Utilities Technician I - Sewer

Is a Utilities career right for you?

Ask yourself the following questions:

Do you want more than a job while working to improve your community’s quality of life?

Do you want to make a difference to your community?

Then a career in Utilities is for you!

Make an impact in the community by joining the Stormwater Team. The Stormwater Division is responsible for managing and improving our local water resources as we work to reduce pollution, prevent flooding, and ensure clean waterways.

The Stormwater team is currently looking for a full-time Utilities Technician I who works to maintain the conditions of the water distribution system, reuse distribution system, and collections systems.

Total Compensation Package

• Assists with the programs for Maintenance of Condition as related to the water distribution system, reuse distribution system and collections systems

• Responds to main breaks, backups, and repair of utilities systems

• Performs preventive maintenance and routine repairs on equipment.

• Assists in major maintenance and repairs to division equipment.

• Operates and maintain construction and maintenance equipment used in the department including as pick-up trucks, tractors, loaders, dump trucks, backhoe, jet truck, CCTV van, utility truck, snow blowers, gas analyzers, shovels, pick-ax, sledge hammers, and hand tools

• Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.

• Provides back-up coverage in the operation of snowplows during inclement weather.

• Acts as troubleshooter to resolve problems within a particular area of assignment.

• Advises the Foreman, Manager and applicable administrators of potential problems or concerns.

Education

• High school diploma/GED - required

Experience 

• None

• Some experience with utilities systems preferred.

Years of related experience may be substituted for required education, however education cannot be substituted for the necessary work experience. Candidates must meet the minimum required years of work experience.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be at least 18 years of age. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and safe driving record for continued employment. New hires must, as a condition of employment, pass the following pre-offer and post-offer/hire processes: in-person or virtual interviews, reference checks, background checks including local police check and sex-offender registry, DMV check, and pre-placement physical and drug screen.

Certifications 

• Class B Commercial Driver’s license - required with 6 months of hire

• Class 1 Water Distribution/Wastewater Collection certification (depending on assignment) from the State of Colorado - required within 1 year of hire

• Able and willing to work on-call duty which requires working weekends on a rotating basis and working all hours during emergency repairs as needed

• Work is generally scheduled between Monday and Friday with some weekend and holiday work required.

• Position also involves on-call duty which requires working weekends on a rotating basis and working all hours during emergency repairs as needed. 

• Attend meetings as assigned during evening hours.

• Required to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

• Physical demands are described as very heavy (exert in excess of 100 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 lbs. of force constantly in order to move objects).

• Required to talk or hear; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; bend or twist from the upper body; use hands and/or feet to perform manual tasks such as digging; push or pull; reach with hands and arms; squat; stoop; crouch; and climb or balance.

• Tasks may require sitting at a computer for several hours.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, the ability to adjust focus, color vision, and peripheral vision.

• Travel by automobile is required to reach work sites and attend meetings.

• Requires indoor and outdoor activities to include conditions of extreme heat and cold, working in trenches or excavations, and around offensive odor.