What are the responsibilities and job description for the Backflow System Technician position at San Diego County Office of Education?
The Position
The purpose of this classification is to assist the Backflow Systems Inspector with enforcing the backflow/cross connection program within Water Distribution System. This includes overseeing inspections, maintenance and repairs of backflow prevention assemblies, ensuring compliance with regulations, and inspecting the installation, maintenance, and testing of water distribution system infrastructure.
Duties
Essential Functions
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Assists in maintaining the Utilities Backflow Prevention/Cross-Connection Program, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations utilizing an electronic records database.
Maintains the Utilities' approved list of certified backflow assembly testers, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
Keeps accurate records of tester certifications and ensures all test kit calibration documents are updated and renewed as required
Surveys and inspects both existing and new construction sites to verify the installation and proper function of backflow preventers.
Reviews and provides recommendations for approval of blueprints and drawings for new water system installations, verifying proper placement of hydrants, valves, backflow preventers (type, size, and location), mains, and meters.
Coordinates and inspects new water infrastructure installations performed by both internal crews and private contractors.
Monitors and assists with water pressure testing, chlorination, bacteria sampling, and water main installations.
Collaborates with engineering firms regarding water and backflow design changes.
Enforces compliance of GA EPD Minimum Standards for Public Water Systems, Local Ordinances, and Construction Standards and Details.
Operates a computer to enter, retrieve, or review or modify data in computer database; verifies accuracy of entered data; makes corrections as needed; uses knowledge of various software programs to operate a computer in an effective and efficient timely manner.
Prepares and processes various documents, including reports, testing notices, service termination notices, spreadsheets, and correspondence.
Responds to customer inquiries, including business owners and contractors, investigating and resolving issues related to backflow and water distribution.
Monitors and maintains key performance indicators (KPIs) related to backflow prevention compliance, testing completion rates, and system performance to support operational efficiency and regulatory adherence. KPI data to identify trends, potential issues, and areas for improvement within the backflow prevention program.
Communicates via phone, two-way radio, and in-person to provide information, relay messages, and respond to service requests.
Conducts / Attends meetings and provides updates on backflow and water distribution-related matters.
Stays informed on applicable laws, regulations, and industry advancements through professional literature, affiliations, and training sessions.
Additional Functions
Operates a motor vehicle for job-related duties.
May be required to be on-call, work weekends, holidays, special events, and overtime as needed
Other Duties may be assigned
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Diploma, or GED, supplemented by two (2) years previous experience or training involving maintenance, operation, installation, and or repair of water distribution infrastructure or equivalent experience.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia Driver’s License. Must possess and maintain a valid GA Water Distribution System Operator or Class III Water Supply System Operator certification. Must also possess and maintain a valid GA Backflow Prevention Tester certification or ability to obtain within 12 months of hire. Will be required to obtain and maintain Confined Space Entry Certification within 6 months of hire.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position does not carry any supervisory responsibilities. There are no subordinate supervisors or employees reporting directly or indirectly to this role, and no departments fall under its supervision.
Core Competencies & ADA Compliance
Core Competencies & Ada Compliance
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to calculate, compute, summate, and/or tabulate data/information. Includes performing subsequent actions in relation to these computational operations.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to communicate a variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions, equations and/or interpret graphs.
Functional Reasoning: Requires ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment within regulation to address variations in assigned objectives.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills
Proficient in Computer Systems, Microsoft Office applications, Utility Billing System, and Backflow Program.
ADA COMPLIANCE
Physical Ability: The physical requirements of this position involve standing, walking, and sitting for one-third to two-thirds of the workday. The role also requires frequent use of hands to handle or feel, reaching with arms, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, as well as constant talking and hearing for over two-thirds of the time. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Lifting more than 50 pounds is not typically required, and tasks involving 100 pounds or more are not expected. The position does not require the use of taste or smell in job performance.
Sensory Requirements: This position requires the ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Tasks requiring the lifting of 100 pounds or more are not expected. In addition, the role requires specific vision abilities, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision, to successfully perform essential job functions.
Environmental Factors: The work environment for this position involves regular exposure, for one-third to two-thirds of the time, to wet or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high or precarious places, outdoor weather conditions, and vibration. There is occasional exposure, under one-third of the time, to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and risk of radiation. The role does not require work in extreme non-weather cold or heat, nor does it involve work with explosives. The typical noise level for this environment is moderate.
Additional Information
Employer Paid: Vacation Pay, Sick Pay, Holiday Pay, Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
Optional:Vision Insurance, Short Term Disability Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, 457(b) Plan
Whole Life Insurance, Critical illness Insurance, Discounted YMCA Membership
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Do you have a high school diploma or general education degree (GED)?
Do you have two (2) years previous experience or training involving maintenance, operation, installation, and or repair of water distribution infrastructure or equivalent experience?
The purpose of this classification is to assist the Backflow Systems Inspector with enforcing the backflow/cross connection program within Water Distribution System. This includes overseeing inspections, maintenance and repairs of backflow prevention assemblies, ensuring compliance with regulations, and inspecting the installation, maintenance, and testing of water distribution system infrastructure.
Duties
Essential Functions
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.
Assists in maintaining the Utilities Backflow Prevention/Cross-Connection Program, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations utilizing an electronic records database.
Maintains the Utilities' approved list of certified backflow assembly testers, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements
Keeps accurate records of tester certifications and ensures all test kit calibration documents are updated and renewed as required
Surveys and inspects both existing and new construction sites to verify the installation and proper function of backflow preventers.
Reviews and provides recommendations for approval of blueprints and drawings for new water system installations, verifying proper placement of hydrants, valves, backflow preventers (type, size, and location), mains, and meters.
Coordinates and inspects new water infrastructure installations performed by both internal crews and private contractors.
Monitors and assists with water pressure testing, chlorination, bacteria sampling, and water main installations.
Collaborates with engineering firms regarding water and backflow design changes.
Enforces compliance of GA EPD Minimum Standards for Public Water Systems, Local Ordinances, and Construction Standards and Details.
Operates a computer to enter, retrieve, or review or modify data in computer database; verifies accuracy of entered data; makes corrections as needed; uses knowledge of various software programs to operate a computer in an effective and efficient timely manner.
Prepares and processes various documents, including reports, testing notices, service termination notices, spreadsheets, and correspondence.
Responds to customer inquiries, including business owners and contractors, investigating and resolving issues related to backflow and water distribution.
Monitors and maintains key performance indicators (KPIs) related to backflow prevention compliance, testing completion rates, and system performance to support operational efficiency and regulatory adherence. KPI data to identify trends, potential issues, and areas for improvement within the backflow prevention program.
Communicates via phone, two-way radio, and in-person to provide information, relay messages, and respond to service requests.
Conducts / Attends meetings and provides updates on backflow and water distribution-related matters.
Stays informed on applicable laws, regulations, and industry advancements through professional literature, affiliations, and training sessions.
Additional Functions
Operates a motor vehicle for job-related duties.
May be required to be on-call, work weekends, holidays, special events, and overtime as needed
Other Duties may be assigned
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Diploma, or GED, supplemented by two (2) years previous experience or training involving maintenance, operation, installation, and or repair of water distribution infrastructure or equivalent experience.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia Driver’s License. Must possess and maintain a valid GA Water Distribution System Operator or Class III Water Supply System Operator certification. Must also possess and maintain a valid GA Backflow Prevention Tester certification or ability to obtain within 12 months of hire. Will be required to obtain and maintain Confined Space Entry Certification within 6 months of hire.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position does not carry any supervisory responsibilities. There are no subordinate supervisors or employees reporting directly or indirectly to this role, and no departments fall under its supervision.
Core Competencies & ADA Compliance
Core Competencies & Ada Compliance
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to calculate, compute, summate, and/or tabulate data/information. Includes performing subsequent actions in relation to these computational operations.
Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to communicate a variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions, equations and/or interpret graphs.
Functional Reasoning: Requires ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment within regulation to address variations in assigned objectives.
Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer Skills
Proficient in Computer Systems, Microsoft Office applications, Utility Billing System, and Backflow Program.
ADA COMPLIANCE
Physical Ability: The physical requirements of this position involve standing, walking, and sitting for one-third to two-thirds of the workday. The role also requires frequent use of hands to handle or feel, reaching with arms, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, as well as constant talking and hearing for over two-thirds of the time. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Lifting more than 50 pounds is not typically required, and tasks involving 100 pounds or more are not expected. The position does not require the use of taste or smell in job performance.
Sensory Requirements: This position requires the ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Tasks requiring the lifting of 100 pounds or more are not expected. In addition, the role requires specific vision abilities, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision, to successfully perform essential job functions.
Environmental Factors: The work environment for this position involves regular exposure, for one-third to two-thirds of the time, to wet or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, high or precarious places, outdoor weather conditions, and vibration. There is occasional exposure, under one-third of the time, to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and risk of radiation. The role does not require work in extreme non-weather cold or heat, nor does it involve work with explosives. The typical noise level for this environment is moderate.
Additional Information
- Ensuring 100% compliance on Cross Connection Program annually
- Maintain accurate test records from approved tester in electronic database.
- Keep billing system updated with correct backflow information
- Monitor and maintain KPIs related to backflow prevention compliance and pass/failure rates
- Inspecting New Water Infrastructure to ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations
Employer Paid: Vacation Pay, Sick Pay, Holiday Pay, Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
Optional:Vision Insurance, Short Term Disability Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance, 457(b) Plan
Whole Life Insurance, Critical illness Insurance, Discounted YMCA Membership
01
Do you have a high school diploma or general education degree (GED)?
- Yes
- No
Do you have two (2) years previous experience or training involving maintenance, operation, installation, and or repair of water distribution infrastructure or equivalent experience?
- Yes
- No
- Required Question
