• Job Description

  Req#: 5014285

  Performs skilled mechanical and electrical work installing, repairing and maintaining variety of equipment water and wastewater facilities.

  • Troubleshoots and makes repairs to pumps, motors, valves, piping, control and monitoring equipment, chemical feed equipment, sludge disposal equipment and plant facilities;
  • Maintains tools, equipment, and spare part inventories;

  • Performs preventive maintenance on utility booster stations, tanks, pressure valves and related equipment;
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public;
  • Ability to receive, understand and follow through when given oral and written instructions from supervisor;
  • Skill in operating light and heavy equipment;
  • Skill in keeping records and making simple reports;
  • Working knowledge or ability to learn computer operations, procedures and software (i.e. asset management and plant monitoring software);
  • Inspects pump stations as required for proper operation and repair as needed;
  • Understand and comply with federal and state regulations regarding utility systems;
  • Employee will be assigned to a specific after hours on-call schedule;
  • Performs general housekeeping duties and ground maintenance;
  • Completion of documentation, via Cartegraph, on a daily basis to ensure proper inventory control, asset management and regulatory documentation;
  • Communicate with plant manager and operators regarding operating status of equipment and work progress;
  • Interact with citizens on the job site in a professional manner;
  • Attend training as needed to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements;
  • Assist in emergency operations as needed; and
  • Performs additional duties as assigned.

  • Thorough knowledge of the installation, repair and maintenance of the mechanical, hydraulic and electrical components of water treatment and pump station equipment;
  • Thorough knowledge of the occupational hazards and necessary safety precautions of the work;
  • Ability to trouble shoot and perform routine maintenance tasks independently with minimal direction supervision.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public.
  • Ability to receive, understand and follow through when given oral and written instructions from supervisor;
  • Skill in operating light and heavy equipment;
  • Skill in keeping records and making simple reports;
  • Working knowledge or ability to learn computer operations, procedures and software (i.e. asset management and plant monitoring software).

  High school graduate or high school equivalent; plus, experience equivalent to two years full time in mechanical and electrical maintenance of which two years is in pump and electric motor repair preferred, but not required.

  *Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), Class A; Boom truck operation experience; and or electrical certifications preferred. Must have a valid TN/VA driver’s license.

• About the company

  Kingsport is a city in Sullivan and Hawkins counties in the US state of Tennessee; most of the city is in Sullivan County and the city is the largest in both counties, but is the county seat of neither.

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