HWU Maintenance Technician I

Job Title: Maintenance Technician I

Employer: City of Henderson Kentucky

Salary: $19.55 Hourly

Location: City of Henderson - 222 First Street, Henderson KY 42420, KY

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Number: 26-00029

Department: Systems Operation Center (HWU)

Division: SOC (Sys Operations Center)

Opening Date: 08/07/2026

Job Description

You must submit your driver's license with your application.

Henderson Water Utility

Classification Title: Maintenance Technician I

Direct Supervisor: HWU Maintenance Supervisor

Direct Reports: N/A

Advancement Opportunity: Maintenance Technician II

Purpose of Classification: The purpose of this classification is to install, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, and components of the water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, and related system facilities. Incumbents in this classification typically work as part of a team for more complex or larger repairs. This classification may also serve to assist the treatment plant operator as necessary and to provide light maintenance training for plant operators.

Essential Functions: The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Repair, troubleshoot and complete preventive maintenance tasks for treatment plant equipment, processes, structures and machinery;
• Advise on the purchase, integration, installation and startup of new equipment, processes and machinery as needed or requested;
• Maintain an accurate inventory of all issued tools and supplies;
• Maintain the proper care of all issued tools and equipment;
• Maintain the proper care of work-assigned vehicles;
• Maintain daily detailed and up-to-date records of repair and maintenance tasks;
• Ensure that the grounds are well maintained. This will include ensuring that lawn-care contractors fulfill obligations satisfactorily as well as making sure that all other work needed but not covered in their contract is performed as part of maintenance duties (weed-eating, trimming, mowing, etc);
• Perform and/or coordinate all necessary grounds and building maintenance (painting, cleaning, bulb replacement, HVAC filter replacement, systems inspections, trash removal, etc);
• Proactively identify, notify and/or correct problems through routine walk-through inspections;
• Maintain safe working practices and adhere to all safety requirements;
• Assist with the development of a preventative maintenance program;
• Train plant operators, as available, in light maintenance activities and preventive maintenance duties;
• Ensure personal compliance with all state safety regulations and HWU safety policies;
• Ensure plant/facility compliance with all state safety regulations and HWU safety policies, report any deficiencies and/or correct them;
• Ensure and follow proper housekeeping expectations in work areas during the time that you are working as well as upon leaving (leave the work areas better than you found them);
• Conduct appropriate safety meetings as applicable and/or as assigned;
• Ensure personal attendance of appropriate safety meetings;
• Participate in accident investigations as requested;
• Assist with the collection of hazard analysis information to be used in eliminating hazards and reducing incident at the Utility;
• Perform routine safety inspections of work areas and report or correct all identified hazards;
• Maintain personal safety equipment appropriately;
• Report all work related accidents, incidents, and near-misses to supervisor and/or safety department;
• Participate in the training of new employees in proper safety procedures;
• Assist the proper personnel in identifying budgetary needs for both purchase and long-term planning;
• Stay current with computer systems including SCADA, Asset Management Software, Maintenance Management Software, Microsoft Office Suite, and other software necessary to perform the essential functions of the position;
• Maintain a positive attitude with other employees;
• Maintain regular and predictable in-person attendance during regular business hours of the Water Utility is required;
• Maintain good public relations;
• Maintain availability to respond to emergency calls 24 hours a day 7 days a week;
• Must undergo and successfully complete drug test and alcohol screening prior to employment and undergo and successfully complete future drug test and/or alcohol screening pursuant to the City's Drug and Alcohol policy.

Additional Functions: Performs related duties as required, necessary, or assigned. Completes a maintenance training class and/or obtains a certification in water distribution or wastewater collection for the promotion to a Maintenance Technician II.

Minimum Qualifications: High School diploma or GED; supplemented by 12 or more months previous experience and/or training involving mechanics, painting, plumbing, electrical work, construction or general building maintenance/repair; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. There may be functions and/or specific and/or permanent assignments which do not require a driver's license. If assigned to these functions, a valid driver's license is not a requirement. However, for any function or assignment that requires on-road operation of any City vehicle, a valid driver's license shall be required.

Performance Aptitudes:

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to determine, calculate, tabulate or summarize data/information. Includes performing subsequent actions in relation to these computational operations.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, and control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials requiring complex and/or rapid adjustments.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and/or advisory data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. May include counting, recording of counts, and basic measuring.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.

ADA Compliance:

• Physical Ability: Tasks require the regular and sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that generally involves lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds, depth and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, bright/dim lights, or toxic agents.

This job description does not constitute a contract of employment. Any oral or written statements or promises to the contrary are hereby expressly disavowed and should not be relied upon by any prospective or existing employees. This job description is subject to change by the employer (Henderson Water Utility) at the discretion of the employer, or as the needs of the employer and/or requirements of the job change. Henderson Water Utility explicitly reserves the right to modify any of the provisions of this job description at any time and without notice. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties or essential functions does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.