Utilities Maintenance Specialist 1

Plant City FL

Description

Assist the crew leader with the installation of water main lines, water service laterals, water meters and fire hydrants. Assist repair of water leaks, back-flow replacement, and hydrant repairs. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following: Assists installation, maintenance, repair of water mains, water service connections, fire hydrants and valves. Assists raising, lowering or relocating water mains and meters. Assists with setting of meter boxes and water meters. Assists measuring, cutting, and connecting pipe, using tapping machine, pipe cutter, threader, reamer, wrenches, assorted tools, glue and couplers. Learns to water jet 1” to 2” poly under the road, to replace leaking service lines and for upgrades. Assists excavations in concrete, pavement and dirt to repair water mains, water lines, valves and meters; using a backhoe, shovel, pick, jackhammer and concrete saws. Assists excavation, replacement of small sections of water mains. Assists excavation, to make emergency repairs. Assists finishing work to grade out the surface, apply top soil and sod grass. Assists setting up equipment, tools and materials needed for work. Assists setting up barricades to channel traffic around construction areas. Learns to operate air compressor, sled packer, jumping jack packer and high pressure pump. May drive trucks. Learns to operate heavy and/or specialized equipment, such as small excavator, large excavator, backhoe, front end loaders, dump trucks, line locating equipment, leak locating equipment, valve locating equipment and a directional boring machine requiring extensive training to operate. Maintains equipment and services trucks. Assists with preventive maintenance on valves. Replaces smaller valves on water system under pressure to prevent or minimize mainline shut downs.