Job: Maintenance Worker- Utility

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Hourly

Wage: $21.08-$25.82

Location: Canon City, CO.

Job Description

Position closes: Midnight, Sunday, June 16, 2024

Please Note: Verification of minimum qualification(s) and, if applicable, starting salary/wage is based on information provided in the official application. Resume content will not be used for these purposes. Please ensure your application is complete and accurate.

Under general supervision, performs a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled utility maintenance and repair duties for the City of Cañon City.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The essential duties and responsibilities listed below are central to the job or are the reason the position exists, and the employee must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. This list is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of all duties and responsibilities. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assists with constructing and repairing water lines, tapping water lines, installing water meters, and setting water hydrants.
• Performs routine and preventive maintenance and minor repairs on tools and equipment, including cleaning. Uses hand tools such as jack hammers, flaring tools, welders, leak detection devices, air monitoring devices, breathing apparatus, grinders, and probes as required.
• Uses hand tools such as jack hammers, flaring tools, welders, leak detection devices, air monitoring devices, breathing apparatus, grinders, and probes as required.
• Performs related maintenance duties such as checking for leaks, water sampling, disinfecting, hydrant flushing, valve exercising, and pressure checks as required.
• Performs traffic control in and around work zones.
• Completes daily work reports and other paperwork.
• Participates in on-call rotation for after-hours and weekends.
• Locates underground water utilities as requested.
• Regular or predictable attendance is an essential function in the performance of this job.
• Provides excellent customer service to external and internal customers including but not limited to effectively listening and communicating, providing accurate information, offering solutions, assisting in resolution, and ensuring timely follow up as needed.

Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities*: The following duties, although not essential to the position, are important components to the smooth and efficient operation of the Division, Department, and City.

• Performs customer service duties for water customers including re-reads, water leak checks, service turn on’s/off’s, delivering water shut off notices, taking final meter readings, and confirmations of water service status.
• May be required to operate equipment such as dump trucks and water trucks.
• Attends or completes trainings, seminars, and meetings as required.
• Performs related duties as established by law or ordinance or as reasonably directed by the City.
• Installs new water meters and upgrades data collection systems on existing meters.
• Repairs and replaces water meters, registers, and remote wiring.  

Requirements Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: The essential duties listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. The below list is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all knowledge, skills and abilities that are required.

• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing excellent customer service. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of the practice and methods of leading workers in utility construction, repair and maintenance.
• Knowledge of the practice and methods of traffic control for crews working in the streets and rights-of-way.
• Knowledge of the practices and methods of water distribution system operation.
• Knowledge of Regulatory requirements regarding water distribution systems.
• Skilled in the safe use of tools and equipment used in water distribution system construction, maintenance and repair, including generators, pumps, trenchers, boring equipment, colorimeter, underground utility locator, chlorine testers, torches, flaring tools, welders, self-contained breathing apparatus, leak detection devices, air monitoring devices, grinders, and probes.
• Skilled in Safe use of hand tools and power tools such as cutters, chain saws, shovels, and rakes.
• Knowledge of Material Safety Data Sheets for hazardous materials used in water distribution operations.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to build effective relationships as needed with employees, government officials, contractors, vendors, and the public.

Education and Experience

• Completion of high school diploma or equivalent.
• One year of experience in construction, general labor, agriculture or related field preferred.
• Any acceptable combination of education, training and experience that provides the listed knowledge, abilities and skills may be substituted.

Licenses/Certifications

• Colorado Class ‘A’ Commercial Driver’s License with a Tanker Endorsement and Air Brake Endorsement at time of hire or achieve within six months from date of hire
• Class I Water Distribution certificate at time of hire or achieved within 6 months from date of hire.

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

• This position is a physically demanding position that requires the ability to perform manual labor for extended periods of time, to be able to move objects up to 100 pounds, to work in hazardous environments under all weather conditions. May be exposed to loud noise and hazards for significant periods of time.

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “Visit” below for more detail on this specific job.