Maintenance Worker II - Water

Overview

The City of Saratoga Springs currently has an opening for Maintenance II – Water technicians; this is a full-time position with the Saratoga Springs Public Works Department of approximately 40 hours per week. This employee is responsible for assisting in the ongoing operation and maintenance of culinary water, and secondary water throughout the City. This employee also functions as one of the City’s principal on-call employees for after-hours emergencies related to the area of responsibility and snow plowing.

The Public Works Department will try to provide the successful applicant with opportunities to grow and progress within the department. Works under the specific direction of the Maintenance Supervisor – Water and the Assistant Public Works Director, and the general directions of Public Works Director. All employees are also under the general supervision of the City Manager.

• Perform daily site inspections of culinary and secondary water facilities to ensure adequate water levels and function.
• Repair and coordination of repairs to water facilities as needed.
• Installation and maintenance of water meters.
• Water meter reading on a monthly basis.
• Communication with the public (developers, contractors or property owners) as needed on location of public utilities.
• Snow plowing of public streets as needed.
• General maintenance duties of public facilities as assigned.
• Utility locating.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• A High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Two (2) years of experience working with public water facilities; or an equivalent combination of job-related education and experience.

• Must possess a valid Utah CDL class A Driver's License, with a Tanker endorsement or be able to obtain one within 6 months
• Water Operator II and Backflow Technician certifications.
• OSHA Confined Space Certification.
• OSHA Trench Safety Training.
• First Aid and CPR Certification.

• Water systems and their functions, operations and routine maintenance needs.
• Basic computer operations and applications.
• Correct use of English language and vocabulary.
• Interact with the public in emotional situations while maintaining professional and polite demeanor.
• Operate moderate to heavy equipment that is needed to perform maintenance duties.
• Review and interpret basic to moderately difficult building and construction plans for public utility systems.
• Communicate in a concise and effective manner.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with developers, contractors, citizens, coworkers, and supervisors.
• Exercise sound and good judgment at all times, but especially in emergency situations.
• Deal with the public in a pleasant, courteous, and calm manner.

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job in the working conditions below. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The successful candidate must be able to perform under the physical demands and work environment including but not limited to the following:

• Work involves walking, talking, hearing, using hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reaching with hands and arms. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 80 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet while in the office and moderately loud when in the field.
• Work may periodically require the employee to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
• The employee will be working with sewer effluent and will be required to receive hepatitis shots.
• The employee may be required to work in outside weather conditions, in wet and/or humid conditions, in high, precarious places, near moving mechanical parts, near fumes, airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals, or near risk of…