What are the responsibilities and job description for the Water Utility Repair Technician II - IV position at City of Rapid City?
The Water Division operates and maintains Rapid City's water collection, treatment, and distribution systems, provides metering and billing services, and partners with other divisions on capital and special projects, water system expansion, and the acquisition of water rights.
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The Department of Public Works, Water Division, is seeking a Utility Repair Person who will perform skilled specialized work in the maintenance, repair, and inspection of the water distribution system.
The Water Utility Repair Technician roles perform semi-skilled, skilled, technical and specialized work in maintenance, repair, and inspection of the water distribution system.
Water Utility Repair Technician II:
- Performs various tasks during the installation, repair, and maintenance of water mains, fire hydrants and other water infrastructure, including cutting, fitting, sealing, laying, and tapping pipe.
- Conducts inspection, operation and repair of valves, system hardware, and the flushing of water lines.
- Operates a variety of tools and equipment, including hydraulic pumps, centrifugal water pumps, tapping devices, jackhammers, chainsaws, air compressors, trucks, and flatbed trailers.
- Performs manual labor, including hand shoveling, lifting, carrying, and moving of materials and equipment, cleaning work areas.
- Turns customer water services on or off.
- Investigates complaints of water leaks and low pressure.
- Repair and replace water service lines.
- Assists with the repair and maintenance of vehicles and work equipment.
- Performs preventative maintenance and minor repair of vehicles and work equipment.
- Work hours are variable and requires on-call availability.
- Maintains proper logs and records on work activities.
- As needed, assists Water Reclamation operators with repair, maintenance and operation of the storm water/sanitary collection systems.
- Operates skid loader, front-end loaders, ditching machinery, dump trucks, hydro-excavators, and pipe locators in repair of water and wastewater systems.
- May operate backhoe, excavators and other related equipment, such as pavement breaker, to repair water and wastewater Systems.
- Adjusts and repairs manhole frames and covers, valve boxes, fire hydrants, and tapping machines.
- Conducts new construction field inspections of water and sewer service lines and mains.
Water Utility Repair Technician III: All above duties plus:
- Installs and repairs valves and other system hardware.
- Conducts field inspection of new and existing pipelines and customer services.
- Flushes and de-chlorinates water mains, install and test cathodic protection system.
- Repair and replace fire hydrants.
- Operates backhoes, excavators and other related equipment, such as pavement breaker, to repair water and wastewater systems.
- Directs crew activities in emergency situations; i.e. water main breaks and sanitary over flows.
- May act as crew lead in the absence of a Water Utility Repair Person IV.
Water Utility Repair Person IV: All above duties plus:
- Serves as a project leader & as acting crew lead in the crew lead’s absence.
- Becomes the trained competent person for trench safety, scaffolding, confined spaces etc.
- Becomes a certified backflow/cross-connection tester, and perform these test as needed.
- Understands and interprets cathodic protection readings, and take appropriate corrective actions as necessary.
- Acts as a point of contact for water Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects, acting as a liaison between operations, engineers, and contractors by attending project construction progress meetings, coordinating activities such as tie-ins, shutdowns, maintenance, coordinating flushing and sampling activities and communicating project conditions back to all project stakeholders.
- Reviews design plans and drawings for water CIP projects. Ensures operations staff feedback is communicated to design engineer and project manager for incorporation into final project.
- Serves on safety and other committees, as needed. Communicates committee activities to plant staff and supervision, and represent staff feedback effectively in meetings.
ABOUT YOU
We understand your time is valuable, so we encourage you to apply if you possess the following minimum requirements:
Education and/or Experience:
Water Utility Repair Person II: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 2 years’ experience operating skid loaders, front-end loaders, ditching machinery, dump trucks, hydro-excavators, pipe locators, backhoes, pipe pullers, and other related equipment.
Water Utility Repair Person III: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 4 years’ experience operating skid loaders, front-end loaders, ditching machinery, dump trucks, hydro-excavators, pipe locators, backhoes, pipe pullers, and other related equipment.
Water Utility Repair Person IV: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 8 years’ of experience operating skid loaders, front-end loaders, ditching machinery, dump trucks, hydro-excavators, pipe locators, backhoes, pipe pullers, and other related equipment. Supervisory experience in managing a team of employees, assigning tasks, and overseeing their overall performance.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
Must possess a valid driver's license or ability to obtain within 30 days from date of hire. Must possess a valid Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with tanker endorsement or ability to obtain within 180 days from date of hire. .
Water Utility Repair Person II: Ability to obtain Class II Water Distribution Operator’s Certification as stated as the minimum qualifications for licensing by the State of South Dakota Board of Operator Certification, South Dakota Department of Water and Natural Resources within 18 months of hire.
Water Utility Repair Person III: Ability to obtain Class III Water Distribution Operator’s Certification as stated as the minimum qualifications for licensing by the State of South Dakota Board of Operator Certification, South Dakota Department of Water and Natural Resources within 18 months of hire. Take and pass the Water and Sewer and Trenching Contractors test with the ability to renew annually.
Water Utility Repair Person IV: Ability to obtain Class IV Water Distribution Operator’s Certification as stated as the minimum qualifications for licensing by the State of South Dakota Board of Operator Certification, South Dakota Department of Water and Natural Resources within 18 months of hire. Take and pass the Water and Sewer and Trenching Contractors test with the ability to renew annually.
Salary : $24 - $31
