Utility Service Worker

Utility Service Worker I

The City of Jacksonville Beach provides a wide array of benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Our comprehensive benefit programs include medical, dental and vision plans; life insurance coverage for you and your dependents; flexible spending plans for medical reimbursement and dependent care; an employee assistance program for you and your dependents. We also provide an extensive wellness program that includes activities, lunch and learns, and health fairs.

Core Purpose and Values

Our employees uphold and promote the mission, vision, and core values of the City of Jacksonville Beach. To be successful, an individual must be able to perform the essential functions of the job and demonstrate a strong desire to be a part of our EPIC Team:

Empowerment Pride Integrity Communication Teamwork

Job Summary and Essential Functions

This position performs responsible semiskilled manual work in the installation, construction, repair, and maintenance of public works utilities and related systems; does related work as required. Work is performed under the supervision of a General Supervisor. Work may be specialized according to department and division assigned.

Essential Functions:

• Installs, constructs, repairs, and maintains various types of public utility systems and infrastructure including streets, right of ways, water, sewer, and/or stormwater systems.
• Locates lines and main service lines for contractors and other utility companies.
• Builds manholes and other structures using brick and/or prefabricated concrete.
• Maintains right of ways, public property, streets, and park areas; performs landscaping, surface restoration, and debris removal.
• Operates trucks, tractors, back-hoe, tapping machines, mowers, and various other construction equipment.
• Inspects and maintains tools, equipment, and vehicles for proper use and care.
• Exercises, installs, and maintains water system valves; installs, repairs, and replaces large and small sewer and water lines; installs and removes water meters.
• Unstops sanitary sewer services and mains with the proper equipment.
• Changes meters, repairs meter leaks, and performs water pressure tests.
• Installs, maintains, repairs, and replaces fire hydrants.
• Digs trenches and ditches, cleans catch basins, manholes, and drainage lines.
• Patches holes in street surfaces, spreads asphalt, and assists with concrete work.
• Performs maintenance of traffic requirements such as setting up detours, barricades, flagging, and installing and replacing roadway and warning signs.
• Loads and unloads gravel, dirt, timber, chemicals, and other tools and equipment.
• Alternates with others on a rotating standby off-hours call schedule as assigned.
• Performs other public utilities maintenance work as required.

Qualifications and Physical Demands

Education and Experience: A high school diploma or equivalent. Special Qualifications: A driver's license valid in the State of Florida. Must obtain a Class B Commercial Driver's License within six months of employment. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the tools, materials, and equipment used in the installation, replacement, maintenance, and repair of public utilities and infrastructure.
• Knowledge of the safe use, operation, and preventive maintenance of assigned equipment.
• Skill in operating assigned equipment.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other personnel and the public.
• Ability to understand and carry out verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to perform overtime, holiday, and weekend work as needed.
• Ability to be alert to traffic and aware of both safe and unsafe procedures and situations that may occur or be present while operating City equipment or a City vehicle.
• Ability to perform manual labor for extended periods, often under unfavorable weather conditions.

This position is part of the Qualification Advancement Program. To advance to Utility Service Worker II Streets and Stormwater, an employee must complete two years of service as a Utility Service Worker I, and obtain a Class C Stormwater Certificate. To advance to Utility Service Worker II Distribution and Collection, an employee must complete two years of service as a Utility Service Worker I, and obtain a Class 3 Distribution License and a Class C Collection Certification.

Physical Demands:

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending terrain, ladders, stairs, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing: Required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Visual Acuity: Required for depth perception, color perception, preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, use of measuring devices, operation of motor vehicles or equipment, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Vocal Communication: Required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Work Environment and Other Information

Work is performed inside and outside under environmental conditions such as extreme cold, extreme heat, noise, vibration, hazards, atmospheric conditions, oils, working in confined spaces, and wearing an appropriate respiratory protection device as necessary. The worker may be exposed to blood borne and/or waterborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment.

Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the City of Jacksonville Beach and the employee and is subject to change by the City as the needs of the City and requirements of the job change.