Water & Sewer Specialists 3 - Trainee (4 Positions)

Classification Title: Trainee Under Fill A (Utilities Operations Specialist 3), C55

These positions may be required to report to either location: 

o   6730 142nd Avenue North, Largo, FL 33771 or

o   3900 Dunn Drive, Palm Harbor, FL 34683

 

***ONLY PINELLAS COUNTY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT (MAINTENANCE DIVISION) MAY APPLY***

If you are looking to grow your career in Utilities maintenance, Pinellas County Government will keep you on track. The Utilities Maintenance Specialist 3 (Trainee) is skilled technical work involving specialized testing, maintenance, and repair of utilities systems equipment, lines, or devices. Employees in this class perform routine and preventive maintenance on a variety of utilities systems and devices. Duties may include supervising skilled and semi-skilled employees, and work is performed in accordance with established procedures, but requires initiative and independent judgment.

This is an excellent opportunity to bring utility maintenance experience into a mid-level career ladder role and train for a Utilities Maintenance Specialist 3 (UMS3) level.  Once training is successfully completed, individuals will become UMS3 employees and receive an increase in pay.  Also, there are future opportunities to advance to a UMS4 level, supervisor or manager roles.

Essential Tasks Functions

• Lead person of a small to medium-sized construction crew installing, maintaining and repairing of water, sewer, and reclaimed apparatuses.
• Performs and directs visual inspection of sewer lines.
• Installs clean-outs, backflow devices.
• Performs related work as assigned or required.

Position Specific Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and 3 years of skilled utilities field experience; or
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Possession and maintenance of a valid State of Florida Class A Commercial Driver's License with Tanker endorsement upon promotion with eligibility based upon evaluation of a Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA) driving report.
• Possession and maintenance of a valid Level 3 Water Distribution System Operator License obtained in accordance with Florida Administrative Code, Chapter 62-602, Drinking Water and Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators within nine months of promotion date.
• Possession and maintenance of Temporary Traffic Control Certification within 9 months of promotion date.
• Assignment to work a variety of work schedules including compulsory work periods in special, emergency, and/or disaster situations.
• Candidate may be required to perform manual labor for extended periods occasionally in adverse weather conditions.

Highly Desirable

• Ability to operate medium to large excavating equipment.
• Working knowledge of GIS mapping system for water, sewer and reclaim infrastructure.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to perform training assignments, job development, and on-the-job tasks.
• Ability to complete reading and math assignments.
• Ability to deal with co-workers and the public with tact, patience, and courtesy.
• Ability to apply computer applications and software.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to organize and comprehend new information, training, and on-the-job related practices.
• Ability to obtain required certifications and licenses, if any.

Physical/Mental Demands

The work is sedentary work which requires exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Visual ability: Sufficient to effectively operate office equipment including copier, computer, etc.; and to read and write reports, correspondence, instructions, etc.
• Hearing ability: Sufficient to hold a conversation with other individuals both in person and over a telephone; and to hear recording on transcription device.
• Speaking ability: Sufficient to communicate effectively with other individuals in person and over a telephone.
• Mental acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Talking:  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed in a safe and secure work environment that may periodically have unpredicted requirements or demands.

This position has supplemental questions. If unable to complete all questions, you may save your answers as a draft during the application process and return at any time prior to the closing date. Please note that the application is complete upon final submission.