Seasonal Wastewater Operations Maintenance

The Wastewater Seasonal Laborer provides daily and seasonal maintenance for the City of Whitewater Wastewater Utility relating to its landscape, infrastructure and buildings upkeep.    

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary.

• Provides proper maintenance of landscapes, utilizing a variety of equipment such as pickup trucks, mowers, specialized turf mowing and trimming equipment.
• Performs maintenance on mowers, trimmers, and a variety of lawn care equipment.
• Assists with building maintenance such as general janitorial duties, cleaning and painting buildings and fences, and garbage collection.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be at least age 16.
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• Mechanical aptitude and ability to use hand tools strongly desired.
• Prior experience using light equipment and motorized maintenance vehicles desired.
• Significant attention to safety standards, procedures, and practices.
• Proper and safe operation of both light and heavy equipment and tools, including, but not limited to trimmers, weed whips, watering system, and hand tools.
• Professional and appropriate responsiveness when interacting with the public.
• Professional appearance and proper wear of work-wear.  Must wear steel toed safety shoes.  All seasonal staff will wear t-shirts and long pants. Safety vest (provided) as needed.
• Comfort working with heights and confined space.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met and maintained by an employee to successfully perform all essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Good physical strength/stamina.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk or hear.  The employee is required to walk, utilize fingers to handle, operate objects, tools, controls and reach with hands and arms.  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, ability to adjust focus, and the ability to sustain prolonged visual concentration.
• Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and make continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as computers and other office machines, and or materials used in performing essential functions.
• Ability to recognize and identify degrees of similarities and differences between characteristics of colors, odors, shapes and textures associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks.
• The employee must exert physical effort varying from sedentary to continuous activity during a work shift. Involving lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or moving up to 50 pounds on a regular basis, with no restrictions and 75 pounds occasionally
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to crouch, crawl, kneel, stoop, and climb.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• The noise level in the work environment is moderately quiet except for areas where hearing protection is required (will be provided).
• Ability to work under generally safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as bacteria and microorganisms pose limited risk of injury.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work near moving mechanical parts.  
• The employee is exposed to fumes or airborne particles.  
• The employee may work in highly precarious places and in extreme outside weather conditions.  The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, odors, dust, as well as other temperature and weather variations.

The City of Whitewater is an Equal Opportunity employer.  In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Works under general supervision of Wastewater Utility Superintendent, however, performs recurring job duties independently.

Salary : $12 - $18