Water Services System Technician - Water Distribution

Position: Water Services System Technician - Water Distribution - $2,000 Hiring Bonus
About Us:

The City of Glendale's Water Services Department provides over 250,000 residents with safe, reliable, and high-quality water and wastewater services. Glendale Water Services promotes industry best practices, leadership, and innovation to ensure our employees put public health and the vitality of our community first!

The Role:

The Water Services System Technician - Water Distribution performs skilled, and semi-skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work on the City of Glendale's water distribution network.

Duties will include installing, testing, maintaining, and repairing water mains, sewer mains, services valves, fire hydrants, manholes and stormwater facilities.

This position will be open until filled; applicants will be reviewed as they are received.

Salary:

This position is:

* FLSA non-exempt, and will earn overtime for any hours worked over 40 in a week.

* A Grade 312 with an hourly salary between $22.6404 - $33.9606.

In addition to a generous salary, this position also offers a $2,000 Hiring Bonus!

Hiring Bonus
* to be paid as follows:

* $1,000 after 30 days of employment,
* $1,000 after 6 months of employment.

* You must be an active employee at the time the hiring bonus is scheduled to be paid in order to receive the bonus. Current City of Glendale employees are not eligible for hiring bonuses. Benefits:

The City of Glendale offers a generous benefits package with competitive rates that become effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.

Below are some City of Glendale benefits resources for your review:

* 2025 - 2026 Benefits Guide

* City of Glendale Benefits Presentation

* City of Glendale's Benefits Page

Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave:

City of Glendale Regular status positions offer:

* 10.5 paid holidays per year, and full-time employees are also granted an additional 12 hours of holiday special leave per calendar year to celebrate their cultural or religious holidays

* Vacation leave accrues at:

* 5.33 hours per pay period (138 hours/17.25
* days per year)

* Increases to 6.12 hours per pay period after 5 years

* Then caps out at 7.6 hours per pay period after 10 years of service

* Sick leave accrues at 4.4 hours per pay period (114 hours/14.25 days
* per year)

* Days per year estimates are based on an 8-hour work day

Retirement:

This position participates in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

* Contribution is mandatory, and deducted every pay period

* The current contribution rate is 12.00%

Why Choose Glendale:

The City of Glendale is the West Valley's entertainment nexus; whether it's attending a world-class sporting event at State Farm Stadium, enjoying a concert at Desert Diamond Arena, or shopping and dining at the Westgate Entertainment District, as a City of Glendale employee, you'll be right in the middle of it all! Glendale is centrally located within the west valley and has convenient access to the 101, 303, US 60, and I-10 freeways.

With development happening all around the city, you will notice new homes and businesses being constructed frequently.

At the City of Glendale you'll have the opportunity to interact and engage with a highly diverse, dedicated, and skilled group of professionals. It is one of the best places to work, to grow your career, skills, and advance your future.

Performs skilled, and semi-skilled construction, maintenance and repair work in the Water Services Department divisions of Water Distribution, Waste Water Collection or Storm Water.

* Performs skilled and semi-skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work.

* Operate various light, medium, and heavy equipment including 3-ton utility truck, backhoe, combination jetter and vacuum truck, dump truck, utility crane truck, hydro-excavation equipment and Closed Circuit TV.

* Uses power and hand tools, light, and heavy equipment to accomplish tasks.

* Explains and enforces rules and regulations pertaining to safety, barricading, direction of traffic, hazardous materials, and operation of equipment.

* Maintains daily work records; perform computerized data entry work.

* Transports and sets up supplies and equipment; makes required safety checks.

* Installs, tests, maintains, and repairs water mains, sewer mains, services valves, fire hydrants, manholes and storm water facilities.

* Taps water mains and installs services, and water meters.

* Tests, repairs, maintains, replaces, and relocates existing large and small water meters.

* Performs water turn off/turn on for scheduled maintenance and emergencies.

* Responds/resolves high and no water usage complaints.

* Installs, pulls, relocates, testing, repairs, assembles, and reads water meters.

* Constructs and maintains large meter vaults and manholes.

* Excavates job sites, restores job sites to pre-work conditions.

* Investigates sewer odors, stoppages and roach requests including storm water related issues.

* Hydro cleans sewer and storm lines to remove obstacles.

* Assists in setting up, operating, and maintaining the closed circuit television equipment, and…