Job description
This position is a working foreman position that supervises crews in the water distribution and wastewater collection utilities while also performing a variety of skilled utility maintenance, repair and limited construction duties associated with a water distribution system and a wastewater collection system. The position requires incumbents to be multi skilled and certified on all systems that they maintain. Work ranges from labor activities to skilled tasks requiring physical exertion to varying degrees of manipulative skills involving the use of a variety of hand and power tools and the routine operation of trucks and related utility maintenance equipment.
Duties and responsibilities
- Assign work tasks to journeymen water distribution and wastewater collection and heat distribution system utility fitters.
- Install water services by tapping into mains and attaching appropriate fittings.
- Install sewer connections to mains using sewer saddles or other devices.
- Extend water mains or complete repairs to existing system.
- Ensure water mains, laterals and service lines are properly maintained.
- Ensure wastewater collection mains and service laterals are properly maintained including flushing, thawing or unblocking when necessary.
- Maintain pumps, motors, controls, valves and meters for various utility systems.
- Supervise and conduct valve, hydrant and flushing operations as required by company policy.
- Perform periodic scheduled maintenance activities for the water and wastewater and heat distribution systems.
- Perform inspections of system components, relay results of the inspections to supervisors and recommend future project requirements.
- Serve as a first responder for water, and sewer and heat outages, assess causes of outages and develop a response/repair course of action to reestablish utility services.
- Supervise subordinate work crews and perform the full range of tasks associated with the journeyman utility fitter.
- Ensure proper care and use of equipment on site.
- Safely operate specialized equipment such as Vactor Truck, Jet Truck, Steam Thawing equipment.
- Participate in the annual budget process in conjunction with the Site Manager’s responsibility to identify capital projects and develop cost estimates.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $28.00 - $38.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: In person
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