What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Service Technician: Trainee, Technician or Senior position at Town of Leesburg?
Do you want to apply your expertise for a cause you can feel good about? Do you want to work for an organization that wants you to grow with it and offers tuition reimbursement, certification training, and a chance to learn about multiple industries? Come work for the Town of Leesburg, hometown of the 21st century! Located 35 miles west of the nation's capital in the heart of DC's Wine Country, you'll enjoy a vibrant and authentic community with "big city" amenities. The Town of Leesburg strongly encourages innovation, promotes career development, and offers excellent benefits to employees. Benefits include membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System, excellent healthcare insurance, and other fringe benefits.
Who We're Looking For
If you identify with the following descriptions, then you may be perfect for the Town of Leesburg:
- Creative problem solver
- Proactive self-starter
- Life-long learner
- Strong team player
- Passionate about excellent customer service
- Positive, can-do attitude
- Effective communicator
- Desire to impart knowledge to others
- "Early adopter" of new technologies
The Town's Department of Utilities offers a career development program. The purpose of the program is to recognize and compensate individuals who have acquired additional or advance work related knowledge, skills and abilities during their career with the department. This program provides a career development plan based on an employee's performance, training, licensure and length of service.
What You’ll Be Doing
This is an entry-level to advanced-level skilled position performing tasks associated with physically initiating and discontinuing water service, leak investigation and various customer service functions in addition to inspection and repair of fire hydrants and setting, reading, programming, repairing and maintaining water meters and meter transmitter units. The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled installation, maintenance and customer service tasks on residential and commercial water meters. This is accomplished by locating, installing, reading, replacing, repairing, testing, and adjusting a variety of large complex component water meters and fire hydrants. Other duties may include completing related tasks as assigned. This position is primarily outdoors, working individually, to meet deadlines on a daily basis.
For a more detailed job description, please visit the Town's Job Description page.
The Town's Utility Department is a hard working team of friendly professionals who strive together to exceed in excellence. Come and join our team!
Field Service Technician: Four years of specific water meter and utility system experience. Forklift, cross connection and confined space certifications. Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with Class B with ability to obtain tanker endorsement. Back flow Certified. Bilingual in English/Spanish.
Field Service Senior Technician: Six years of specific water meter and utility system experience. Bilingual in English/Spanish.
Compensation and Benefits
The Town of Leesburg is committed to providing competitive compensation and benefits, and opportunities to grow one's career, all while making a significant impact on the operations and quality of life in a thriving community.
The Town offers competitive compensation, affordable health insurance coverage, participation in the Virginia Retirement System, an optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution, flexible spending accounts, voluntary benefits, employee assistance program (EAP), membership to the Town's full-service recreation center, an optional payroll Roth 457 and generous paid time off. For more information on the Town's robust benefits package, please visit the Town's Employee Benefits page.
EOE/ADA
Salary : $53,570 - $127,295