Water Maintenance Technician

Located in Alton, TX

Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Lays water mains; valves, fittings, clamps, and sleeves, and responsible for the more difficult repairs; flushes lines; backfills around pipes; landscapes upon completion.
2. Makes routine water taps; digs holes for taps; sets up tapping mechanism; makes tie-ins; installs water service lines and meters.
3. Cuts and bevels pipes; threads pipes; caulks joints.
4. Operates related heavy equipment such as electric grinder, air compressor, jack hammer, acetylene torch, dump truck and boom truck; may operate backhoe.
5. May operate all necessary heavy equipment such as boring and jacking equipment, trencher, backhoe, and other related equipment.
6. Works in proximity of underground utilities such as water, electric, telephone, sewer and gas.
7. Locate and identify all underground utilities by means of hand-digging, shovel, or vac system.
8. Performs non-machine tasks such as placing pipe in trench, hand digging, and tapping.
9. Replaces angle stops, meter boxes, and meters.
10. Performs maintenance on materials, tools, and equipment.
11. Performs emergency repairs on the water distribution system after normal working hours.
12. Must be on call as assigned on nights, weekends, holidays, and during inclement weather and especially during emergency situations.
13. Performs other job duties as assigned.