Senior Water Utility Technician

City of Tigard; Oregon (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Tigard seeks a skilled municipal professional to serve as a technical lead for water distribution projects, overseeing pumps, valves, and meters and coordinating maintenance activities. The role ensures reliable water services for Tigard's community.

The position emphasizes collaboration with a SEIU-represented team, and a schedule of 9-hour shifts Monday–Thursday with an every-other-Friday off, aligning with city operations and public service commitments.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade supplemented by two (2) years of college-level coursework or specialized technical training in a related field and four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience performing skilled maintenance experience in water distribution systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead in Aquifer Storage and Recovery projects including well pump/motor/motor control center rehabilitation.
• Assist as technical lead implementing capital maintenance projects.
• Maintain the water distribution system hydraulic network and participate in preventive maintenance.
• Implement a new preventive maintenance program in AMMS over the next year.
• Provide technical direction to assigned water utility technicians and maintenance staff; review quality of work.

Skills

Water distribution maintenance

Technical leadership

Education

HS diploma + college coursework

Tools

Asset Maintenance Management System (AMMS)

Job description

At the City of Tigard, our talented, industrious, and innovative municipal government professionals have been providing essential services and recreational spaces to Tigard’s growing community for over 60 years. City of Tigard team members enjoy meaningful work, a diverse and inclusive culture of belonging, job specific flexibility and opportunities for growth and advancement. Incorporated in 1961, Tigard is Oregon’s 12th largest city and is part of the Portland metropolitan area.

OUR VALUES

At Team Tigard, we are the ambassadors of our municipal services to the members of our community. We aspire to treat all people with dignity, respect, and care; to demonstrate the equitable and sustainable practices that are environmentally and fiscally sound, and to engage with each other as trusted colleagues to achieve excellence in all we do. We do the right things, and we get things done.

• Will assist as technical lead in Aquifer Storage and Recovery projects including well pump/motor/motor control center rehabilitation.
• Assist as technical lead implementing capital maintenance projects.
• Will take part and assist as technical lead in operating and maintaining the water distribution system hydraulic network
• Assist in implementing a new preventive maintenance program in our Asset Maintenance Management System (AMMS) over the next year.
• Provides technical and functional direction to assigned water utility technicians and utility worker maintenance staff; reviews and controls quality of work; participates in performing routine to complex maintenance and repair work.
• Inspects and repairs underground water pipes, valves, meters, and associated appurtenances to locate leaks, breaks, and infiltration on a scheduled preventive as well as corrective maintenance basis.
• Responds to customer calls regarding leaks, questions, or complaints about reported water usage, water quality, and other customer-related issues.

Education and Experience:

Any combination of training and experience, which would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade supplemented by two (2) years of college-level coursework or specialized technical training in a related field and four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience performing skilled maintenance experience in water distribution systems.

Union Representation:

SEIU

Schedule:

General working days are Monday thru Thursday one week (9-hour shifts) and Friday off. The following week will be Monday thru Thursday (9-hour shifts) and an 8-hour shift on Friday. This schedule provides a three-day weekend every other week.