UTILITY WORKER

Wastewater Treatment Plant Laborer

Under supervision, this position performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled manual labor in the construction and maintenance of a wastewater treatment plant. This position will be required to work during inclement weather as well as overtime as necessary by the department. This position is considered weather essential personnel.

Essential Responsibilities

• Assist mechanics with various maintenance, repair and construction work.
• Assist in servicing pumps and motors.
• Clears and cleans lines and tanks by rodding or flushing.
• Performs building maintenance including painting, sweeping, mopping, general cleaning and minor repairs.
• Performs grounds maintenance including mowing, pruning, trimming, weed eating, and weed spraying, seeding, watering, and other landscape related projects.
• Assists in loading and unloading potentially hazardous chlorine and sulfur dioxide gasses according to standard safety procedures.
• Assist equipment operator in repairs and moving equipment.
• Drives vehicles and trucks up to 2.5 tons, uses other light tractors and riding mowers.
• Checks oil, fuel, water and lubricates vehicles and equipment.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Any combination of experience and training equivalent to completion of the 9th grade is required. Experience as a laborer preferred. Valid Texas Driver's License required. Must possess a Texas Driver's License.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work in undesirable conditions and inclement weather.
• Ability to use and/or operate, and/or learn to use and operate small hand tools, drill press, mowers, trimmers, weedeaters, front-end loader and personal protective equipment.

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 perform 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.