, inspecting safety equipment, inspecting HVAC systems to change filters, fire hydrant inspections, sweeping and mopping, and other custodial duties, washing windows, hosing, and cleaning facility exteriors.
• Act as back‑up for specific gardening, custodial, painting, and other support assignments.
• Respond to unusual occurrences and assist in emergency situations.

• Experience in the operation and use of hand and power tools, pneumatic tools and the operation of small and large equipment.
• Experience in the operation of industrial steam cleaners and pressure washers.
• Ability to work in confined space areas and at heights up to 30 feet with all required PPE (Personal Protective Equipment).
• Ability to work effectively with others in a work environment that embraces and encourages diversity in its workforce and where differences are valued.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to follow written instructions and verbal in‑person and through communication devices.

• Action Oriented:
  Identifies and seizes new opportunities;…