JOB
The City of Port St. Lucie is an equal opportunity employer. This position requires the applicant to successfully pass a drug screening. This position is an Essential classification and will be required to report to duty before, during, and immediately after a civil emergency.Advanced manual and semi-skilled work in the maintenance, construction, and repair of utility mains and systems. Facilitates the development of public trust and confidence in the City and its Utility.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
The following duties are illustrative for this position. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned. Keeps the mission, vision and values of the City of Port St. Lucie and Utility Systems Department at the forefront of decision making and action; builds strategic and collaborative relationships and interacts with others in a way that builds confidence and trust; provides excellent customer service by taking action to accomplish objectives, maintaining high levels of work and productivity by generating innovative solutions to work situations.Pull, test, repair, reinstall and maintain water meters and backflow prevention assemblies in accordance with American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Training, Research and Education for Environmental Occupations (TREEO) standards and procedures.Retrofit existing backflow prevention assemblies to meet Utility standards for specific hazard application.Varied maintenance and construction activities to the Utility water distribution systems, including the maintenance and exercising of valves.Read and interpret blueprints pertaining to the distribution system.Perform analytical field tests for chlorine, iron, and turbidity for the purpose of maintaining acceptable water quality within the water distribution piping system as required. Basic record keeping.Other duties as may be assigned.This position requires scheduled/unscheduled overtime, including evenings, weekends, and holidays and/or immediate response to emergency conditions.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to work in close, confined spaces, walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, work overhead on ladders and platforms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENTThe work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions that may be adverse and extreme (heat, humidity, cold, rain, etc.). The employee is frequently exposed to noise, dust, fumes, airborne particles, uneven surfaces, heights, and stressful situations. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.