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The Operations and Civil & Preventive Maintenance Departments are located at the Districts Five Points Field Office and Tranquillity Field Office. Normal work hours are 7:00 a.m. to 3:30p.m. with a thirty-minute lunch. Immediate and future vacancies will be filled from this eligibility list.
Job Description: The Operations & Maintenance Trainee is an entry level classification that will receive training and experience in the performance of a variety of duties in the Operations, Mechanical Maintenance, or Civil & Preventive Maintenance Departments; depending on assignment. Vacancies currently exist in the Operations Dept and Civil & Preventive Maintenance Departments. Immediate and future vacancies will be filled from this eligibility list.
Depending on assignment, the duties of this position includes, but are not limited to, learning to perform tasks related to the operation of the water distribution and drainage systems including reading, recording, maintaining and repairing vertical and horizontal water delivery meters, including the use of notebook computers; checking delivery connections for compliance with District requirements; checking meter readings to ensure that ordered flow and odometer readings correspond to indicated flow; and initiating odometer updates and providing information to the Customer Accounting Department. This position will also troubleshoot, disassemble, diagnose, repair, reassemble, and assist in manufacturing parts for vertical and horizontal pumps; butterfly, check gate, and air valves; water delivery meters; traveling water screens; electrical and hydraulic components of valve actuators; and other mechanical facilities. Depending on assignment, the Operations & Maintenance Trainee position will also excavate, repair, and replace various types of concrete, transite, steel, and plastic pipelines ranging in diameter up to 13 feet, including rigging techniques used for load lifting; cutting, burning, spraying (using pesticides), and disposing of aquatic and vegetative growth. This position will also learn to lay out, grade, form, reinforce, place, finish, and repair concrete pedestal slabs, foundations, canal panels, thrust blocks, pipe repair blocks, retaining walls, and pre-cast and casts-in- place structures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Possession of a United States high school diploma, GED, or equivalent, and
Experience: One (1) year of equivalent experience performing duties related to industrial repair, general maintenance, mechanical maintenance, or construction.
Standard Requirement: Possession of a valid California Class C Drivers License along with a driving record acceptable to the Districts automobile insurance provider is required. Ability to utilize a respirator during the job duties or under emergency circumstances. Incumbents shall not wear beards, mustaches, sideburns, facial hair or other conditions in such a manner that may prevent or interfere with establishing and maintaining a proper seal of the respiratory facemask. Ability to lift 100 pounds, climb stationary ladders, and work in confined spaces.
Submit Westlands Water District Employment Application and your responses to the Supplemental Application(s) no later than Monday, April 1, 2019 by mail to P.O. Box 6056, Fresno, CA 93703 or in person to the address listed above; between 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Resumes may be included with application materials; however, will not be accepted in lieu of completed application materials. Application materials can be obtained online at wwd.ca.gov or picked up from the Fresno Office.
Emailed and faxed application materials OR post marks will not be accepted.
You should be aware that the District does not participate in Social Security or State Disability Insurance. This may affect Social Security benefits you have already earned upon retirement.
Westlands Water District is an Equal Opportunity/ADA Employer
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