UTILITY WORKER - WATER/WASTEWATER

UTILITY WORKER

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
WATER/WASTEWATER DIVISION

UTILITY WORKER
STARTING AT $18.34 PER HOUR / $39,998 ANNUALLY
Join our team in this full-time role offering exceptional benefits, including comprehensive health and life insurance, a strong retirement plan, and competitive pay.

Under immediate supervision, performs entry-level, heavy manual, and semi-skilled work to assist in the construction, maintenance, and repair of city water distribution and wastewater collection systems.

Job Functions:

• Performs a wide range of a manual duties associated with the installation and maintenance of city utilities including digging, backfilling, breaking pavement, mixing and pouring concrete, cutting pipe, and other plumbing-type repairs.
• Uses various hand tools to dig, sweep, spread, level, and move materials such as concrete, gravel, sand, dirt, and asphalt.
• Must be able to drive various light equipment such as pick-up trucks, one-ton single-axle dump trucks, and farm tractors.
• Load and unload materials, supplies, tools, and equipment.
• Cleans and maintains tools, equipment, materials, and work area.
• Set up barricades and flag traffic around the work site.
• Operates power equipment including tapping machines, pumps, sewer flush truck, power saw, chain saw, air hammer, and soil tampers.
• Operates backpack chemical sprayer to spray manholes, ditches, and roadside areas with chemicals to control insects and weeds.
• Flushes fire hydrants, performs simple repairs, and installs adjusts, and repairs water meters.
• Inspect manholes to detect excessive gas odors and/or stoppage.
• Assist with setting forms around the area to be repaired, pouring concrete, and finishing surfaces of poured concrete for various maintenance projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Crew Leader/ Foreman, Field Supervisor, Manager, Director, or Assistant Director of Public Works. Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of operating procedures for various light equipment.
• Ability to read and understand operation manuals and chemical application instructions.
• Knowledge of standard safety practices.
• Skill in using basic utilities construction and repair techniques, tools, and equipment.
• Ability to follow oral/written instructions.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers.
• Ability to drive standard shift vehicles.
• Physical ability to perform essential job duties.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED. The ability to read and write sentences with common vocabulary.
• Have three or six months experience performing heavy manual labor in construction, maintenance, or repair activities.

Requirements:

• Must possess a valid Class D driver's license and to remain valid as a condition of continued employment.
• Must pass a background screen, driver's license verification and physical exam, including a drug test.

Working Conditions:

• Work outside exposed to extreme temperatures and inclement weather.
• Subject to hazards of construction work including operating equipment and working around traffic.
• Subject to excessive noise from equipment.
• Occasionally exposed to dampness, dust, and unsanitary conditions.
• Subject to handling and breathing irritating substances.
• Subject to heavy lifting, as much as 50lbs. a distance of four feet from the ground and on occasion up to 100 lbs.
• Subject to extensive standing, walking, and stooping.
• Frequently requires kneeling, balancing, reaching, handling, and feeling.
• Requires climbing, crouching, kneeling, bending, and crawling a distance of 300 feet.
• Require working in confined spaces.
• On occasion will be required to work long hours in emergencies such as system failures, or inclement weather.
• Must wear all safety equipment following safety regulations.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We participate in E-Verify.


We appreciate your interest in joining our team. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to every inquiry. Only candidates selected for testing or interviews will be contacted. Please note: A new application is required for each career opportunity you apply for. In accordance with Tennessee's Open Records Law, all submitted applications and resumes are subject to public disclosure.


APPLICATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 30, 2025


AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

08/13/2025

Location : WTRMAINT-WTRPLANT-WTRWASTE

Job Class : UTILITY WORKER-WATER MAINT

Posting End : 06/30/2026

ANNUAL SALARY: $38,157.00-$38,157.00