What are the responsibilities and job description for the Water Infrastructure Technician position at Franklin County, NC?
Duties and Responsibilities
- Lays water and sewer pipe; repairs and replaces sewer and water lines and related facilities;
- Maintains water and wastewater lines; maintains manholes and vaults checks outfall lines for leaks and cleans.
- Locates water and sewer lines from 811 requests. May alternate and serve as crew leader on site.
- Monitors and adds proper amounts of chlorine at chlorine stations; checks pumps for proper working conditions; checks, maintains and repairs pumps; cleans stations.
- Performs preventive maintenance on sewage lift stations and treatment plant(s) including pumps, filters, electric motors, aeration basins, re-circulation and sludge pumps and other treatment plant equipment;
- Makes water and sewer taps; digs up lines with trencher or backhoe, cleans and bores holes in running lines for meter and box; repairs breaks/leaks in main lines, taps and meter boxes.
- Flushes fire hydrants and dead-end lines and checks chlorine residual.
- Reads water meters for billing using handheld computers for assigned route; takes rereads as assigned in response to customer complaints; turns water on and off based on work orders.
- May perform electrical, carpentry, welding or other journey level trades' work on occasion as needed by the department.
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