Utility Maintenance Worker 600

City of Lansing, Michigan

Lansing (MI)

On-site

USD 52,000 - 68,000

Full time

7 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Plan

Life Insurance

Vacation

Sick Leave

Holidays

Parking/Transportation Subsidy

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

The City of Lansing is seeking a full-time Wastewater Maintenance Worker for one of the largest wastewater facilities in Michigan. The role covers maintenance of plant and pump station equipment, plus lawn and grounds tasks.

The City offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package including paid vacation, sick and holiday leave. Ideal candidates have a High School Diploma or GED, four years of related experience (or equivalent), and hold a Michigan Class A CDL with required safety

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED.
Four years of experience in maintenance/repair of wastewater treatment plant and/or pump station equipment.
OR an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Michigan Class A CDL required.
MDOT Traffic Regulator Certification required.
Confined Space Training and Certification required.
Powered Industrial Truck and Aerial Work Platform Certifications required.
Must live within 20 miles of City limits and participate in rotating On-Call Schedule.

Responsibilities

Monitors field pumping and regulator activities, regularly entering stations.
Reads instruments to ensure proper flow rates and activates pumps as needed.
Responds to alarms, troubleshoots, and proposes solutions.
Performs entry into manholes and confined spaces per safety procedures.
Cleans, repairs, services, and operates wastewater equipment.
Performs pipe-fitting tasks and ensures measurements.
Operates hand and power tools.
Provides training and direction to new or temporary workers.
Drives pickup truck for snow removal and towing generators.
Mows grass and maintains grounds.
Sets up compliant traffic control.
Fabricates parts and rebuilds equipment.

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

CDL

MDOT Certification

Confined Space Training

Powered Industrial Truck Certification

Aerial Work Platform Certification

Job description

Job Advertisement

The City of Lansing is seeking full-time Wastewater Maintenance Workers in one of the largest wastewater facilities in Michigan. This is a great opportunity for individuals to apply their knowledge and skillset to the maintenance and operation of the wastewater treatment plant, pump stations (electronic, pneumatic, and hydraulic equipment), and lawn, grounds, and landscaping tasks. The City of Lansing offers a competitive wage and benefit package including paid vacation, sick and holiday leave.

Special Requirements & Training

Must be able to operate standard transmission vehicles.
Must live within a 20-mile radius of City limits; the position is subject to call-ins, shift work, and overtime.
Must pass and maintain MDOT Traffic Regulator Certification.
Must pass and maintain Confined Space Training and Certification.
Must pass and maintain Powered Industrial Truck and Aerial Work Platform Certifications.
Must participate in a rotating On-Call Schedule.
Must possess and maintain a Michigan Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).

Ideal Candidates Will Possess The Following

High School Diploma or GED
Four (4) years of experience in the maintenance and repair of Wastewater Treatment Plant and/or Pumping Station equipment and facilities;
OR an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Essential Position Functions Include but are Not Limited To

Monitors field pumping and regulator activities, regularly entering stations.
Reads wide range of instruments to ensure flow rates are at proper levels and activates additional pumps when flow rates threaten to exceed existing capacity.
Responds to alarms at facilities, performs troubleshooting, and proposes solutions to operational problems.
Enters manholes and other confined spaces as required in accordance with all applicable safety procedures.
Cleans, repairs, services, and operates a wide range of Wastewater Treatment Plant and pump station equipment including but not limited to electric motors, pumps, blowers, dehumidifiers, compressors, generators, and other machinery.
Performs pipe-fitting tasks such as cutting and threading pipes and ensure work conforms to needed measurements.
Operates a wide range of hand and power tools including but not limited to drills, power saws, gasoline pumps, cutting torches, welders, grinders, and sewer cleaning jets.
Provides training and work direction to new or temporary assigned workers.
Drives and operates a pick-up truck for snow removal and towing generators to work sites.
Mows grass, trims trees and brushes along with other ground keeping activities.
Set-up compliant traffic control.
Fabricates parts and rebuilds equipment.

The City of Lansing is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Certified Veteran Friendly Employer. The City of Lansing provides reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, or during employment, notify the Department of Human Resources at (517) 483-4004. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

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U.A.W. Local #2256 Fringe Benefits Summary

Health Insurance

Base - includes a $40.00 co-pay for office visits. Prescription drug co-pays are $10/$40/$80. This plan includes a $1000/single and $2000/family in network deductible and 80% co-insurance. Emergency room services have a $250 co-pay and Urgent Care visits have a $60 co-pay.
Option 1 - includes a $30.00 co-pay for office visits. Prescription drug co-pays are $10/$40/$80. This plan includes a $500/single and $1000/family in network deductible and 80% co-insurance. Emergency room services have a $150 co-pay and Urgent Care visits have a $50 co-pay.
Option 2 - includes a $15.00 co-pay for office visits. Prescription drug co-pays are $0/$15/$40. Emergency room services with a $50 co-pay, and a 50% co-pay for mental health and substance abuse services.

If the employee chooses to “buy up” to Option 1, they will pay the difference between the premium cost and the State Mandated Hard Cap amount. If an employee chooses the Option 2 plan, they will be responsible for the premium cost difference between Option 1 and Option 2. Benefit summaries and rate sheets are available in the Department of Human Resources.

Dental Insurance

The City pays the full premium costs for the Dental plan provided by the City; coverage includes the employee and family members. Coverage is effective the first day of the month following thirty calendar days of service. Coverage includes 100% coverage for cleaning: 50% coverage for treatment costs with an $1500 maximum per person per contract year. Employees and dependents will also receive orthodontic coverage which provides fifty percent (50%) of treatment costs with a $3000.00 lifetime maximum per person. Booklets and summaries are available in the Department of Human Resources.

Vision Plan

Employees are eligible for the BCBS VSP 12/12/12 Vision Plan. This plan provides vision exams, lenses, and frames, and contact lenses with a co-pay. Benefit summaries are available in the Department of Human Resources.

Life Insurance

The City pays the premium for a base $50000 of group life and $50000 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance for full-time regular employees. Life insurance coverage for dependents is available for a reasonable cost to the employee, in accordance with the following schedule:

Spouse $50000
Unmarried child, age 14 days to 6 months $ 500
6 months to 23 years $ 2500

Medical and Dependent Care Reimbursement

Employees have the opportunity to pay for unreimbursed medical expenses, and dependent care costs with pretax dollars through AFLAC. AFLAC also offers supplemental insurances that may purchased on a pretax basis through payroll deduction. Unreimbursed medical will be limited to $2500 per plan year.

Sick and Accident Insurance

Employees will be eligible for a twenty-six (26) week sickness and accident policy that includes a benefit beginning on the eighth (8) day. following accidents and the fifteenth (15) day following illnesses. The weekly benefit will be 66 2/3's percent of the employee’s weekly wage, with a maximum benefit of $1500.

Bereavement

At the time of the death of a spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent and parent of a current spouse, an employee will be entitled to use a maximum of the next five (5) working days with pay, to arrange for and/or attend the funeral. Additional time may be taken off with the approval of the department head and charged to vacation, personal leave, or compensatory time. An employee will be entitled to use a maximum of three (3) working days with pay, to make arrangements and attend the funeral for child-by-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, grandchild, aunt and uncle.

Holidays

New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Friday After Thanksgiving Day
Day Before Christmas
Christmas Day
Day Before New Year’s Day

Longevity

Longevity bonuses will be paid to employees as follows:

5 but less than 10 years of service 2%
10 but less than 15 years of service 4%
15 but less than 20 years of service 6%
20 but less than 25 years of service 8%
25 years or more of service 10%

Following completion of five (5) years of continuous full-time service by October first of any year and continuing in subsequent years, each employee will receive annual longevity payments as provided in the schedule. Payments to employees will be paid by December first.

No longevity payment as above scheduled will be made for that portion of an employee’s regular salary or wage which is in excess of the negotiated maximum base wage, which is currently $25000.

Vacation

A new full-time employee shall be credited with forty (40) hours vacation time credited to their leave bank following 6 months of service. After the first year of service the regular full-time employee will receive an additional forty (40) hours of vacation time credited to their leave bank. In subsequent years two (2) years through five (5) years of service, employees receive 10 days’ vacation. Thereafter, employees will receive one (1) additional day per each year of additional full-time service, not to exceed a maximum vacation leave of 20 workdays.

Personal Leave

Employees receive two (2) personal leave days annually on January first or at time of hire. Personal days must be used by December 31, or they will be forfeited.

Sick Leave

Employees will be credited with 3.70 hours of sick leave each pay ending (Approximately (1) one day per month). Employees may use sick leave for absences due to his/her illness or injury, including pregnancy, or an illness or injury in his/her immediate family. No sick leave credit will be accrued by an employee during an unpaid leave of absence.

An employee who has accumulated 60 days of sick shall have the option at the end of the calendar year to relinquish and receive a reimbursement for up to the first four unused sick leave days accrued that year over 60 days.

Compensatory Time

In lieu of receiving pay for overtime, which is worked, an employee may, with prior approval of the department representative, request to receive compensatory time off earned at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) hours compensatory time off for one (1) hour of overtime worked. Compensatory time shall be cumulative up to a maximum total of one hundred twenty (120) hours.

Boot Allowance

An annual boot allowance of $250 for full time employees will be issued to members who are on active payroll as of April 15th of the year. Seasonal employees will be eligible for a $150 allowance under the same provisions as above.

Education Reimbursement

The City will reimburse for tuition and lab fees for approved college level course work or other departmentally approved training or education programs which are taken off-duty. Costs will be reimbursed at a rate not to exceed $500.00.

Parking/Transportation Subsidy

An employee will be eligible for a monthly CATA bus pass at the City’s expense or elect to receive a parking subsidy.

Deferred Compensation

Employees are eligible to participate in the City’s 457 Deferred Compensation Plans. Currently the City contracts with two vendors that employees may choose from; these vendors are VOYA and T. Rowe Price. Employees may contribute up to a maximum annually allowed through payroll deduction. The minimum contribution is $15.00 per pay period. The City of Lansing will match up $250 per year. Summaries are available in the Department of Human Resources.

Retirement

Employees will belong to the City of Lansing General Employees Retirement System (ERS) and a Deferred Compensation Plan.

Defined Benefit Plan - The retirement factor for full time members will be one and one-half percent (1.50%). Employee contributions for retirement will be three percent (3%) and deducted on a pretax basis. Vesting in the Defined Benefit plan is based upon eight (8) years of full-time service. Pension eligibility is twenty-five years of service and age 50 or age 58 and eight (8) years of service. Annual retirement amount is calculated by final average compensation the sum of a) 1.5 times the first 35 years of credited service, plus b) 1.5% times the next 5 years of service, plus c) 1% of credited service in excess of 40 years of credited service. The maximum pension allowance is not to exceed 110% of an employee’s base wage.

Deferred Compensation Plan – The employee is required to make a 2% mandatory contribution, and the City of Lansing will contribute 4% calculated on the member’s base salary. Base salary includes the amount the employee receives prior to any premium payments. Vesting in this plan is immediate, and eligibility to access this fund is the date of termination.

Retirement healthcare will consist of an account through MERS. Employees will contribute 3% of their base wages, and the City will contribute 4%. Vesting in this plan will be five (5) years.

NOTE: The benefits listed above reflect the current benefits for United Auto Workers bargaining unit members. These benefits are subject to change depending on the terms and conditions that are negotiated in future collective bargaining agreements between the City of Lansing and UAW Local 2256.

Department of Human Resources, 8th Floor City Hall, 124 West Michigan Avenue, Lansing MI 48933. Phone: 483-4014

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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