General Responsibilities:
• Supervises all preventive and corrective maintenance on treatment plants and equipment
• Plans, schedules and directs maintenance of a wide variety of specialized mechanical and electrical equipment plus buildings, structures, and grounds
• Evaluates maintenance policies and objectives
• Makes estimates of cost and time for all aspects of maintenance, repair, and construction work
• Reads, interprets, and works from blueprints, drawings, sketches, plans, specifications, and mechanical illustrations
• Performs skilled mechanical repair work on wastewater treatment plant engines, pumps, and other equipment
• Diagnoses malfunctions and determines effective courses of action for correcting them
• Performs heavy manual labor
• Keeps records and prepares routine and special reports
• Follows oral and written directions
• Communicates effectively orally and in writing
• Develops, implements and enforces safety regulations and procedures
• Provides training to less experienced employees
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with those contacted during the course of work
Additional Responsibilities:
• Perform work on major and minor repair work and overhauls on plant's engines, motors, pumps, and related equipment
• Schedules work to be done and determines type and quantities of materials needed for such work
• Inspects buildings and equipment for needed maintenance and repair
• Ensures the proper use and care of tools, materials, and safety equipment
• Assures adherence to safety, cleanliness, and fire prevention rules and standards
• Tunes up engines; sets valve clearances; and cleans and adjusts regulators, gas, and other controls and devices
• Maintains and repairs pumps; replaces bearings, valves, seals, and controllers; builds pump mounts and brackets; does welding
• Maintains comprehensive log of all maintenance work done on equipment
• Determines remedial action in emergency situations
• Knowledge of the methods, materials, equipment, and tools used in the construction, repair, and operation of engines, pumps, and other mechanical equipment related to wastewater treatment plant operations and procedures
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of an effective mechanical, structural, and grounds preventive maintenance program and operations of internal combustion engines and electrical pump motors
• Basic electrical knowledge involved in working on pumps, motors, and other equipment; equipment, tools, and materials used in maintaining and repairing wastewater treatment plant and related equipment
• Demonstrated experience in safety principles and practices, and related state and federal laws and regulations
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to team lift 100 pounds from floor level to waist high; items lifted are often bulky and difficult to handle
• Must be able to climb and work off of a ladder or scaffold
• Must be able to ascend and descend 1,000 steps per day (8-hour shift)
• Must be able to use arms and back to tighten and loosen nuts and bolts
• Must be able to carry a 50-pound tool box up a flight of stairs
• Must be able to work in tight places
• Must have flexibility to reach, stoop, and bend to work on equipment
• Knowledge of the methods, materials, equipment, and tools used in the construction, repair, and operation of engines, pumps, and other mechanical equipment related to wastewater treatment plant operations and procedures
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of an effective mechanical, structural, and grounds preventive maintenance program and operations of internal combustion engines and electrical pump motors
• Basic electrical knowledge involved in working on pumps, motors, and other equipment; equipment, tools, and materials used in maintaining and repairing wastewater treatment plant and related equipment
• Demonstrated experience in safety principles and practices, and related state and federal laws and regulations
The physical and environmental demands required to perform the essential duties of this position include standing, walking, sitting, coordination, balance and agility demands, which may include the ability to stoop, kneel, squat, grasp, reach, perform repetitive hand movements. Additional demands may involve a specific level of dexterity, grip strength, climbing and cardiorespiratory demands. The work areas may be indoor, outdoor, have loud noise, active machinery, high pressure fluid systems, electrical equipment, confined spaces, heights and depths, fumes, air borne particles, noxious gases, and chemicals. The use of appropriate safety equipment will be mandatory in these areas to prevent hazardous contact.
