Utility Worker
Job Posting for Utility Worker at City of Amarillo
Position Information
Requisition Number
S2145P
Position Title
Utility Worker
Salary
$13.00/hour
Division
Public Works
Department
56100-Drainage Utility
Location
Planning
Employment Type
Full Time
Hours/Days
Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Classified/Unclassified
Classified
Grant Funded
No
Job Description
SUMMARY
Looking for a rewarding job that makes a real difference in your community? Join our team as a Storm Water Drainage Utility Worker! In this role, you will use your skills to inspect, clean, and maintain our city’s vital storm water drainage system. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on general construction projects within the system, ensuring that it remains in top condition.
Looking for a rewarding job that makes a real difference in your community? Join our team as a Storm Water Drainage Utility Worker! In this role, you will use your skills to inspect, clean, and maintain our city’s vital storm water drainage system. You’ll also have the opportunity to work on general construction projects within the system, ensuring that it remains in top condition.
As a member of our team, you’ll be responsible for performing a range of tasks, including entering confined spaces to inspect piping systems, operating equipment and trucks (including snowplows and salt spreaders) during winter emergencies, and performing manual labor as needed. You’ll also need to follow all occupational safety rules and practices and comply with standard work zone traffic control procedures.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have effective communication skills, be comfortable working in undesirable conditions and inclement weather, and be able to use and operate storm sewer pipe cleaning/maintenance/repair methods and equipment. You should also have a working knowledge of traffic control devices and their applications, be able to use hand tools (both power and manual), and be able to fill out daily paperwork, including job reports.
If you have a valid Texas driver’s license and any combination of experience and training equivalent to completion of the eighth grade, we want to hear from you! We offer reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and require that all team members be able to
exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. You’ll also need to be able to make rational decisions and perform repetitive motions.
exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. You’ll also need to be able to make rational decisions and perform repetitive motions.
As a Drainage Utility Worker, you’ll work both indoors and outdoors in all types of weather conditions. This dynamic environment requires you to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs. Some overtime may be required if weather conditions dictate after-hours work.
Join our team today and make a difference in your community!
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers.
- Ability to work in undesirable conditions and inclement weather.
- Ability to work in confined spaces using recovery equipment and following safety procedures.
- Ability to use and/or operate, and/or learn to use and operate storm sewer pipe cleaning/maintenance/repair methods and equipment, light and medium equipment and trucks, i.e., 12 yard dump truck, vactor/jetter truck, snow plow, salt spreader, etc.
Licenses/Certification
Required Qualifications
Valid Texas Driver’s License required. High school diploma or equivalent (GED) preferred. Previous construction experience preferred. Must have the ability to obtain a Class “A” Commercial Drivers License, with “N” endorsement within 6 (six) months from date of hire.
- The City of Amarillo will consider all relevant education and experience when determining an applicant’s minimum qualifications and starting salary.
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Demands
Employee is also required to balance, crouch, feel, finger, handle, pull, push, reach, speak, stand, stoop, talk, see, and walk. Also requires the ability to make rational decisions and perform repetitive motions.
Special Instructions Summary
EEO/ADA
The City of Amarillo is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from eligible and qualified persons regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information or protected veteran status, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.
The City of Amarillo provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact the Human Resources Office at (806) 378-4294.
The City of Amarillo provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact the Human Resources Office at (806) 378-4294.
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