Utility Technician - Collections

Job Description Summary

Performs semi-skilled work in the operation and maintenance of utility water and reclaimed water transmission and distribution systems, wastewater collection, and water/wastewater treatment plant equipment and facilities. Maintains, monitors, installs, and/or repairs the City’s water distribution system, service lines, valves, fire hydrants, wastewater collection, and treatment facilities.

• Salary: $21.80 - $33.15 Hourly
• Location:
  
  Goodyear, AZ
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Job Number: FY2600631
• Division: Z Water Services - Collections
• Opening Date: 02/24/2026
• Closing Date: 3/10/2026 4:00 PM Arizona
• FLSA:
  Non-Exempt

• Demonstrates a continuous effort to improve operations by streamlining work processes, decreasing turnaround times, and working cooperatively and jointly to provide efficiency and excellence in the use of City resources.
• Participates in in-house and/or on-the-job training activities, completes all training assignments.
• Delivers outstanding customer service, establishing and maintaining open communication with all internal and external customers, including co-workers, contractors, residents, and other City departments.
• Adheres to industry and City safety standards, policies, practices, and procedures, and provides services in accordance with government standards such as Bluestake, OSHA, and MAG.
• Executes routine and emergency operational, maintenance, construction, and repair functions of infrastructure or equipment utilized in the wastewater collection division under the direction of the Senior UT.
• Operates all equipment used in wastewater collection, including pumps, motors, sewer cleaning equipment, tank trucks, CDL-required large vacuum trucks, and various tools; maintains the integrity of landscaping, checks storage tanks and electrical panels, adjusts chemical feed rates, and completes work orders.
• Conducts daily inspections of collection facilities, logs daily records, interprets readings from meters, gauges, charts and instruments, and detects mechanical or process deficiencies, communicating findings to the Senior UT and/or supervisor.

• Formal Education / Knowledge:
  Four years of high school or equivalent.
• Experience:
  
  Minimum one year in a related field.
• Certifications:
  
  Valid driver’s license, ADEQ Grade I Operator License in Collections, and must obtain a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) within 12 months of hire.
• Reading:
  Ability to read maps, manuals, work orders, and blueprints.
• Math:
  Ability to perform general math calculations.
• Writing:
  Ability to write work orders, memos, letters, and reports.
• Managerial:
  No supervision responsibilities; may provide advice to less experienced employees.
• Policy / Decision Making:
  Moderate; typically follows detailed instructions with limited deviation.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Limited application of standard technical skills; limited analysis and independent thinking.
• Interpersonal / Human Relations:
  Moderate; regular interaction primarily for information sharing.

• Review collection system standard operating procedures, job hazard analysis, and confined space assessments.
• Become familiar with the City’s collection system.
• Identify and locate all City lift stations, completing daily operation and maintenance inspections.
• Demonstrate laptop use for maps and data entry.
• Complete the confined space entry CBT and attend hands-on training.
• Begin working toward obtaining CDL Class A with tanker endorsement.

• Read and understand maps and plans related to the wastewater collection system.
• Become familiar with using Lucity for daily work orders.
• Complete the LOTO CBT and attend hands-on training.
• Complete the Hazard Communication CBT and demonstrate use of the MSDS management system.
• Inspect the structural condition of sewer manholes in the collection system.

• Safely operate and maintain sewer‑cleaning equipment such as the combination cleaning truck and easement jetter.
• Obtain ADEQ Grade I Wastewater Collection System Operator Certification.
• Obtain CDL Class A with tanker endorsement.
• Demonstrate understanding of safety and…