CWSS MAINTENANCE

Full Time/Non Exempt

Pay range: $18.96 up to $26.55 per hour

Monday Friday 7am 4pm with weekend, holidays, and on-call availability.

General Definition of Work

Performs work maintaining water and sewer ways by digging trenches and using clamps for repairing or replacing sections of pipes, locating, and maintaining residential water by performing maintenance and meter swaps, operating, and maintaining heavy equipment and vehicles, and related work as apparent or assigned.

Work is performed under the supervision of the CWSS Foreman.

• Maintains water meters.
• Performs residential service orders and re-reads.
• Maintains water and sewer mains.
• Operates heavy equipment.
• Locates utilities and meters.
• Performs water and sewer main taps.
• Mows and weed eat assigned ground areas.
• Maintains and greases equipment and vehicles.

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or GED and less than one year of experience in the maintenance of water and sewer ways or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special Qualifications

• Obtain a valid commercial driver's license Class B with tanker and air brake endorsements in Missouri within six months of hire. The city offers paid CDL/Endorsement training.
• Must meet and maintain all training and education requirements for the position.

Working Conditions

Physical Requirements and Activity

This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of over 100 pounds of force. Work regularly requires standing, walking, speaking, or hearing, using hands, kneeling, or crawling, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions; occasionally requires sitting and pushing or pulling.

Sensory Requirements

Work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work is generally in a very loud noise location (e.g. jackhammers).

Sensory Utilization

Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and small parts, use of measuring devices, assembly, or fabrication of parts within arms length, operating machinery, operating motor vehicles or equipment, and observing general surroundings and activities.

Environmental Conditions

Work regularly requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions; frequently requires exposure to the risk of electrical shock and vibration; occasionally requires exposure to wet/humid conditions (weather), working in extreme cold (weather) or extreme heat (weather); working near moving mechanical parts, working in high/precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and exposure to bloodborne pathogens (may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment).