SWA is hiring a Temporary Unidirectional Flushing Technician in Wildwood, FL!
Pay Up To: $16.50/hr.
Schedule: Monday-Friday/8:00am-5:00pm
Consideration Requirements:
- Must pass a criminal background check, drug test, and DMV driving record check
- Must have a valid driver's license
- High school diploma or GED required
- Skilled utilities field experience with responsibility for water delivery system, water quality monitoring/flushing, flushing related system inspections, flushing maintenance tracking reports
- Ability to apply computer applications to communicate with others, coordinate, track, and document activities as well as prepare customer complaint reports
- Ability to complete written or electronic field data records
- Ability to formulate and present ideas and findings clearly and concisely in written, oral, or graphic form
- Ability to interact tactfully and courteously with the public and other agencies
- Ability to operate irrigation water distribution infrastructure such as valves, fire hydrants, and blow-offs along with the ability to evaluate maintenance requirements
- Ability to perform water quality monitoring utilizing field test equipment
- Ability to read and interpret blueprints, plats, maps, aerial photos, and diagrams
Daily Duties:
- Reviews utility distribution system maps to determine water source and flow, proper valves, and adequate flushing locations to conduct specific flushing activities throughout the distribution system
- Determines the operational status of valves, hydrants, and blow-offs, and has the knowledge and skills necessary to properly document the equipment and the repairs needed so that work orders can be generated for follow up repairs
- Operates water distribution system infrastructure including valves, hydrants, and blow-offs to utilize various flushing techniques to restore and maintain water quality
- Maintains and operates monitoring equipment and assures applicable quality control/quality assurance procedures are followed
- Implements water distribution flushing plan and procedures using automated technologies for mapping, Cityworks, and other GIS related flushing tracking technologies
- Prepares written or electronic reports covering customer complaints and generates service maps of the irrigation water distribution system, calculations, maintenance requirements, and water quality characteristics
- Applies basic water monitoring procedures while utilizing flushing techniques and operating valves, blow-offs, and fire hydrants in connection with distribution system maintenance and other flushing processes
- Monitors, schedules, tracks, and ensures completion of planned or scheduled preventative/corrective maintenance flushing, projects, and tasks
- Collects and maintains technical water quality data and evaluates historical trends
- Generates field data records containing the flushing locations, infrastructure utilized, flow, and water loss
- Maintains inventory of parts and tools required for flushing operations
- Reports to Lead Flushing Technician
- Performs other related job duties as assigned
Pay: Up to $16.50 per hour
Work Location: In person
