Water Maintenance Mechanic

Suffolk; Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Suffolk, VA is hiring a Water Maintenance Mechanic. This role focuses on maintaining and repairing water treatment facilities and equipment under general supervision, while also recording maintenance activities and assisting with parts inventory. Ideal candidates will have a high school education and relevant experience in electrical or mechanical maintenance.

Qualifications

• 1 to 2 years of experience in electrical or mechanical maintenance work.
• Graduation from a vocational course in electrical or mechanical repair.
• Valid Driver's License.

Responsibilities

• Performs maintenance and repair of water treatment plant equipment.
• Overhauls motors and pumps as necessary.
• Monitors and maintains City-owned wells, water towers, pump stations, and vaults.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Problem-solving

Record keeping

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

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Under general supervision, performs skilled maintenance and repair of water treatment plant equipment and related facilities for the City Public Utilities Department. Work involves maintaining and lubricating the water treatment plant pumps and motors, maintaining plant electrical equipment, calibrating and adjusting meters, and maintaining facilities and surrounding grounds. Employee is also responsible for documenting equipment repairs and inspections, assisting with the maintenance of parts inventories, and responding to emergency repair calls. Employee must exercise some independent judgment in completing assigned tasks. Reports to the Maintenance Manager and/or Assistant Maintenance Manager. Â

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

• Performs maintenance and repair of water plant equipment and facilities; lubricates and checks water pumps; installs and maintains electrical equipment essential to the water treatment process.
• Overhauls motors and pumps, as necessary.
• Performs general water plant facility maintenance including all electrical, carpentry and plumbing repairs.
• Maintains logs and records of maintenance work performed, orders emergency parts and maintains a constant inventory of essential parts and equipment.
• Monitors and maintains City-owned wells, water towers, pump stations, and vaults located in residential and commercial areas.
• Calibrates and adjusts monitoring, electronics, and process logic controllers (PLC), as necessary.
• Â Performs landscape maintenance tasks on grounds around water treatment plants and other facilities.
• Assists in maintaining replacement parts inventory.
• Participates in continuing education/safety program with other plant employees, in all areas of industrial operation, in accordance with O.S.H.A. standards.
• Rotates in on-call pool to respond to after-hours calls to perform emergency repair work to water plant and wells system.
• Performs other related duties as required.
  
  

Graduation from high school including or supplemented by vocational course work in electrical and mechanical repair, and 1 to 2 years of experience in electrical or mechanical maintenance work; or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required skills, knowledge and abilities. Requires a valid Driver's License.Â

• Knowledge of the principles of electrical and mechanical maintenance as applicable to water and wastewater treatment systems.
• Knowledge of the common practices, tools, methods and techniques used in the electrical and mechanical maintenance, carpentry and plumbing trades.
• Knowledge of the occupational hazards and proper safety precautions involved in water and wastewater treatment operations.
• Knowledge of the principles of the operation of pumps, motors and related treatment plant equipment.
• Skilled in the use and care of common tools and equipment employed in the electrical and mechanical maintenance and installation, carpentry and plumbing trades.
• Ability to operate machinery used in mechanical and landscape maintenance.
• Ability to detect and repair malfunctions in mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to prepare and maintain simple records.
• Ability to perform physical labor for extended periods of time, possibly under arduous conditions.
• Ability to maintain readiness to work on a 24-hour, call-in basis.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
• Ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments or directions from superiors.
• Ability to read a variety of work orders, reports, correspondence, etc.; to prepare work orders, correspondence, reports, forms, etc., using prescribed formats.
• Ability to speak with poise, voice control and confidence.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including electrical and mechanical terminology.
• Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages.
• Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Manufacturing and Production

• Industries

  Manufacturing

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