Water & Sewer Utilities Maintenance Specialist 4 - Trainee

1 month ago


Clearwater, United States Pinellas County FL Full time

Water & Sewer Utilities Maintenance Specialist – Trainee

Classification Title: Utilities Maintenance Specialist 4 - Trainee (Water & Sewer), C55

Location: - nd Avenue North; Largo, FL or Dunn Avenue Drive, Palm Harbor, FL

Work Schedule: 4-Day work week with 10-hour shifts 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

** ONLY PINELLAS COUNTY PERMANENT & PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES MAY APPLY **

Work maintaining a complex network of supervisors and technical water, wastewater, and reclaimed water utilities system. This is advanced administrative, technical, and supervisory work supporting a network of utilities system lines, pumping stations, metering facilities and automated controls. Employees in this class plan, supervise, and provide technical assistance to operations and maintenance personnel. Direction is given to subordinates diagnosing and planning repair and installation work. Employees participate in reviews of new or modified operations and exercise independent judgment within established technical standards. The position reports to a division supervisor, unit supervisor or designee.

Essential Job Functions

Assigns and directs work of maintenance crews in the replacement, repair or upgrade of water, wastewater, and reclaimed water systems. Supervises correct measures for emergency and construction equipment. Responsible for inventory of asset equipment, employee time records, scheduling of work to include early parts pick up, performing discipline and writing performance reviews. Makes inspection of work site in advance of work performed. Analyzes data relating to sanitary sewer interruptions and overflows, pressurized water, sewer and reclaimed main breaks, installation, relocation and replacement. Coordinates field logistics related to labor, equipment and material allocation. Interprets "as built" Engineering schematics or material specification drawings that need to be deciphered prior to installation or procurement. Estimates project costs through job site assessments and presenting a sound business case of your findings. Selects and trains new personnel, prepares work schedules, conducts performance evaluations, coordinates overtime and maintains employee time records. Completes work related reports and/or maintains operation and maintenance logs. Performs related work as assigned or required.

Position Specific Requirements

·4 years of skilled utilities field or bench work experience that includes supervisory or lead worker experience.

An equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience. Must possess and maintain a State of Florida Class B Commercial Driver's License with a Tanker Endorsement. Must possess and maintain a State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Class 3 Distribution System Operators License (DEP). Must possess and maintain a Temporary Traffic Control Certification or position may be demoted. Assignment to work a variety of work schedules including compulsory work periods in special, emergency, and/or disaster situations.

Highly Desirable

Knowledge of services offered by the County and other local community services agencies. Fluent in any languages other than English, particularly Spanish. Ability to work a flexible work schedule when needed.

Physical/Mental Demands

The work is very heavy work which requires exerting in excess of pounds of force occasionally and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium. Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand. Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward. Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Visual ability: Sufficient to effectively operate office equipment including copier, computer, etc.; and to read and write reports, correspondence, instructions, etc. Hearing ability: Sufficient to hold a conversation with other individuals both in person and over a telephone; and to hear recording on transcription device. Speaking ability: Sufficient to communicate effectively with other individuals in person and over a telephone. Mental acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes. Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Repetitive motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers. Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time. Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles. Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Working Conditions

Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to co-workers or others.

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