Utility Mechanic II (A09)

Utility Mechanic II

The City of Annapolis is seeking a skilled and dependable Utility Mechanic II to ensure the continuous operation, maintenance, and structural integrity of our municipal wastewater lift stations and water treatment infrastructure. This position performs critical preventative maintenance, complex mechanical troubleshooting, and emergency infrastructure repairs.

Operating as a progressive leader within the field crew, the incumbent regularly evaluates facility conditions, determines maintenance requirements, and provides immediate on-site supervision to junior technicians, equipment operators, and maintenance workers. This role requires a high degree of technical expertise, physical resilience, and the willingness to respond to emergency situations to keep the City's utility infrastructure safe and operational.

Essential Job Functions

Supervisory Oversight & Station Operations

• Crew Leadership: Exercises immediate supervision over the daily work of Utility Mechanic I personnel, Equipment Operators, and maintenance workers.
• System Monitoring: Regularly monitors and checks utility stations to determine critical needs for preventative maintenance and field repair tasks.
• General Supervision: Performs duties under the general supervision of a Utility Mechanic III, Utility Supervisor, or Utility Superintendent.
• Administrative Records: Orders required maintenance materials and systematically keeps records on completed work orders.

Mechanical Systems & Technical Repair

• Pump & Motor Overhauls: Overhauls pumps and electrical motors, including check valves, bushings, worn part replacements, packing valves, water seals, lubricating oil lines, and filters.
• Equipment Installation: Installs pumps and auxiliary equipment across municipal lift stations and water treatment facilities.
• Generator Maintenance: Maintains diesel-driven electrical backup generators and all related critical auxiliary equipment.
• Daily Servicing: Services motors and pumps daily to guarantee operational performance and infrastructure stability.
• SCADA Systems: Utilizes computers and SCADA systems, performing direct field repairs to SCADA equipment when necessary.
• Advanced Utilities: Monitors, repairs, and maintains specialized systems including landfill gas vent flare systems, wells, distribution pumps, chemical feeders, and filters.

Infrastructure & Heavy Equipment Operations

• Excavation & Pipe Laying: Directs the digging of wastewater and water line trenches, replaces old piping, and makes precision taps for new housing connections.
• Heavy Equipment Operation: Operates dump trucks, vaccon units, tank trucks, snow plows, forklifts, front-end loaders, and backhoes in a temporary capacity as assigned.
• Facility Maintenance: Performs skilled building maintenance tasks including plumbing, electrical work, pipe laying, carpentry, painting, masonry, and concrete finishing.
• Tactical Tool Use: Operates specialized machinery such as chain saws, jackhammers, and related pneumatic/power tools.
• Access Maintenance: Raises and lowers manhole frames and covers, executing the rough masonry work involved in maintaining line access.
• Grounds Upkeep: Performs general maintenance on lift station facility buildings and surrounding grounds, including trimming trees and brush (such as poison ivy, oak, and sumac).

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Technical Expertise: Thorough knowledge of pumps, turbines, electric motors, motor control centers, hydraulic valves, diesel generators, and auxiliary equipment.
• Systems & Graphics: Knowledge of computer and SCADA systems, with the ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, operating manuals, and utility 1" = 40' scale maps.
• Command & Execution: Ability to plan, schedule, and supervise the work of others while executing complex mechanical repairs independently.
• Communication: Ability to understand and precisely follow complex oral and written instructions.
• Operational Readiness: Must be fully available for emergency overtime work to address critical municipal system failures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma (GED).
• Experience: Two (2) years of professional experience maintaining electric and hydraulic powered equipment, and making successful mechanical and electrical repairs.
• Equivalency: An equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be evaluated.

Employment Conditions

Physical/Mental Demands

• Strength & Dexterity: Physical strength and agility sufficient to lift, maneuver, and carry heavy tools and equipment weighting up to 100 lbs.
• Mobility & Heights: Ability to climb elevated storage tanks (approximately 200 feet), climb into and safely operate large vocational equipment and trucks, and move across varied infrastructure terrain.
• Environmental Tolerance: Ability to withstand prolonged manual labor outside in all extreme weather conditions.
• Sensory Acuity: Visual ability sufficient to operate machinery by day and night, spot unsafe roadway conditions, and write field reports; hearing/speaking ability sufficient to communicate via two-way radio and telephones.
• Mental Resilience: Freedom from mental conditions that would interfere with the safe and effective performance of high-risk utility duties.