Senior Utilities Technician

Join our Raleigh Water team! As the Senior Utilites Technician, you will be responsible for providing operational, technical and maintenance support for the City’s water, wastewater, collection and distribution systems. Work involves performing specialized activities and leading skilled or semi-skilled work completed by technical staff. 

About You:
The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, able to motivate team members to complete assigned tasks while working primarily in a group and occasionally solo. Working knowledge of Microsoft products, time management, organization skills is essential, along with the ability to identify work issues and provide solutions in a safe, effective manner. Our ideal candidate should maintain a culture of safety while also identifying opportunities to develop and advance safe work practices as equipment and job tasks evolve.

About Us:
This position is assigned to the Raleigh Water Meters Division. Responsible for ensuring safe, sustainable water is being supplied with minimal interruption to 650,000 residents and millions of visitors to the capital city annually. Division assignments also consist of reading, monitoring, maintaining, repairing, and replacing the cities 216,000 water meters, vaults, and appurtenances. New meter installations are completed at a rapidly growing rate. Larger size meters are required to meet annual testing standards. Opportunities for increasing knowledge of public water systems and leadership growth. A very attractive benefits and retirement package including significant leave accrual and a pay increase for earned certifications.

Meters Division Safety:

• Conducts job site field inspections to ensure compliance with safety procedures and practices
• Assists with safety program development, coordination, and delivery of training
• Maintains and inspects safety equipment
• Performs investigations of accidents to determine root cause

Residuals Operations:

• Meets with customers to provide educational information and opportunities to utilize Class A residuals
• Coordinates the delivery of leased equipment and materials
• Compiles and prepares billing information
• Performs site inspections to review ground conditions and verify compliance

Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or GED and three years of maintenance experience.

OR

An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation.

Licensing and Certifications:

• Valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Communicating effectively across multiple applications
• Utilizing Microsoft Office products
• Practices and methods of coaching and leading the work of others, training and coaching staff, and organizing, prioritizing, assigning, and monitoring work
• Standard practices, methods, and materials of assigned work
• Basic mathematical concepts and business math computations
• Occupational hazards and applicable safety principles and practices, including providing direction to others in the safe and correct operation of tools and equipment
• Uses and properties of supplies and equipment
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, regulations, and standards, and the ability to interpret and apply them
• Customer service principles and the ability to provide customer service
• Specialized equipment relevant to the area of assignment
• Modern office technology and the ability to utilize a computer and relevant software applications
• Providing attention to detail in assignments
• Comprehending reference books and manuals
• Organizing and maintaining materials, supplies, records, and files
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public, and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction

ADA and Other Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Heavy Work:
Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Working Conditions:
Work is performed in both the field and in an indoor office environment with moderate exposure to atmospheric conditions (such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, poor ventilation, etc.); moderate exposure to environmental conditions (such as disruptive people, imminent danger, or a threatening environment); and frequent exposure to intense noise.

Note:
This job classification description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) designation may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.

Salary : $42,027 - $64,326