Water Measurement Technician I

***PLEASE NOTE: THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO CURRENT CITY OF CLARKSVILLE GAS AND WATER DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ONLY. YOU MUST BE EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE GAS AND WATER DEPARTMENT FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS TO APPLY AND BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. APPLICATIONS NOT MEETING THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.***

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

This is the first of two levels in the Water Measurement Technician series. This is an entry level position where incumbents perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled work in the inspection, testing, and repair of water measurement infrastructure. Responsibilities may include inspecting, installing, and repairing water meters, repairing water meter leaks; responding to customer complaints; bench and field-testing water meters; creating and/or completing various work orders utilizing EnQuesta and/or Servicelink software; maintaining a supply of tools and equipment; documenting activities; and completing standard reports.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

1. Tests new and retired water meters to collect data for accuracy utilizing both large and small test benches.

2. Analyzes data from tested meters to decide on repairs, replacement of meters, and new model meters and registers for future use.

3. Utilizes Enquesta and/or ServiceLink software to create and/or complete work orders in response to requests for service calls, determining most efficient routing to ensure completion of tasks within specified timeframes; to include water meter field testing and/or repair.

4. Tests new meters before customer use to ensure accurate water consumption pay rates.

5. Assists with the completion of the department's annual water meter replacement program and large water meter field testing.

6. Maintains records and logs of operation and maintenance activities to include weekly vehicle and daily activity reports.

7. Performs other related work as required.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education and Experience:

• High school graduate or GED equivalent.

• An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the job's essential duties

Licensing and Certifications:

• Possession of a valid driver's license.
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Applicable tools, equipment, and vehicles utilized in the installation, repair, and maintenance of utility lines.

• Customer service principles.

• City geography.

• Utility system operations.

• Recordkeeping principles.

• Computers and related software applications.

Skill in:

• Utilizing and maintaining applicable tools, equipment, and vehicles.

• Reading and interpreting GIS information.

• Providing customer service.

• Preparing operational records and reports.

• Using a computer and related software applications.

• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The work is heavy work which requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.

• Crawling: Moving about on hands, knees, hands, and feet.

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• 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.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.

• 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. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

• Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something steady to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

• 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.

• Visual ability 1: sufficient to perform an activity like preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

• Visual ability 2: sufficient to include color, depth perception, and field vision.

• Visual ability 3: sufficient to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

• Visual ability 4: sufficient to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, by both day and night.

• Visual ability 5: sufficient to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or move from one work site to another.