LTU Water Service Technician I

Water Service Technician I

We're looking for a mechanically inclined Water Service Technician I to join the Lincoln Water System team with Lincoln Transportation and Utilities. If you have experience making minor plumbing and mechanical repairs, we want to hear from you!

What You'll Do:

• Perform water main service taps 1" and smaller in size.
• Inspect water service lines to verify correct material usage, conformance with local codes and ordinances, and quality assurance for the customers of the Lincoln Water System.
• Respond to routine, miscellaneous, and emergency water service calls requested by various sources.
• Installation, testing, and repair of water meters to ensure water meter's registration is consistent with standards established for metering accuracy.
• Assist in an active program of water meter replacements.
• Extensive contact with the public and in-home service calls.
• Perform tasks in excavations and confined spaces.
• Daily use of computer and other electronic equipment

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. On-Call as scheduled.

Desired Qualification: Bi-lingual skills desirable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from high school
• Six months of experience in making minor plumbing repairs and installations

Any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the desirable knowledge, abilities, and skills may be considered.

Necessary Special Requirement

• Possession of a valid driver's license

Lincoln Water System is one of 11 divisions in the City of Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) Department. The LTU team provides transit, transportation, and utilities services year-round to the citizens of Lincoln. Nearly 600 team members make up LTU. We feel the importance of building relationships within our divisions and department and with our community partners. We value our team's forward-thinking attitude and pride ourselves on good stewardship of our environment. We celebrate our individual strengths that in turn take our teams to new levels of accomplishment.

We commit ourselves to offering additional training opportunities and a variety of paths for professional job growth. Our teammates enjoy benefits that include, but are not limited to, a retirement match, paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, and health, dental, and vision plans. Join the largest department at the City of Lincoln today. We are excited to enhance our community's quality of life together.

Benefits

We value each City of Lincoln employee and one way we demonstrate this is by providing an attractive and competitive total compensation package that adds value to our employees' professional and personal lives. The following benefits are available for this position:

• Pay increases are available upon completion of the 6-month new employee probationary period, and annually thereafter based on performance.
• We encourage a healthy work-life balance by offering 10 days of vacation leave, over 12 days of sick leave, 11 paid holidays, and 2 personal convenience days annually that you begin accruing upon hire.
• All medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family begin the first of the month following hire, no need to wait!
• 30 days of Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programs offering work/life services, wellness coaching, short-term counseling, legal assistance, and financial coaching.
• 5 days of Funeral and Bereavement Leave
• $71,000 of Life Insurance
• $1,213 of Tuition Reimbursement
• 401(a) Retirement Plan . If you make a 7% contribution, the City will contribute 9%
• Employer provided Post Employment Health Plan for eligible medical expenses for after you leave City employment.
• Optional benefits include:
• Medical and/or Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Allstate Voluntary Plans
• Supplemental Term Life
• Deferred Compensation Plans