Are you driven by a passion for public service and safety, and ready for career advancement? Become a key player on our dynamic team as a Wastewater Maintenance Worker!

As a Wastewater Maintenance Worker, you'll operate equipment, respond to emergencies, and support our mission to provide safe, reliable services. This role offers advancement opportunities based on experience, certifications, and proficiency. You'll be integral to maintaining and operating the City's wastewater and stormwater systems, performing tasks from basic maintenance to skilled construction, including inspection, repair, and installation.

The general working hours are 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The hourly rate ranges are: (Placement at hire based on qualifications).

Wastewater Maintenance I: $24.89 - $31.69
Wastewater Maintenance II: $26.73 - $33.95
Wastewater Maintenance III: $29.09 - $37.06

Salary Information: Effective January 1, 2025, this position will receive a cost-of-living adjustment (salary increase) of two percent (2.0%).

Benefits include:

Excellent medical, vision and dental (Download PDF reader) benefit package for the employee and qualified family members with low monthly out-of-pocket cost (Download PDF reader). Currently, the employee-paid premium is approx. $51/mo. for employee-only coverage up to a max of $147/mo. for family coverage.
City-paid contribution to a VEBA Trust account for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses. Currently, the annual contribution is $1,000 for employee-only and $2,000 for employee plus dependent(s).
Paid time off –

10 paid holidays plus an additional 24 hours of "floating holiday" pay per year
8 hours of sick leave per month
8 hours of vacation leave per month, with progressive increases

Excellent retirement benefits -
- City-paid participation in the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System (OPSRP and IAP)
- City-paid contribution into pre-tax deferred compensation plan
In addition, other benefits such as education reimbursement, employee assistance program, basic life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and flexible spending accounts for healthcare and child care expenses.

Essential Functions/Duties & Responsibilities

The duties listed are intended only as illustrative examples of the various types of work that may be performed by individuals in this classification. Any of the following duties may be performed. These examples are not necessarily performed by all incumbents and do not include all specific essential functions and responsibilities the incumbent may be expected to perform.

Assists with inspections, maintenance, and/or repairs of the wastewater collection and storm water drainage systems at frequent intervals to ensure that all aspects of the system are functioning properly.
Maintains a variety of records relating to inspections, maintenance activity, etc.
Determines the locations of gas, telephone, power, television, water, and sewer lines from the appropriate sources prior to excavation.
Assists with responding to complaints regarding plugged sewers, flooding, sinkholes, and odors; evaluates situation; explains findings to lead worker or supervisor.
May assist in responding to after-hour emergencies.
Contacts residents and business owners in area where services will be interrupted and explains when services will be shut off, how soon it will be turned back on, or when repairs will be completed.
Drives trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling, and unloading of various equipment, materials, gravel, and sand.
Operates Cleaner Truck, which includes flushing lines, sucking debris out of lines and catch basins, and performing vacuum excavations.
Assists with the operation of TV Van, which includes both operation and maintenance of camera and performing the TV reports.
Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and tools and refers defects or needed repairs to supervisor; cleans equipment.
Operates construction vehicles and equipment and power equipment, such as Jetter/inductor truck, backhoe/loader.
Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.
Performs required labor involved in construction and maintenance projects as part of a crew, including pavement cutting, ditch digging, manhole and line cleaning, pipe repair and laying, backfilling, and surface restoration.
Services sewer lift stations, other pumps, air release valves, and other valves/appurtenances.
Maintains professional networks and attend training sessions and conferences as necessary to advance skills and keep abreast of issues and practices in all areas of responsibility.
May be assigned to work on other public works crews.
Represents the City of Albany by responding to the public, citizens, its employees, and others in a prompt, professional, and courteous manner while continuously maintaining a positive customer service demeanor. Regards everyone, internal and external, as a customer and deliver the best service possible in a respectful and patient manner.
Works to create a high-performance work culture by demonstrating a positive attitude and modeling the City’s mission, vision, and values. Conducts self with high integrity, proactive in conserving City resources, and seeks and incorporates customer feedback for ongoing performance improvement. Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service.
Serves as a member of various City committees as assigned.
Assists other staff in the performance of their duties as assigned; and may provide training and orientation to new assigned personnel.
Maintains regular job attendance and adherence to working hours may be required to work after hours or weekends and holidays responding to emergencies.
Adheres to appropriate attire, grooming, and hygiene standards established for the position.
Operates a motor vehicle safely and legally.
Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

Position Job Tasks and Responsibilities:
The following duties of this classification are intended only as illustrative examples of the various types of work that may be performed by individuals in this position.

Wastewater Maintenance II
Includes all the aforementioned duties as well as the following additional duties:

Must work a rotating weekly on-call shift for emergency call-back.
Perform skilled activities while working alone or with another operator.
Conduct lift/pump station inspections and maintenance, schedules, plans, constructs, inspects, troubleshoots motors, valves, pumps, and equipment, orders parts, and repairs wastewater and stormwater maintenance related assets and projects.
Skilled in wastewater collection tasks such as sewer line jetting, root foaming operations, utility line locates, TV inspections, flow monitoring and data collection.
Provides GIS corrections and updates to maps.
Skilled in excavating, trenching/shoring, safe digging, and confined spaces.
Assists in the training of lower-level employees to increase their skills in the maintenance, construction, and repair of water, sewer, street, and storm draining facilities.

Wastewater Maintenance III
Includes all the aforementioned duties as well as the following additional duties:

Eligible to be assigned acting-in-capacity duties of the Lead Wastewater Collections Operator.
Uses GIS/Arc Map and OMS to navigate, identify, track, and report on maintenance of City assets.
Communicate & troubleshoot CMMS and Granite programming needs with Facilities Automation or Electrical work group.
Highly skilled and proficient in wastewater collections and stormwater activities such as Jetter truck operation and root foaming with applicator license.
Completed Vactor mechanical course and CCTV operations advance training with National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) certification.
Proficient at Cues lock repair system, Spider manhole scanner, SL-Rat, operating push-cam, lateral launch, download and service flow monitoring equipment.
May be assigned to plan upcoming maintenance/tasks, meet with contractors to coordinate work.
May be assigned more technical tasks. For example: asked to provide feedback to upcoming capital installations/replacement or new constructions (plan review) or assist consultants with surveys, inspections, or other assessments.
Lead the training of co-workers and “train the trainer”, as assigned.

Supervision/Lead Work Exercised

This is a non-supervisory position. Lead work/coordination of work of others is not a typical function assigned to this position. Incumbents in this position may provide training and orientation to newly assigned personnel.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education and Experience:
Water Maintenance I
A high school diploma or its equivalent and 0-2 years of experience relating to construction, maintenance, or repair of sanitary sewers or storm water systems; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Water Maintenance II
A high school diploma or its equivalent and a minimum of three years of experience relating to construction, maintenance, or repair of sanitary sewers or storm water systems; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Water Maintenance III
A high school diploma or its equivalent and a minimum of five years of experience relating to construction, maintenance, or repair of sanitary sewers or storm water systems; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Special Requirements:
Wastewater Maintenance I

Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Oregon Class A commercial driver’s license (CDL) with air brake and tanker endorsement and a driving record that meets City standards within one year of job placement.
Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Oregon Wastewater Collection Level I certification within two years of job placement.

Wastewater Maintenance II

Possession of a valid Oregon Class A commercial driver’s license (CDL) with air brake and tanker endorsement and a driving record that meets City standards at time of job placement.
Possession of an Oregon Wastewater Collection Level II certification at the time of job placement.

Wastewater Maintenance III

Possession of a valid Oregon Class A commercial driver’s license (CDL) with air brake and tanker endorsement and a driving record that meets City standards at time of job placement.
Possession of an Oregon Wastewater Collection Level III certification at the time of job placement.
Possession of National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO), Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP), and Manhole Assessment Certification Program (MACP) certifications at the time of job placement.

For all levels within this series

Possession of OSHA Competent Person Training certificate, confined space entry certificate, flaggers certification, and lift truck permit are required within one year of job placement.
The individual shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of themselves or others.
In accordance with Human Resources substance abuse policies, incumbents in this position are subject to the City's Drug & Alcohol testing program.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of: equipment, facilities, materials, methods, and procedures used in municipal wastewater collections and stormwater maintenance, and repairs of activities.
Skill in: the operation of listed tools and equipment.
Ability to: perform heavy manual tasks for extended periods of time; work safely; to operate and repair small/light equipment, such as power tools; communicate effectively, verbally and in writing; understand and carry out written and oral instructions; establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments, and the public; operate computers for data entry.

Work Environment:
The work environment is regularly outdoors in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The employee frequently works in utility excavations and occasionally enters confined spaces. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately loud. May be required to be on-call and work weekends, holidays, and evenings.

Physical Demands:
The factors described herein are representative of, but not all-inclusive of, those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Detailed information may be available in a supplemental Job Task Analysis document.
The work is heavy work which lifting up to 145 pounds occasionally, carrying up to 77 pounds occasionally, and pushing and pulling up to 290 pounds occasionally. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

Balancing: sufficient to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
Climbing: sufficient to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
Crawling: sufficient to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
Crouching: sufficient to bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Feeling: sufficient to perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
Fingering: sufficient to pick, pinch, type, or otherwise work, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Grasping: sufficient to apply pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
Handling: sufficient to pick, hold, or otherwise work, primarily with the whole hand.
Hearing: sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Kneeling: sufficient to bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Lifting: sufficient to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
Mental Acuity: sufficient to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Pulling: sufficient to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Pushing: sufficient to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Reaching: sufficient to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
Speaking: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Stooping: sufficient to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Talking: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Visual Acuity: sufficient to observe violations of codes, to effectively operate standard office equipment; ability to read and write reports, correspondence, instructions, drawings, etc.; and to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, by both day and night.
Walking: sufficient to move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.

Tools & Equipment Used:
In the performance of job duties, the employee will use motor vehicle; jet/vacuum vehicles; sewer televising equipment; various hand tools; power tools; gas powered equipment; landscaping tools; calculator; digital camera; portable radio; a computer and various software programs; phone; copy and fax machines; and other related tools and equipment.

Safety Equipment:
This is not an exhaustive list. Hearing protection (including earmuffs), safety glasses, steel toed boots, gloves (nitrile, latex, leather), hardhat, knee pads, dust masks, traffic cones, safety vest, fall-restraint equipment when required. Develops safe work habits and contributes to the safety of self, co-workers, and the public.

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