Utilities Maintenance Worker I

Utilities Maintenance Worker I

Title: Utilities Maintenance Worker I

Department: Water/Wastewater

Job Type: Full Time (Non-Exempt)

Description CITY OF MELISSA, TEXAS Job Posting August 3, 2026 Public Works Department Utilities Maintenance Worker I Starting Salary: $53,150 (Add'l Pay Dependent on Certifications)

General Purpose: Under general direction, the purpose of the position is to ensure the efficient operation, maintenance, and repair of water distribution, wastewater collection system, City streets and related duties. Employees in this classification perform skilled, manual level work. The position is responsible for the daily operation maintenance required, installing valves and fire hydrants, making water and sewer taps, repairing water and sewer leaks, installing new water and sewer mains, also the repair, maintenance and upkeep of City streets, city street signs, drainage issues, and operating heavy equipment.

Reporting Relationships: Under the general direction of the Public Works Director.

Supervision Exercised: None

Examples of Duties:

• Checks and maintains equipment to ensure proper function.
• Make water and sewer taps and install sewer clean outs.
• Installs, services, and upgrades water and wastewater mains and lines.
• Installs and repairs sewer manholes.
• Installs valves and fire hydrants. Paints and maintains fire hydrants.
• Installs, changes, and reads water meters.
• Raises, lowers, repairs, and replaces meter boxes and valve boxes.
• Locates breaks, leaks, and clogs in utility lines for repair.
• Repairs leaks in utility lines.
• Excavates trenches for main placement, temporary patches to street surface following repair.
• Ensures the safe operating conditions of the work site, i.e., traffic hazards, equipment operation, required barricades, road, and site areas.
• Call out and On-call rotation that will include some evenings and weekends.
• Operate equipment such as backhoes, front end loaders, jet trucks, dump trucks, generators, water pumps, etc. to insure the performance of tasks.
• Repairs potholes in City streets, City parking lots, etc.
• Repairs, replaces, or installs city street signs.
• Coordinates with supervisor on material ordering and work plan for the work.
• Shall do saw cutting and removal of material when needed in City streets.
• Replace road material after excavation of roads due to utility repairs.
• Assists supervisor in all tasks as directed.
• Serves as supplemental help for other departments as directed by the Director.
• Attending safety training and meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Education and Experience
   1. High School Diploma or GED
2. AND
   1. One (1) year previous experience and/or training involving the plumbing trade or water/wastewater line repair
3. OR
   1. Any combination of education and experience that would provide the applicant with the desired skills, knowledge and ability required to perform the job.
4. Valid Texas Class C Driver's License, and the ability to obtain CDL Licensing.
5. Ability to obtain necessary water licensing.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Knowledge of: City Employee Handbook; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action; exercising judgment required in situations characterized by repetitive or short cycle operations covered by set procedures or sequences.

Skills in: operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions; utilize a wide variety of reference data and information, such as water and sewer maps, work orders, carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.

Ability to: be available for call out after hours and weekends as needed, perform coordinated movements involving placing and turning motions, such as operating a backhoe, front-end loader, , , or 1-ton truck, dump truck, water pump, probe rod, and various tools; compile, assemble, copy, record and/or transcribe data and/or information according to a prescribed schema or plan. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are like or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines; exchange information for obtaining information or clarifying details. Performs such within well-established policies, procedures and standards; exert heavy physical effort in heavy work, with greater emphasis on climbing and balancing, but typically also involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (35-80 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials (up to 125 pounds); utilize visual and odor perception and discrimination; and sustain.