UTILITIES TECHNICIAN TRAINEE

City of Oakland Park; Oakland Park (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Oakland Park seeks an entry-level Utilities Technician Trainee to perform unskilled and routine manual labor in installing, inspecting, and maintaining drainage, water, and sewer systems.

Requires a High School diploma or GED and a Florida Class E driver's license; must obtain division certifications within 6 months. On-call work after hours, holidays and weekends may be required.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED plus 6 months of labor experience.
• Florida Class E Driver’s License.
• Must obtain division-specific certification within 6 months (Water Distribution Level 3; Wastewater Class C; Stormwater FSA 1).
• On-call availability after hours, holidays, and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Assist in installing, inspecting, and maintaining drainage, water, and sewer systems.
• Clean culverts, gutters, swales, storm drains, and canals.
• Assist with locating underground facilities prior to excavation.
• Assist with digging trenches, removing concrete, trimming trees and shrubs.
• Load and unload equipment, supplies, tools, and material.
• May operate heavy machinery or other automotive equipment.
• Maintain inventory usage records and assist with debris removal.
• Work with others under written or verbal instruction and follow safety procedures.

Skills

Tool knowledge

Ability to learn equipment

Follow instructions

Heavy manual labor

Public interaction

Professional communication

Safety procedures

Swimming (Stormwater)

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

GENERAL DEFINITION

Entry Level trainee position performs unskilled or routine manual labor duties in the installation, operation, and maintenance of the City’s Stormwater, Wastewater or Water systems. Incumbent must demonstrate a degree of skill in the use of hand and power tools, mechanical equipment or machinery utilized in the installation, operation, and maintenance of the utility systems, structures, and attachments. Work is subject to close supervision and the employee receives instruction subsequent to each new job assignment.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

The list of duties and functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this classification. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are logical assignments to the position.

• Assists in installing, inspecting, and maintaining the maintenance of drainage systems, water and sewer mainlines, service lines, water meters, fire hydrants, valves, sewer manholes, lateral sewers and other appurtenances as assigned.
• Assists in cleaning culverts, gutters, ditches, swales, storm drains, canals, beaches, and many other similar jobs.
• Assists in and performs the location and marking of existing underground facilities prior to excavation
• Assists with the digging of trenches, removes concrete, trims, and prunes trees and shrubbery.
• Loads and unloads equipment, supplies, tools, and material.
• May operate heavy machinery and/other automotive equipment.
• Assists in maintaining inventory usage records
• Assists with the removal of debris from canals
• Assists other employees and technicians in all aspects of assignment by written order or verbal instruction.
• Operates and maintains hand and power tools associated with job tasks.
• Must work in accordance with the City’s workplace safety procedures.
• Requires regular attendance to scheduled work shifts.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Knowledge of the use and care of simple manual and power hand tools.
• Ability to learn the use and maintenance of associated special equipment
• Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor for extended periods, often under varying climatic conditions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public
• Communicates with co-workers, management, citizens, and others in a courteous and professional manner
• Conforms with and abides by all departmental and City Regulations, policies, work procedures, and instructions.
• If placed within the Stormwater Division, the ability to swim is mandatory.

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE

High School diploma or GED equivalent; supplemented by six (6) months of labor experience. Must hold a State of Florida Class E Driver’s License. Must obtain certification specific to the division assigned within 6 months or pass the test required for the certification. For Water Division—Water Distribution Level 3 Certification, for Wastewater Division—Class C Wastewater Collection Certificate and for Stormwater—Pass initial Certification FSA 1 Exam. * Utilities Technician Trainees who obtain their respective certification and have 1 year of labor experience will progress to a Utilities Technician I and receive a 5% increase. Position will be required to be on call to work after hours, holidays, and weekends.

PREFERRED

6 months experience in plumbing, pipe fitting, irrigation, or similar

Certification in work zone traffic control (MOT).

NOTE: Utilities Technician Trainees who obtain their Class B With Tanker endorsement CDL or obtain a level 3 water certification and have 1 year of labor experience during employment will progress to a Utilities Technician I and receive a 5% increase.