Maintenance Worker, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic, Building Maintenance

This entry level position performs unskilled and semi-skilled work in the System Maintenance division. It assists with pipeline maintenance and repair, and performs supervised weed abatement, light construction, building maintenance and traffic control.

This position does not include supervisory responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or logically assigned to this position .This position may require rotating after-hours on-call duties.

• Receive and follow written and oral work assignment from crew leaders and supervisors.
• Perform semi-skilled work in the repair and maintenance of pipelines and appurtenances, including main line isolation valves, vacuum and air release valves, blow-off valves, pump wells, and access manholes.
• Assist in the installation and repair of manholes, vault lids, and valve stacks.
• Participate in construction activities such as the installation and repair of concrete pads, masonry walls, erosion control projects, and roadways.
• Safely operate vehicles, hand or power tools, pumps, portable generators, blowers, and drilling and cutting machines to perform installation, modification, maintenance and repair of water distribution systems and integral components.
• Clean and paint vaults, pipes, cabinets, pumps, motors and buildings.
• Perform preventative maintenance on a wide variety of system components.
• Perform weed abatement at facilities throughout the District.
• Maintain and install landscaping and irrigation systems throughout the District.
• Provide traffic control and assist other departments as necessary.
• Be responsible for personal safety and the safety of coworkers by recognizing hazards and potentially hazardous situations and having an awareness of safe practices on the job site.
• Communicate with crew leaders and supervisors to ensure workflow coordination and efficiency.
• Proficiently use the District’s asset management workorder system.
• Foster and promote a positive and collaborative work environment.
• Perform other work as assigned.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and blueprints.
• Fill out work orders and daily forms and be able to communicate effectively and professionally with coworkers, vendors, contractors, and purveyors.
• Knowledge of safety requirements for working in and around heavy equipment, power equipment, construction sites, high voltages, paint, and in confined spaces.
• Apply a common sense understanding in carrying out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and be able to solve day-to-day problems that may occur in stressful environments.
• Ability to work with supervision and respond appropriately to direction, feedback, evaluation, and coaching.
• Operate a vehicle observing legal and defensive driving practices.
• Observe proper safety precautions.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• One to three months of related experience and/or training.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Should have the ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Must be able to operate District light and medium duty trucks, forklifts, compressors, jackhammers, a wide range of hand and power tools, and other equipment common to a water system. Must also be able to use radio and telephones to communicate.

Must be able to operate a vehicle to travel to other District facilities for maintenance, inspection, and testing. Competently use computers, office equipment, and other devices. Must have general knowledge of Microsoft programs such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.

• Sitting, standing, bending, walkingoften on uneven terrain in an outdoor environment is required as well as walking and crawling through pipelines while inspecting construction projects.
• Manual dexterity anduse of hands and fingers to handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms, and talking, hearing, and smelling are all necessary.
• Climbing or balancing is often required.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is regularly required to wear employer-provided personal protective equipment. Must be capable of wearing respiratory equipment to include half, full…