Hiring Pay Range: $23.82 to $26.82
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt (Eligible for overtime)
Pay Grade: 108
Full Pay Range: $23.82 to $35.72
Deadline to Apply: 1/24/2025
Benefits Summary:
Major Benefits for Full-Time Regular Employees:
- Paid time off up to 20 days in first year of employment
- 10 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per year
- Free employee only coverage for medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance
- Free family coverage for select medical and dental plans
- Pension and long-term disability through Arizona State Retirement System, click here for more details
- Supplemental benefits such as deferred compensation plans and additional life insurance
Position Summary:
Leads a two-person crew working as a team on water distribution or wastewater collections daily operations and maintenance assignments.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
This position has supervisory responsibilities. Under general supervision, this job class is expected to exercise sound judgment and effective problem solving in the disposition of daily activities.
Essential Duties:
- Oversees and participates in the daily activities of a water distribution or wastewater maintenance crew; plans, performs, and reviews work on projects; ensures projects are completed in conformance with established timelines; and makes sure that proper paperwork is completed.
- Supervises and trains assigned staff; leads crew on daily assignments.
- Addresses operational issues and questions.
- Responds to complaints and inquiries from citizens.
- Drives, operates, or transports equipment to and from the work site.
- Oversees operation of and operates various types of equipment depending on assignment, including: tractor trailers, air compressors, front-end loader, tapping machines, compactors, vacuum excavation trucks or trailers, CCTVs, jet rodders, combination jet/vacs, steel rodders, cranes, service trucks, easement machines, backhoe, dump trucks, and pickup trucks.
- Utilizes hand tools including jack hammers, whackers, digging bars, and shovels.
- Performs minor repairs on equipment and schedules repairs.
- Checks and maintains fluid levels; lubricates and refuels equipment as necessary.
- Oversees and performs a variety of manual and semi-skilled activities, including activities associated with potable water line maintenance and repair (such as fixing water main/service line breaks, installing new water main/service lines, removing/replacing sections of streets/curbs/driveways/ sidewalks, restoring yards/rights-of-way, and tapping water main lines) and activities associated with wastewater line maintenance and repair ( such as locating wastewater lines and breaks, excavating and replacing sections of streets/curbs/driveways/sidewalks; removing and replacing landscaping in yards and right-of-ways; and installing and tapping sewer lines).
- Repairs and maintains lift stations; repairs sewer lines and manholes.
- Installs and maintains fire hydrants.
- Ensures compliance with all related safety standards, regulations, and policies; follows OSHA and City safety standards; and uses and wears respirators, protective clothing including hard hats, eyewear, footwear, and other related materials or equipment.
- Surveys, locates, and logs GPS points of collection systems.
- Assists in inspecting related contracted projects.
- Assists in snow removal.
- Works on-call on a rotational basis.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education and/or Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent; three (3) years of full time, journey-level experience in construction, maintenance, or operation of water distribution/wastewater collection systems and experience with operation of equipment related to job assignment such as: backhoes, dump trucks, loaders, tractor-trailers, service trucks/cranes, jet rodders, steel rodders, combination jet/vacs, CCTVs, and forklifts; or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the essential functions of the position.
Licensing, Certification, and Other Requirements:
Possess a valid Arizona Class A or B commercial driver's license (CDL) with tanker endorsement or obtain one within six (6) months of hire; depending on division, possess a Grade II ADEQ Water Distribution Certification/Grade II ADEQ Wastewater Collection System Operator or obtain one within one (1) year of hire; and possess or obtain certifications/training in OSHA 10, basic first aid and CPR, confined spaces, NASSCO, traffic control/flagger, forklift, and basic electricity for a non-electrician.
City Core Beliefs
City of Prescott employees should seek to uphold the City's core beliefs throughout their day-to-day business and with every customer they come in contact with, both internal and external. Our core beliefs are: Act with Integrity, Work as a Team, Have Personal Commitment and Loyalty, Solve Problems, Take Pride In Excellent Results, High Level of Productivity and Being Nice.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of basic supervisory methods including the ability to lead and motivate team members by example.
- Knowledge of materials, practices, and equipment used in water distribution and wastewater system operations, maintenance, and repair activities.
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions for operating assigned equipment.
- Knowledge of common hand and power tools.
- Knowledge of basic preventive maintenance on assigned equipment.
- Skill in instructing and training skilled and semi-skilled workers.
- Skill in resolving day-to-day questions/problems regarding equipment, materials, and methods needed to complete daily assignments.
- Skill in operating a variety of specialized powered construction equipment and tools to install, maintain, and repair the water and wastewater systems.
- Skill in using a variety of hand tools to install, maintain, and repair water infrastructure.
- Skill in communicating, both verbally and in writing.
- Skill in accurately documenting daily work tasks.
- Skill in utilizing customer service techniques in responding to requests and complaints.
- Ability to coordinate the activities of a work crew to maximize utilization of available equipment and manpower.
- Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships within a team.
- Ability to provide direction and guidance to the team.
- Ability to prioritize work projects.
- Ability to assess system integrity, address potential hazards, and other related factors regarding the water and wastewater systems.
- Ability to resolve customer inquiries, requests, and complaints.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with contractors, co-workers, other City employees, elected officials, and the general public.
- Ability to follow policies and procedures to ensure tasks and equipment are operated safely.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and effective problem solving.
- Ability to recognize hazards of work and follow safe work practices.
- Ability to collect and organize facts and data.
- Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions.
- Ability to accurately record field data manually and by using computer programs.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in the field exposed to various elements.
- Performs emergency standby duty on a rotational basis and works overtime as needed, including nights, holidays, and weekends.
- Requires working in confined spaces and high traffic areas, at depths of ten feet or more, and under a wide range of potentially adverse weather conditions and hazardous conditions such as exposure to raw sewage, chemicals, rotating equipment, hydrogen sulfide, noise, high-medium-low voltage, oxygen deficiency, and other hazardous conditions.
- Safely performs manual labor for extended periods of time.
- Safely lifts and carries heavy (50 - 100 pounds) equipment, tools, and materials needed to complete assignments.
- Safely operates required equipment and City vehicles as needed.
- Clearly sees, with correction if necessary, during both day and night.
- Clearly, concisely, and effectively communicates in person, over the radio, and by telephone.
- Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to my co-workers or others.
Successful candidate will receive a post-offer, pre-employment background screening to include:
- Drug screening
- Motor vehicle records check
- Criminal background screening
|
|