Job Title: Utility Maintenance Worker
Salary range: $30,068 - $42,095
Location: City of Beeville
Department: Public Works
Hours: Regular / Full-Time / Non-Exempt
Start date: Pending the results of an inteview and pre-employment drug screen.
Job Description:
This position performs unskilled or semi-skilled tasks as required by the Crew Foreman.
Essential Functions:
- Repair water and sewer lines, make water and sewer taps, and lay pipes.
- Lay new or replacement utility lines.
- Perform miscellaneous hand work with a shovel, rake, etc.
- Conduct concrete work.
- Serve on the standby crew.
- Mow and perform weed-eating tasks.
Basic Functions:
- Perform minor repairs to equipment and fences.
- Other duties as assigned.
Essential Work Habit:
- Regular and consistent attendance in a workplace environment.
Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to handle basic routine problems and report other needs or findings to the foreman.
- Expected to carry out orders and follow instructions given by the foreman or other responsible persons.
Types of Equipment Used:
- Power tools, hand tools, air tools, and compressor.
- Pneumatic hand tamping tool.
- City trucks.
Requirement:
- Must be able to work weekends, holidays, and nights as necessary.
Expectations:
- Obtain the Water “D” License within the first year of employment.
- Obtain the Water “C” License and Wastewater Operations “C” License within the third year of employment.
- Maintain the Water “C” and Wastewater Operations “C” Licenses and ensure you acquire the required 30 CEUs prior to renewal.
- Failure to receive and maintain the Water and Wastewater “C” licenses will result in termination of employment with the city.
Minimum Requirements for Employment:
Education, Experience, and Certification:
- High School Diploma or G.E.D.
- Valid TX Driver’s License Class “B”.
- Ability to obtain TCEQ Grade “D” water distribution within the first year of employment.
- Basic reading, writing, and math skills necessary to perform tasks related to measuring items and associated tasks.
- Must pass a pre-employment drug screen and criminal background investigation.
- CDL drivers are subject to random drug screens.
Physical Requirements:
- Working conditions are primarily outside with frequent exposure to inclement weather and noise from machinery. Standing, walking, bending, and working in traffic areas are required to perform job duties.
- Ability to move about an office or building and transport oneself between buildings and to various functions and meetings at other sites within or outside the city.
- Sufficient manual dexterity to operate a computer, telephone, and related equipment.
- Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing to communicate effectively.
- Sufficient vision to review a wide variety of materials in electronic or hardcopy form.
- Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes to function within the general office environment, including standing, walking, sitting, lifting/carrying, pushing/pulling, reaching, and bending.
Fringe Benefits:
- Medical Benefits: 100% employer-paid BC/BS coverage; 50% dependent coverage.
- Life Insurance: $50,000 basic policy, 100% employer-paid.
- Retirement Plan: Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) with 5% contribution, 2:1 city match, vested after 5 years.
- Supplemental Retirement Plan: 457 plan.
- Holidays: 21 holidays plus 2 personal days.
- Vacation/Sick Leave: Accrue 3.69 hours per pay period.
- Vacation Buyback: Up to 3 days per fiscal year.
- Parental Leave: Paid parental leave.
- Training: Paid training.
- Certification Pay: Certification pay.
- Longevity Pay: Available for all employees.
Disclaimer:
Nothing contained in this job description or any other materials or information distributed by the City of Beeville creates a contract of employment between an employee and the City.
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