Utility Maintenance Specialist

City of Maypearl; Baytown (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Baytown is seeking a dedicated Utility Maintenance Specialist to join our Public Works team. You will troubleshoot, repair, and maintain critical utility systems, including water distribution and sewer lines, ensuring reliable service to the community.

Responsibilities include repairing leaks, installing meters and lines, and maintaining equipment. The role requires drive-time, adherence to safety standards, and progression through TEEX course requirements for TCEQ licenses.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid Texas driver’s license or ability to obtain within 90 days.
• Class A CDL with endorsements (air brakes, cargo, and combination) within six months.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair water distribution systems to ensure unobstructed flow to treatment.
• Repair water leaks on mains, service lines, meters, valves, and hydrants; install/replace meters and lines.
• Inspect and service trucks, tractors, water pumps, and tools daily; operate dump/utility trucks to job sites.

Skills

Driver's license

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

TEEX courses

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated Utility Maintenance Specialist to join our team. In this vital role, you will be responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining essential utility systems, including plumbing, electrical, and HVAC. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in utility maintenance, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. If you are passionate about ensuring the reliability and efficiency of critical infrastructure, we encourage you to apply.

Provides maintenance and repair of water distribution systems. Ensures the unobstructed flow of sewage through the collection system to a treatment plant.

• Repairs water leaks on mains, service lines, meters, valves, and fire hydrants. Installs or replaces meters, water taps, water lines, valves, fire hydrants, and service lines. Performs back filling and leveling of job sites. Washes and flushes main sewer lines using a wash truck or Vactor truck.
• Repairs and replaces old sanitary sewer lines with new pipe and replaces sewer taps. Backfills and levels job sites. Installs, raises and cleans out manholes.
• Inspects and maintains trucks, tractors, water pumps, and tools on a daily basis. Turns in records daily.
• Drives dump trucks and 2 1/2 ton utility trucks, hauling backhoe and materials to job sites. After one year, training on operation of a backhoe.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record (must obtain TX driver’s license within 90 days).
• Possess valid Class "A" Texas Commercial Driver's License with the endorsements of air brakes, cargo, and combination within six months of date in position.

Entry Level

• Ability to pass all pre-employment qualifications.
• Little or no experience.

Level I

• Six months experience.
• Pass entry-level test and or qualifications (refer to the Manual of Verification Standards).
• Complete one of the required TEEX courses (20 hours) needed for TCEQ Licenses.

Level II

• One year experience.
• Pass all previous levels tests and or qualifications (refer to the Manual of Verification Standards).
• Complete one of the additional required TEEX courses (20 hours) needed for TCEQ Licenses.

Level III

• Eighteen months experience.
• Pass all previous levels tests and or qualifications (refer to the Manual of Verification Standards).
• Complete two of the additional required TEEX courses (40 hours) needed for TCEQ Licenses.

Level IV

• Two plus year’s experience.
• Pass all previous levels tests and or qualifications (refer to the Manual of Verification Standards).
• Complete two of the additional required TEEX courses (40 hours) needed for TCEQ Licenses.

Here at the City of Baytown, in recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you bring. We strive to provide a workplace where differences are honored, with a workforce that reflects the diversity of the people we serve.

Attendance is an essential function of this position. The City reserves the right to require an employee in this position to work overtime. This position provides services or performs duties for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations. These may include services or duties different from those performed in the usual course and scope of your job. In the event of an evacuation, the incumbent in this position may be required to remain to perform needed services.

Overall Position Strength Demands

Very Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.