DEFINITION:
Under general supervision, installs, maintains, and repairs sewers, pumping stations, storm drains, and related structures; operates light and heavy equipment; and does other related work as required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
The following duties are essential for this position. Duties may include, but are not limited to the following: Inspects, maintains and/or repairs drainage, and sewer systems to insure that systems are functioning properly; maintains inspection and activity records; checks and cleans equipment and tools; monitors equipment for correct calibration settings; drives trucks of various sizes and weights while loading, hauling, and unloading various equipment, gravel, and sand; performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment referring defects or needed repairs to supervisor; operates construction and power equipment; performs required labor involved in construction and maintenance projects as part of a crew, including pavement cutting, ditch digging (using air tools), manhole and line cleaning, main and pipe repair, laying and backfitting; services sewer lift and other pumps; cleans and maintains storm drains according to the City’s maintenance schedule; operates power equipment used in the sewer department; operates video equipment in order to check sewer mains and storm drains. May assist City electrician or other maintenance crews when needed. May be required to work shifts, weekends, and or holidays.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Training and Experience: Graduation from high school or GED equivalent –AND- two years of construction and maintenance experience related to sewers, storm drains, storm or sewer lift stations OR two years’ experience working in the allied trades.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Required knowledge of the tools, equipment, pumps, basic traffic control and methods used in sewer maintenance work; basic traffic control methods; skill in operating motorized vehicles/equipment safely and effectively; including dump, pick-up, and utility trucks, tamper, plate compactor, saws, pumps, compressors, generators, hand and power tools, shovels, wrenches, detection devices, mobile radio, sewer video equipment and telephone; ability to perform heavy manual tasks for extended periods of time, use equipment safely and properly; receive training/ work in confined spaces; communicate effectively orally and in writing, and establish and maintain effective working relationships with City staff and public.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Must have a class A California Driver’s License with Tanker Endorsement within six months of employment. Employees on “stand-by” status shall be required, at all times, to carry a functioning pager and cell phone and be able to respond to calls within 30 minutes of being paged.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIROMENT:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee must frequently lift and or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The incumbent works regularly in outside weather conditions; frequently works with moving mechanical parts; and is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The incumbent occasionally works in both high, precarious places and confined spaces and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals. Must submit to random drug testing in accordance with the City’s policy regarding drug and alcohol testing for employees under the authority of the Federal Highway Administration.

Revised: January 2006