UTILITY OPERATOR (Drainage Utility)

City of Amarillo; United States; On-site; USD 39,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Amarillo is seeking a Utility Operator IV (Backhoe) to operate heavy equipment for inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of the city’s storm water drainage. The role oversees a small crew and requires manual labor and willingness to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and during bad weather as weather essential personnel.

A Class A CDL is required, and a high school diploma or GED is expected. The position may involve entering confined spaces, traffic control practices, and responding

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Three years experience in utility/storm drainage construction or maintenance preferred.
• Valid Texas Class A CDL is required.
• Must be available to rotate shifts including nights, evenings, weekends, holidays, and inclement weather.
• Weather essential personnel.

Responsibilities

• Operate heavy equipment for storm drainage maintenance and cleaning.
• Supervise utility workers or a small crew.
• Respond to 24-hour emergency callouts.
• Enter confined spaces to inspect piping systems and retrieve equipment.
• Capture and record project progression with electronic devices.
• Prepare daily job reports.

Skills

Communication

Inclement weather

Confined spaces

Equipment operation

Hand tools

Traffic control

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Backhoe

Dump truck 12 cu yd

Volumetric mixer truck

Job description

JOB TITLE:

Utility Operator IV (Backhoe)

JOB CLASS NUMBER:

TRD960

PAY GRADE:

G04

SALARY:

$19.00 per hour

FLSA STATUS:

Non-Exempt

BUSINESS UNIT NAME:

Drainage Utility

REPORTS TO:

Drainage Supervisor

SUPERVISORY WORK:

None

REQUIRED LICENSES:

Class A CDL

SUMMARY

This position operates various types of heavy equipment in the inspection, cleaning, and general maintenance of the City’s storm water drainage. Oversees utility workers or a small work crew and performs considerable manual labor with the crew as needed. This position will be required to work shifts including evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime as necessary by the department, and during inclement weather. This position is considered weather essential personnel.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform general maintenance to and cleaning of storm sewer drainage systems.

• Enters confined spaces, when necessary, to inspect piping systems, retrieve camera equipment, remove large debris, perform general maintenance to storm sewer drainage system, etc.

• Complies with occupational safety rules and practices, and the application of standard work zone traffic control procedures.

• Calculates material quantities necessary for job completion.

• Obtains all supplies necessary for day’s work assignment.

• Properly completes daily job reports.

• Supervises utility worker, and on occasion, small work crew.

• Responds to 24-hour emergency callouts.

• Performs manual labor when necessary to assist in the performance of various tasks or other duties as assigned.
• Capture and record progression of projects utilizing electronic devices.
• Operates other equipment or trucks, such as 12 cubic yard dump truck, backhoe, volumetric mixer truck, etc.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Graduation from high school or GED required. Three (3) years experience in utility/storm drainage construction, or maintenance, or similar type work preferred. Completion of 16 hours training in traffic and barricading procedures during probationary year. Valid Texas Class A CDL is required. This position must be available to work on a rotating shift including nights, evenings, weekends, holidays, and during inclement weather. This position is considered weather essential personnel. Regular and punctual attendance is a requirement of this position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Ability to effectively communicate with co-workers.

• Ability to work in undesirable conditions and inclement weather.

• Ability to work in confined spaces using recovery equipment and following safety procedures.

• Ability to use and/or operate, and/or learn to use and operate storm sewer pipe cleaning/maintenance/repair methods and equipment, light and medium equipment and trucks, i.e., 12 yard dump truck, etc.

• Ability to use hand tools, both power and manual.

• Working knowledge of traffic control devices and their applications .

ADA PROFILE

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is required to exert 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. The employee is also required to balance, crouch, feel, finger, handle, pull, push, reach, speak, stand, stoop, talk, see, and walk. Also requires the ability to make rational decisions and preform repetitive motions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The employee’s work is conducted both indoors and outdoors in all types of weather conditions and in a dynamic environment that requires the employee to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

The City of Amarillo is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from eligible and qualified persons regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information or protected veteran status, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.

The City of Amarillo provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case by case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact the Human Resources Office at 806-378-4294.