What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Service Worker - Utilities position at City of Woodbury Minnesota?
Summary
UTILITY DIVISION MISSION STATEMENT:
Our commitment is to provide safe reliable sanitary sewer and potable water systems to the community. This is accomplished through the pride and dedication of highly trained professional personnel.
UTILITY DIVISION MISSION CRITICAL/HIGH IMPACT GOALS and DELIVERABLES
Provide a reliable, safe & efficient potable water system.
Provide a reliable, safe & efficient sanitary sewer system.
SUMMARY:
Responsibilities of the Public Service Worker – Utilities include completing the tasks necessary to effectively and efficiently operate, provide, and maintain reliable and safe sanitary sewer and potable water systems. Achieve Division Mission Critical/High Impact (MC/HI) goals and deliverables while fostering a positive work environment.
2025 Hiring range is $32.67 per hour to $35.15 per hour
Essential Duties
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Operate and maintain the water treatment, water distribution system, and wastewater collection system by understanding and achieving Utility Division MC/HI goals and deliverables.
Must exhibit the technical skill to repair and maintain fire hydrants and gate valves, well and well houses, water storage facilities, sanitary lift stations, sanitary sewer pipe, general treatment plant operations, SCADA operations and locate utility infrastructure.
Make maintenance and operational decisions within the parameters of MC/HI goals and deliverables.
Continuously display a high level of commitment to the Public Works Department and Utility Division.
Comply with all safety related practices and procedures.
Comply with all City policies and procedures.
Act as a contributing Utility Division team member. Actively seek and provide input regarding all aspects of the teams’ operations with other team members.
Continuously foster a positive working environment that displays an attitude of professionalism, open and honest communication, honesty, and ethical behavior.
Support, promote and actively foster and create partnerships with all staff and stakeholders to achieve City, Department and Division MC/HI goals and deliverables.
Through frequent oral and written communication, inform supervisor of matters of relevance in areas of accountability.
Mentor and coach other Public Service Workers.
Performs or assists in a wide variety of municipal sewer and water operation, maintenance, and repair tasks.
Provide reliable, safe, and efficient potable water and sanitary sewer systems.
Conducts various preventative maintenance activities on municipal water system.
- Monitors and operates a SCADA system that oversees the water system.
- Responds to emergency calls and inspects system for water leaks.
- Locates curb stop shut-off valves.
- Locates and exercises gate valves.
- Flushes city water mains.
- Operates and maintains fire hydrants.
- Completes maintenance records relating to each program.
- Inspects and performs maintenance at well houses, water treatment facility and chemical feed pumps.
- Inspects, services, and replaces water meters.
- Works closely with the Engineering Department on planned water infrastructure repair and replacement.
- Responds to customer service requests and system malfunction alarms.
- Willing and able to work rotating on-calls assignments.
- Available for emergency call out for repairs to water system.
Conducts various preventative maintenance tasks on sanitary sewer system.
- Monitors and operates a SCADA system that oversees the sewer system.
- Operates or assists in the operation of sewer cleaning equipment, such as a jet-vac truck, easement jetter, and/or trailer vac equipment.
- Cleans and inspects lift stations for proper operation and performs troubleshooting when necessary.
- Locates underground sewer lines.
- Performs sanitary sewer pipe televising.
- Completes maintenance records relating to each program.
- Works closely with the Engineering Department on planned sanitary sewer infrastructure repair and replacement.
- Responds to customer service requests and system malfunction alarms.
- Willing and able to work rotating on-calls assignments.
- Available for emergency call out for repairs to sewer system.
Responds to customer questions, both sewer and water.
Investigates the nature and source of problems. Attempts to identify corrective means needed.
Prepares and submits necessary documentation to managers and front desk staff.
Equipment use and operation; consistently perform pre-operation checks including but not limited to fluid levels, lights, and tires; ensures cleanliness of equipment during and after use, puts equipment away and ready for next use, reports; report equipment maintenance needs to Fleet Services; report all equipment damage and accidents to supervisor immediately; make minor equipment repairs and adjustments as capable or as assigned.
Assist the Utility and other divisions with snow removal as needed.
Fosters an inclusive work culture and advances the City’s diversity, equity and inclusion goals.
Maintain and foster an environment, which facilitates the Exceeding Expectations (professional, responsive, leaders) philosophy of the City.
Keep managers promptly informed of all significant matters he/she must know to perform his/her position responsibilities effectively.
Communicate promptly and effectively to co-workers of all significant matters he/she must know to perform his/her position responsibilities effectively.
Perform all other duties and assume other responsibilities as assigned or apparent.
Must be able to perform all essential position functions under the working conditions as described.
Ability to operate a motor vehicle and have a valid Driver’s License.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
High school diploma or equivalent.
A driver’s license, satisfactory driving record and the ability to drive.
A valid Class A commercial driver’s license including air brakes and tanker endorsement or the ability to obtain within 6 months of employment.
Possession of, or ability to obtain within 18 months of employment:
Class S-D, MN Pollution Control Agency Collection System Operator certificate.
Class D, MN Department of Health Water Supply Operator certificate.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Certification or technical degree in water environment technology or related field.
12 months or more of direct municipal experience.
Two years or more of utility maintenance and operations experience.
Possession of Class A commercial driver’s license including air brakes and tanker endorsement.
Possession of Class S-C MN Pollution Control Agency Collection System Operator certificate or higher.
Possession of Class C, MN Department of Health Water Supply Operator certificate or higher.
Experience with monitoring and operating SCADA systems.
Experience working in water treatment facility.
Project management experience.
Program logic control understanding and experience.
Electrical experience and/or training.
Plumbing experience and/or training.
Pump maintenance experience (lift stations and/or wells).
Sanitary sewer cleaning experience.
Sanitary sewer televising experience.
Environment
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Employee must be able to work in heights up to 185 feet and in depths of 35 feet and close quarters underground. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to work in outside weather conditions including adverse climatic conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wastewater sewage, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. The employee often works in and around traffic.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud in field settings, and moderately quiet in office settings.
The City of Woodbury strives to exceed expectations – through professionalism, responsive service and leadership. Employees are an integral part of the overall success of the city. In service to its employees, the City of Woodbury offers generous benefits to include medical, dental, and life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and both mandatory and voluntary retirement plans. In addition vacation, sick, personal holiday and holiday pay is also provided. All regular employees are eligible for benefits on the first of the month after their hire date.
Salary : $33 - $35
