Utility Worker

Excellent Benefits

The City provides a comprehensive benefits package that is largely employer paid including Medical/Dental/Vision, FSA/HSA, WA State PERS, Life/AD&D and generous paid Vacation, Holiday and Sick Leave Programs. The City also offers optional 457 and Roth (up to 2% City match), LTD and Supplemental Life plan participation.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for a wide-variety of labor duties in a safe and efficient manner ranging from extended physical exertion to semi-skilled tasks requiring manipulative skills.
• Operates and maintains a variety of equipment and hand and power tools, including but not limited to an eductor truck, pick-up truck, boom truck, dump truck, excavator, grader, backhoe, loader, roto hammer, jack hammer, tapping machine, torque wrench, power cutoff saw, compactor, gas-powered water pump, and air compressor varying in frequency depending upon the season, maintenance program, climatic conditions or the Cities and customers' needs.
• Adheres to established safety procedures and utilizes safety equipment including gas monitors, tripods, harnesses and blowers for confined space entry.
• Performs excavation of holes and trenches up to 12 feet deep, installation and repair of water service lines, fire hydrants, fire lines, meters and meter chambers and water mains and main line valves.
• Adheres to established safety procedures and utilizes safety equipment as required.
• Performs work in compliance with instructions, policies, procedures and legal requirements.
• Works closely with contractors and engineers on utility projects. Assists with meter installations and main line connections to the water system.
• Removes and replaces asphalt and concrete during construction excavation of water mains or services.
• Performs regularly schedule maintenance tasks including main line valve exercising, line flushing, pressure regulating valve maintenance and meter repairs.
• Controls traffic around construction sites including assembling and set up of traffic control devices such as barricades, cones and flag stands.
• Locates water and sewer utilities as requested for construction activities.
• Documents, and maintains complete and concise records of, maintenance and repairs.
• Maintains a clean work environment. Performs clean up tasks throughout shift.

Other job functions:

• May serve on rotating standby or "on-call" duty 24-hours per day for seven days per week.
• Assists with training of other less experienced employees, as assigned.
• May be temporarily assigned to other divisions as needed for support including but not limited to snow plowing, sanding, de-icing application and concrete work.
• Performs other duties as needed or directed.

Qualification Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Three years of experience working for a water utility or in the construction field with substantial experience in installation of water sewer, storm and irrigation mains, fire hydrants and service lines.
• Current WA State Class A CDL (tanker endorsement/air brake restrictions removed).
• WA Department of Health Water Distribution Manager (WDM) – Operator-in-Training (OIT) Certification. Must obtain level 1 WDM Certification within 2 years and level 2 within 3 years of hire.
• Must obtain a WA State Flagging Card within 3-months of hire and maintain throughout employment.

City of Wenatchee Government

The City of Wenatchee is a full-service City employing 190 employees. In addition to Public Works, other departments include Police, Community Development, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, Finance, Human Resources and Information Technology. The City operates under a Strong Mayor form of government with seven council members. Active boards and commissions advise the City Council with governance.

The Community

The City of Wenatchee is home to 33,921 people with approximately 70,000 living in the greater Wenatchee urban area. Located in a beautiful valley at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers and on the east slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range, the city enjoys wonderful abundant sunshine with four distinct seasons. The average rainfall is a mere 10 inches per year making the region a focal point of Washington State for outdoor recreation. Wenatchee is the largest city in rural North Central Washington and thus provides a small-town atmosphere with big city amenities striking a great balance between rural and urban qualities of life. Furthermore, the city is only 30-minutes from the renowned resort towns of Leavenworth and Lake Chelan. For those desiring occasional amenities of major metropolitan areas, Seattle is a short scenic 3-hour drive or 30-minute flight away making Wenatchee very attractive to many people and families relocating from the Puget Sound area.

Find out more about the City at https://www.wenatcheewa.gov. Some of the tourism highlights of the region can be viewed at https://www.visitchelancounty.com/ and http://wenatchee.org/. Our historic downtown is a nationally recognized Main Street with an active downtown association https://wendowntown.org/.

Must See

"We are Wenatchee Part I" https://vimeo.com/88411706
"We are Wenatchee Part II" https://vimeo.com/121429638
"We are Wenatchee Part III" https://vimeo.com/208608170

How to Apply

Please visit the City of Wenatchee website to view the employment opportunity, job description and complete an online application:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wenatcheewa.

Open Until Filled.

Salary/Compensation: $68,466 - $79,258 per year