Truck Driver/Utility Worker

Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued. People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals. We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey. About American Water American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water’s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders. As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities. American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions. For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Primary Role American Water is seeking a Truck Driver/ Utility Worker to work in our Chattanooga, TN location. In this role you will perform a variety of tasks to assist in the efficient and reliable operation, maintenance, protection, and appearance of all pipelines, services, hydrants, valves, and other appurtenances within the distribution system. We're looking for a hands-on safety-focused team member.Key Accountabilities

• Constantly performs work assigned by supervisor; collects, compiles, and records work data
• Constantly breaks up pavement, using pavement breakers, pry bars, shovels, picks, and other hand tools to dig excavations preparatory to removing and/or repairing pipes
• Frequently backfills, tamps, and installs temporary paving, using assorted hand tools and tamping machine
• Frequently ensures jobsite is secure prior to leaving
• Frequently determines appropriate material, pipe sections, valves, and fittings needed to perform assigned work
• Frequently performs cutting, threading, brazing, soldering, and connecting or adjoining pipe and fittings, as required
• Frequently performs taps, as required. Occasionally drives company vehicles including backhoe, as require
• Occasionally installs or removes shoring systems, as required. (%) Constantly follows established safety guidelines and procedures
• Occasionally performs duties of Laborer, as required
• Performs other duties as assignedEducation
• High School graduate or State-recognized Educational Equivalency Certificate. Specific vocational preparation includes an occupationally-significant combination of vocational education, apprentice training, in-plant training, on-the-job training, or essential experience.Work Environment
• All work is outside work in all types of weather and involving contact with water or other liquids
• Atmospheric condition with moisture content sufficiently high to cause marked bodily discomfort
• Exposure to ambient temperature extremes both hot and cold
• Works near gasoline, oil, or substances in the soil. Potential exposure to poison ivy, oak, sumac, insects, etc.
• Subject to potential hazards such as driving/driving in darkness, working in traffic/darkness, and working with and around excavation equipment and compressed air
• Subject to noise exposure and vibration from jack hammer, air compressor, trash pumps, and gas tampShort Description

American Water is seeking a Truck Driver/ Utility Worker to work in our Chattanooga, TN location. In this role you will perform a variety of tasks to assist in the efficient and reliable operation, maintenance, protection, and appearance of all pipelines, services, hydrants, valves, and other appurtenances within the distribution system. We're looking for a hands-on safety-focused team member.