Description
The Metropolitan Water District’s Water System Operations Group has one opening for Operations & Maintenance Technician IV – Mechanical located at the Diemer Treatment Facility (Yorba Linda, CA) in the Conveyance & Distribution Section.
This recruitment will be used to build an Eligibility List for the Conveyance & Distribution Section at the following locations: Diamond Valley Lake (Winchester, CA), Diemer (Yorba Linda, CA), Jensen (Granada Hills, CA), Lake Skinner (Winchester, CA), Lake Mathews (Riverside, CA), Soto Street (Los Angeles, CA), and Weymouth (La Verne, CA). This list will be valid for 6 months from the date a candidate accepts the position.
As an Operations & Maintenance Technician IV – Mechanical you will install, maintain, and repair a wide range of water utility facilities and equipment. In this journey-level position, you will monitor and inspect mechanical equipment to ensure reliability, perform predictive and diagnostic testing, and conduct preventive and corrective maintenance. You will support operations in conveyance and distribution, treatment plants, and pumping plants by improving equipment performance and upgrading systems to meet service demands.
Key responsibilities in conveyance and distribution include inspecting, maintaining, and improving large infrastructure and equipment such as pumps, turbines, generators, motors, compressors, valves, turnouts and hydraulic systems, pipelines, feeders and canals, pressure-control and pressure-relief structures, and reservoirs. Operational activities include flow changes and adjusting settings in pressure control and pressure relief structures, dewatering, disinfecting and refilling operations during shutdown and outages. You will also perform maintenance welding, fabrication, and machining; operate heavy equipment such as dump trucks, loaders, backhoes, overhead hoists and mobile cranes; perform safe rigging procedures; and adhere to proper use of Personal Protective Equipment and respiratory protection. Additionally, you will use computer programs for individual time entry, maintenance work order tracking, work planning and estimating, and general professional communications.
Schedule: 4/10, Monday – Thursday, 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM PST
This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification / job.
To further view the job duties of this position, refer to the “Conveyance & Distribution” section under “Job Duties” in the job description.
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EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience: High school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalency in addition to a minimum of 6 years in a mechanical maintenance position at a water agency or in a conveyance and distribution facility such as a pump plant, treatment plant, a…