Water Services System Technician - Water Distribution - $2,000 Hiring Bonus

City of Glendale (AZ); Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 64,954,000 - 97,311,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring bonus $2,000

Benefits package

ASRS retirement

Job summary

The City of Glendale seeks a Water Distribution System Technician to perform skilled construction, maintenance, and repair on the distribution network, including mains, hydrants, valves, and meters.

This on-site role requires two years of relevant experience, a CDL, and ADEQ certification within 12 months; a $2,000 hiring bonus is offered along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Two years' experience in construction, maintenance, and repair work.
• Experience operating light to heavy equipment.
• Arizona Class A CDL with tanker endorsement required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform skilled and semi-skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work on the water distribution network.
• Install, test, maintain, and repair water mains, meters, hydrants, and related facilities.
• Operate and maintain equipment and ensure safety, traffic control, and record-keeping.

Skills

Reading blueprints

Safety awareness

Public communication

Equipment operation

Job description

About Us:

The City of Glendale's Water Services Department provides over 250,000 residents with safe, reliable, and high-quality water and wastewater services. Glendale Water Services promotes industry best practices, leadership, and innovation to ensure our employees put public health and the vitality of our community first!

The Role:

The Water Services System Technician - Water Distribution performs skilled, and semi-skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work on the City of Glendale's water distribution network. Duties will include installing, testing, maintaining, and repairing water mains, sewer mains, services valves, fire hydrants, manholes and stormwater facilities.

This position will be open until filled; applicants will be reviewed as they are received.

Salary:

• FLSA non-exempt, and will earn overtime for any hours worked over 40 in a week.
• A Grade 312 with an hourly salary between $22.6404 - $33.9606.

Hiring Bonus:

In addition to a generous salary, this position also offers a $2,000 Hiring Bonus!

• $1,000 after 30 days of employment
• $1,000 after 6 months of employment

* You must be an active employee at the time the hiring bonus is scheduled to be paid in order to receive the bonus. Current City of Glendale employees are not eligible for hiring bonuses.

Benefits:

The City of Glendale offers a generous benefits package with competitive rates that become effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.

Below are some City of Glendale benefits resources for your review:

• 2025 - 2026 Benefits Guide
• City of Glendale Benefits Presentation
• City of Glendale’s Benefits Page

Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave:

City of Glendale Regular status positions offer:

• 10.5 paid holidays per year, and full-time employees are also granted an additional 12 hours of holiday special leave per calendar year to celebrate their cultural or religious holidays
• Vacation leave accrues at:
  • 5.33 hours per pay period (138 hours/17.25* days per year)
  • Increases to 6.12 hours per pay period after 5 years
  • Then caps out at 7.6 hours per pay period after 10 years of service
• Sick leave accrues at 4.4 hours per pay period (114 hours/14.25 days* per year)

* Days per year estimates are based on an 8-hour work day

Retirement:

This position participates in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

• Contribution is mandatory, and deducted every pay period
• The current contribution rate is 12.00%

Why Choose Glendale:

The City of Glendale is the West Valley’s entertainment nexus; whether it’s attending a world-class sporting event at StateFarm Stadium, enjoying a concert at Desert Diamond Arena, or shopping and dining at the Westgate Entertainment District, as a City of Glendale employee, you'll be right in the middle of it all! Glendale is centrally located within the west valley and has convenient access to the 101, 303, US 60, and I-10 freeways. With development happening all around the city, you will notice new homes and businesses being constructed frequently.

At the City of Glendale you'll have the opportunity to interact and engage with a highly diverse, dedicated, and skilled group of professionals. It is one of the best places to work, to grow your career, skills, and advance your future.

1. Performs skilled and semi-skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work.
2. Operate various light, medium, and heavy equipment including 3-ton utility truck, backhoe, combination jetter and vacuum truck, dump truck, utility crane truck, hydro-excavation equipment and Closed Circuit TV.
3. Uses power and hand tools, light, and heavy equipment to accomplish tasks.
4. Explains and enforces rules and regulations pertaining to safety, barricading, direction of traffic, hazardous materials, and operation of equipment.
5. Maintains daily work records; perform computerized data entry work.
6. Transports and sets up supplies and equipment; makes required safety checks.
7. Installs, tests, maintains, and repairs water mains, sewer mains, services valves, fire hydrants, manholes and storm water facilities.
8. Taps water mains and installs services, and water meters.
9. Tests, repairs, maintains, replaces, and relocates existing large and small water meters.
10. Performs water turn off/turn on for scheduled maintenance and emergencies.
11. Responds/resolves high and no water usage complaints.
12. Installs, pulls, relocates, testing, repairs, assembles, and reads water meters.
13. Constructs and maintains large meter vaults and manholes.
14. Excavates job sites, restores job sites to pre-work conditions.
15. Investigates sewer odors, stoppages and roach requests including storm water related issues.
16. Hydro cleans sewer and storm lines to remove obstacles.
17. Assists in setting up, operating, and maintaining the closed circuit television equipment, and televising of sewer and storm lines.
18. Operates city vehicles which require a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
19. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Two years' experience in construction, maintenance, and repair work and/or in the operation of light, medium, and heavy equipment related to the area of assignment. Operation of light to heavy equipment such as 3-ton utility truck, backhoe, combination jetter and vacuum truck, dump truck, utility crane truck, hydro-excavation equipment and close circuit televising truck.

Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. One year of relevant experience may be substituted for each year of required education.

Knowledge of:

• Rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to area of assignment
• Materials, tools, equipment, safety hazards and precautions common to the assigned areas of responsibility
• Confined space entry procedures
• Blue stake laws and underground utility identification practices

Ability to:

• Read and understand blueprints, technical diagrams, maps, and blue staking procedures
• Barricade work sites according to the Phoenix barricade manual
• Understand and follow safe working practices
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions
• Notify residents and businesses of work being performed; answers questions from citizens
• Provide general direction to other employees and volunteers
• Deal courteously with the public, and co-workers
• Fill out reports and logs, and enter and retrieve information on computers
• Operate and understand atmospheric sensing devices
• Operate city vehicles which require a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)

Special Requirements:

Arizona Class A Commercial Driver's License with tanker endorsement is required within 90 days of hire.

• Any employee operating a motor vehicle on City business must possess and retain a current, valid State of Arizona class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on City business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on City business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance.
• Registration with the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) is a requirement for all CDL holders. Selected candidates will be required to register and authorize the City of Glendale to conduct limited queries on their CDL for the duration of their employment in order to be considered for this role. Register by visiting https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/Register.

ADEQ Grade 1 Operator Certification in Distribution is required within twelve (12) months of hire.

• Will be subject to call back and stand-by duty and may be subject to rotating shifts.
• This position is classified as safety-sensitive which requires candidates to successfully undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to employment. They will be subject to further drug and alcohol testing throughout their period of employment in accordance with the City of Glendale Substance Abuse policy. A post-offer physical assessment is required. The City of Glendale will incur the cost of all required testing.

* After one year of employment in the Water Services Department and meeting the program criteria, employees will be eligible for the Certification Incentive Program for those employees who obtain additional Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) certifications above what is required for their position.

Success Factor Classification Level - Foundational

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Physical Requirements:

Work involves heavy digging, heavy lifting of up to 80 pounds, extensive walking, bending, standing and crawling up and down trench filled holes and confined spaces.

Working Conditions:

Exposure to heavy traffic, hot weather, hazardous materials, insects, and gases.