What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wastewater Sewer System Technician position at City of Biddeford?
Maine’s premier City to work and live is becoming Maine’s premier municipal employer - welcome to Biddeford, Maine, where citizens are proud of their community and employees thrive!
The City of Biddeford, a beautiful, resurgent, coastal Maine community, is seeking dynamic people to join our award-winning team of professionals. As an employee in one of Maine’s youngest communities, you can become part of a team that is guiding its economic revival. You will need to be highly motivated, talented, with a strong desire to make a difference in the daily lives of citizens.
The City of Biddeford greatly values employee wellness and work/life balance. Many of our positions, including all positions in City Hall, have a four-day, 40-hour work week (Fridays off!). The City’s Wastewater Division is looking for a Full-Time Wastewater Sewer System Technician.
Responsibilities
- Operating Biddeford’s jet/vac combo truck used for cleaning sewer system
- Working with the wastewater team on all other tasks related to wastewater collections and treatment
- Operating combo truck for maintaining sewer lines
- Basic maintenance on combo truck
- Maintaining pumps and performing inspections
- Performing additional tasks assigned by the Collections Supervisor or Wastewater Superintendent
Required Qualifications
- Possess a high school diploma or GED
- Valid Class B driver’s license
- Must be available for nights, weekends, and holidays as part of an on-call rotation
- Self-motivated
- A willingness to demonstrate a commitment to the City of Biddeford's work around diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience pertaining to wastewater collections and treatment
- Has operated heavy equipment
- Wastewater Treatment Operator license and/or Collections System Operator license
- Confined space entry
- Working with a computerized maintenance management software
- Experience using GIS
Equal Opportunity Employer
The City of Biddeford’s mission is to cultivate and sustain a diverse, inclusive, equitable, welcoming, and belonging-based workplace where employees actively practice solidarity for the greater good of the work environment and employee experience.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the City of Biddeford shall employ, develop, and work to maintain the best qualified person(s) available without discrimination to: age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, dimensions of gender, disability, citizenship, veterans’ status, ancestry, national origin, and/or political affiliation or any other status protected by law.
Equitable access to services and employment is available and those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for this application and/or the interview process should notify the Deputy Director of Human Resources at 207.286.0589.
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary
Pay: $28.26 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- 457(b)
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- On call
- Rotating weekends
- Weekends as needed
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
License/Certification:
- CDL B (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Biddeford, ME 04005 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Biddeford, ME 04005: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $28
