Salary: 5245.24 - 6375.62 Monthly
Job Category: Utilities
Location: Orange County
Job Type: Full-Time
Close Date: Continuous
* Prequalification Questionnaire Required
POSITION
Under general supervision, plans, performs maintenance and repair work of the City’s utility systems and does related work as required.
The Water Operator is an entry-level position. Incumbents learn and perform a variety of semi-skilled duties in the construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the City’s potable water distribution and distribution, wastewater, stormwater systems, equipment, and facilities.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the class.
- Inspects and maintains pump and booster stations and associated equipment; analyzes, treats, monitors, and records water quality; tabulates flow rates to maintain proper reservoir levels; analyzes chlorine residual tests and makes adjustments.
- Measures monthly well levels; acquires well samples for lab testing; operates SCADA monitoring equipment.
- Performs water meter testing, system meter repairs, and related maintenance; may tabulate flow rates to check for accuracy.
- Manages pumping station equipment servicing as needed; services and maintains system pumps and associated apparatus.
- Assists with testing and repair or backflow prevention devices according to County regulations.
- Performs hydrant flushing program; repairs hydrants and exercises valves.
- Handles water quality complaints and records in logbook; provides data for regulatory agency reporting.
- Performs pipeline, facility, and related system maintenance; exercises valves; repairs breaks and leaks; monitors blow-off and air relief; marks for Underground Service Alert (USA) tickets; inspects installation of associated infrastructure.
- Operates a variety of equipment and tools such as loaders, combination vehicles, backhoes, bobcat, forklift, pneumatic tools, jackhammers, and tampers.
- Performs monitoring rounds at station and collection system, and repair as necessary.
- Conducts upkeep at water well and reservoir sites; makes repairs to facilities.
- Maintains records and logs of daily activities.
- Responds to emergency calls as needed.
