Wastewater Maintenance Specialist - Mechanical

Why It's a Great Opportunity: As a seasoned mechanical maintenance professional, you will support the maintenance and repair of various assets ranging from pumps and machinery to various mechanical components for our wastewater assets. You may find yourself working in an industrial facility, a confined space or perhaps in a roadway. You will find the work physically demanding, challenging, and rewarding.  Your efforts will support the Chambers Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Cascadia Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as the collections system that contain over 735 miles of sewer lines and more than 15,000 manholes and 100 pump stations, which contribute to complex and diverse sewer systems throughout the Pierce County Sewer Service Area.     We want to ensure a healthy environment and Puget Sound so the work you perform is important and essential to our customers and regulators. This is a great opportunity to work with equipment, systems and facilities that are relatively new and state of the art. 

Why It's a Great Department: PPW is a diverse and fast-moving department filled with motivated professionals working to ensure Pierce County is positioned to handle growth while building, operating, and maintaining reliable infrastructure to support livable communities. PPW is responsible for a broad and complex portfolio of services that provides unique opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and inspire. We are responsible for the County road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, building permits, environmental review, sustainability, community planning, and code enforcement - just to name a few!  

Learn more about Planning and Public Works here. 

This Division places a high value on staff safety and training. This team is filled with intelligent and hardworking people who have high expectations and strive to exceed expectations consistently. Our employees take pride in what they do – meeting customer’s needs, protecting our environment and preserving it for our community.

How to be Successful in the Role: We are looking for someone to perform journey level mechanical maintenance work where you will work daily with your teammates, other trades, maintenance, and operations personnel to complete scheduled tasks, repairs and projects. Honest, concise, and frequent communication is important in building a positive relationship with our stakeholders and customers.  If you are a flexible team player, work hard to complete your duties to the best of your ability and like to contribute to collaborative opportunities and training others, then you could be successful.

Your Future in this Role: The role of a Wastewater Maintenance Specialist puts you in a position to be a subject matter expert (SME) in your work. A position of influence to lead, instruct and train others while further development of technical and leadership skills for future opportunities. As a SME you are valued to share your perspectives and experiences to help shape future projects and decisions to our infrastructures. Pierce County offers professional development through the Leadership Certification program, robust online learning, and other training opportunities throughout your career to ensure your success.

 Core Daily Responsibilities:

• Lead, train, provide direction and instruct other employees as required.
• Responsible for the efficient and safe execution of work for staff and the public.
• Familiarity and proficiency of a wide variety of hand and power tools, equipment and machinery utilized in the industry and trades.  
• Perform wastewater treatment plant maintenance and repair on industrial process infrastructure and rotating equipment/machinery driven by motor, gear, belt, pneumatic and hydraulic drives to process liquids, semi solids, solids, and air.
• Perform operation, maintenance and repairs on facility supporting systems and equipment such as fire protection, HVAC, potable water, elevators, cranes, and building envelop components.
• Operate a wide variety of plant, utility, CDL and collection system vehicles and specialized equipment such as dump truck, forklift, vacuum pump, Vactor, backhoe, jet-rodder, boom truck, pump units, televised sewer line inspection equipment. and emergency generators.
• Execute scheduled maintenance generated from our computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), respond to corrective maintenance needs and customer service request.

A classification description with a more detailed list of essential functions can be found here.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED and two (2) years of apprenticeship training from a recognized vocational technical school or training program.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in the maintenance and repair of mechanical, pumping, or collection system is required.
• A combination of education/experience which clearly demonstrates ability to perform the duties of this classification may be substituted for education and formal training.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience performing maintenance in a wastewater plant, industrial plant or manufacturing facility.
• Skilled or trained as an industrial or equipment mechanic, welder, pipefitter, machinist, plumber and general construction.

Special Requirements:

• Must have a valid Washington State Driver's License.
• Within the first twelve months, individuals must have the ability to obtain a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class "A" (Tank Vehicle) endorsement and Wastewater Collections Specialist Certification.

As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.   Satisfactory physical condition, as evidenced by a county approved physical examination, may be required prior to appointment to the position.

To be considered for this opportunity please:

• Complete and submit a detailed online Pierce County Employment Application by selecting "APPLY" above or go to:   www.piercecountywa.org/jobs. 
• If you have a question about this opportunity, please email the Recruitment Team at PCHRRecruit@piercecountywa.gov and specify the Job Number and Title. 
• If you do not have internet access, you may visit your local public library or any WorkSource location and use their computers.
• Individuals needing accommodation in the application, testing process or need this job announcement in an alternative format may call Human Resources at (253) 798-7480, at least two days prior to the need.  

This is a competitive selection process. Your application will be reviewed and evaluated for the quality and quantity of education/experience in the areas listed. Applicants whose qualifications most closely correspond to the County's needs will be eligible for further consideration. Notification of application status normally occurs 2 to 3 weeks after the closing date. Short notice may be given to applicants to participate in further selection processes which may include assessments, phone screen, and interviews.

At Pierce County, diversity, equity, and inclusion means commitment, not a single step. We strive to foster an inclusive environment that supports equitable access to opportunities throughout your career. We want to recruit, develop, and maintain a talented workforce from various backgrounds, cultures, lifestyles, and perspectives, committed to our vision. Employees of the County have local, direct, and visible impact in our diverse community. Will you join us in keeping Pierce County a place people are proud to call home?

Salary : $40 - $51