Utility Maintenance Worker

Job TitleProvides assistance to ensure the efficient operation, maintenance and repair of the water and wastewater system.Job DescriptionPlease visit the City of Anna's website to complete an employment application.Education and ExperienceHigh School diploma or GED equivalent.One year previous experience and/or training involving the plumbing trade, construction trade, or water/wastewater line repair or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.Required Certificates, Licenses, RegistrationsPossesses valid Texas Class "C" license when hired.Ability to obtain a Class D Wastewater Treatment or Collections I License issued by TCEQ within 6 months of hire date.Ability to obtain Class D Water Distribution License issued by the TCEQ within 6 months of hire date.Job ResponsibilitiesCheck and maintain equipment to ensure proper function.Assist in the installation of water service taps.Assist in the installation, service and upgrade water and wastewater mains and lines.Ensure the safe operating conditions of the work site, i.e., traffic hazards, equipment operation, required barricades, road and site areas.Log completed daily maintenance.Locate breaks and/or leaks in utility lines for repair.Serve as call out crew as needed.Operate equipment such as mowers, weed eaters, backhoes, front-end loaders, jet trucks and dump trucks in the performance of tasks.Performs other duties as required.Assist Utility Billing, Wastewater and/or Streets Divisions when needed.Complete service orders.Attends training as necessary.Assists in the maintenance and inspection of department equipment and vehicles.Performs other duties as apparent or assigned.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities1. Understand City safety rules and operating procedures2. Ability to compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and/or information according to a prescribed schematic or plan.3. Ability to exchange information for the purpose of obtaining information or clarifying details.4. Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.5. Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference data and information, such as water and sewer maps, work orders, and City Employee Handbook.6. Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.7. Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.8. Ability to exercise the judgment required in situations characterized by repetitive or short cycle operations covered by set procedures or sequences.9. Ability to perform coordinated movements involving placing and turning motions, such as operating a backhoe, front-end loader, ½ or ¾ ton truck, dump truck, water pump, probe rod, and various tools.10. Ability to respond to emergency situations outside of normal business hours.Physical RequirementsWorking Conditions: Outside or inside working environment, wherein there are potential hazardous working conditions and life-threatening situations exist (fire, chemicals, electrical sources, heights, dangerous people, etc.) all the time per job duties and responsibilities.Environmental Conditions: The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, outdoor weather conditions; occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, wet or humid conditions, risk of electrical shock, vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.Physical Activities: The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.Highly repetitive, highly physical. Highly repetitive type work which requires the concentrated and non-diversified physical demands of the employee.While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, talk or hear; and frequently required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; occasionally required to sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.DisclaimerThe City of Anna is an Equal Opportunity Employer.