Utilities Maintenance Specialist

Help keep our community running by maintaining the critical infrastructure that delivers clean water, manages stormwater, and protects public health and the environment. As a Utilities Maintenance Worker, you will perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled work to inspect, operate, maintain, and repair the City's water distribution, stormwater, and wastewater collection systems. Your work plays a vital role in ensuring these essential public services remain safe, reliable, and efficient for the community.

This position reports directly to the Utilities Supervisor and may also receive technical and functional direction from other Public Works staff. At the request of the Supervisor, the incumbent may assist in coordinating and monitoring the work of seasonal and temporary employees assigned to the Utilities Division.

This is the journey-level classification within the Utilities Maintenance series and is responsible for performing the full range of duties required to maintain City utility infrastructure in a safe, effective, and dependable operating condition. Incumbents perform a wide variety of inspection, maintenance, repair, and operational tasks, responding to both routine maintenance needs and unexpected system issues in a timely and professional manner.

The position requires sound judgment, technical skill, and a commitment to safety while helping ensure the City's utility systems continue to provide reliable service to residents and businesses.

This classification is distinguished from the Water Distribution Technician, which serves as the lead-level position within the division. The Water Distribution Technician provides technical and functional direction to lower-level staff and is assigned the division's most complex and specialized maintenance, repair, and operational responsibilities.

The following tasks are representative and are not to be considered all inclusive.

• Inspects water, wastewater, andstormwater infrastructure to assess general condition and ensure compliance with city construction standards; maintains infrastructure consistent with industry operations and maintenance practices.
• Assists with plan review, punch list development and final inspection for city infrastructure projects maintained by Public Works.
• Performs utility locating for all city-owned utilities; retrieves data, maintains accurate records and files, assists contractors and city staff as required to locate underground utilities according to the OUCC/OUNC Standards Manual.
• Assists with installing, repairing or replacing water meters, fire hydrants, blow offs, air reliefs and other water distribution appurtenances.
• Replaces and maintains meter boxes and lids.
• Assists with completing work orders and performing various customer service tasks such as investigating customer concerns and locking and unlocking water meters.
• Delivers customer service notices.
• Performs routine landscaping duties around water meters, fire hydrants, valves, vaults, off street manholes, and various stormwater facilities.
• Reads water meters upon request.
• Assists with turning water main valves on or off.
• Assists with annual utility maintenance programs, including valve actuation, water main flushing, hydrant maintenance and water meter replacement.
• Performs repairs and maintenance on wastewater and stormwater collection system including main lines, manholes, catch basins and water quality facilities.
• Mitigates public hazards related to ice and snow during inclement weather.
• Provides support for special events, including set up, take down, and clean up.
• Participates in assessing and mitigating hazardous materials spills as needed.
  
  Completes assigned tasks using the City's asset management program.
• Collects filed data and modifies asset records using the City's asset management program.
• Conducts flow monitoring, dye tests, smoke tests, and tests of drainage, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure.

• Safely operates equipment necessary to perform work.
• Performs routine inspection and maintenance necessary for the efficient and safe operation of the equipment (safety inspection,…