Job Opportunity
Water & Sewer Heavy Equipment Operator⌄
Water & Sewer Laborer⌄
Service Department Meter Technician⌄
Key Responsibilities
- Knowledge of all SPWS company policies and safety standards.
- Ability to operate backhoe, trackhoe, track loader, bulldozer, mini excavator, and skid steer.
- Experience with digging near utility lines and using safe standards.
Job Summary
- Perform routine maintenance, including minor service, maintenance, and cleaning of equipment.
- Responsible for alerting the mechanic of any significant problems.
- Coordinate machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from crew members.
- Take caution to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as utility lines, other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
- Check fuel supplies at job sites to ensure adequate availability.
- Locate underground services, such as pipes or wires, prior to beginning work.
- Monitor operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
- Keep record of material or equipment usage or problems encountered.
- Must have initiative, ability, and willingness to perform and assist with other job positions for job completion as requested.
- Ability to repair concrete curbs, sidewalks, driveways, and roadways.
- Ability to repair and pave streets.
- Omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.
Personal Requirements
- Valid Tennessee Driver License.
- Valid CDL.
- Ability to lead others and work well with others.
- Must be able to work outside in various temperatures.
- Experience operating a backhoe.
- Ability to read, understand, and interpret documents, prints, and plats.
- Ability to perform strenuous physical work.
Personal Qualifications
- Grade II Distribution license.
- Detail oriented.
- Problem solver with strong critical thinking skills.
- Strong time management skills.
- Knowledge of safety procedures and ability to implement those policies on every job.
- Must be available to work after hours and weekends as needed.
How to Apply
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Below is a PDF of a job application. You may print this out and bring it to our office or email it to esimons@shelbyvillepower.com.
If you have any questions please contact our office at (931) 684-7171 or email esimons@shelbyvillepower.com.
Water & Sewer Laborer⌄
Key Responsibilities
- Uncover pipes with the use of a shovel.
- Grade out gravel in the bottom of a ditch using hand tools.
- Service work orders, which requires digging, bending, lifting, and twisting.
- Perform flagging duties.
- Drive a dump truck.
Job Summary
- Trench Safety
- Climb Ladders
- Ability to climb in and out of a ditch, all depths
- Install Cleanouts
- Reset and Install New Manhole Castings -- requires digging, bending, lifting, pulling, and twisting --- 80+ pounds
- Hauling pipe and Materials to the ditch, job site - requires bending, lifting, and twisting
- Operate the Valve Machine / Hydro Excavator
- Operate the Sewerage Wash Truck
- Paint Sewer Pumping Station- requires bending, lifting, and twisting
- Paint Fire Hydrants- requires bending, lifting, and twisting
- Replace Water Meters -requires digging, bending, lifting, and twisting
- Create / Install sewer taps- requires digging, bending, lifting, and twisting
- Create / Install water taps- requires digging, bending, lifting, and twisting
- Use Walk-Behind-Saw for roads---- requires digging, bending, lifting, twisting, pulling, pushing
- Use a Pipe Saw for pipe, concrete and asphalt
- Use a Jack Hammer
- Use a Trench Box
- Use Pumps - requires twisting, bending, lifting
- Form & Pour Concrete sidewalk, driveways, and curbs
- Set up a Sewer Laser
- Clean Trucks
- Clean shop areas, bathroom, kitchen, sitting area—general housekeeping duties
Personal Requirements
- Valid CDL
- Ability to work well with others
- Available to work after hours when needed
Personal Qualifications
- Detail oriented
- Problem solver
- Time management
How to Apply
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Below is a PDF of a job application. You may print this out and bring it to our office or email it to esimons@shelbyvillepower.com.
If you have any questions please contact our office at (931) 684-7171 or email esimons@shelbyvillepower.com.
Service Department Meter Technician⌄
Key Responsibilities
- This position is responsible for the installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of all types of electrical/water meters and instrument-rated metering equipment and control systems used in a distribution electric/water utility
- Disconnect and reconnect electric and water meters, even if the accounts are delinquent
- Collect meter readings for electric and water meters
- Maintenance and troubleshooting of traffic control signals, school zone flashing lights, and caution lights
- Troubleshoot power outages
- Replace fuses for taps and/or transformers with a long stick
- Troubleshoot power quality issues
- Assist other SPS personnel under qualified supervision in restoring power during power outages.
- Work with many different departments to make sure their needs are taken care of, to keep day-to-day operations moving
- Carry out the performance of the job utilizing all required safety procedures and equipment
- Ability to operate a variety of office equipment, including a personal computer, printers, copy machines, telephones, and mobile devices
- Ability to work irregular hours for assignment completion and flexibility to change scheduling and report to work on short notice during emergencies.
- Perform inventory control duties as assigned. Become familiar with equipment, issuance procedures, and records
- Develop a working knowledge of meter programming software and applications.
- Ensure tools and equipment are in safe working conditions and well-maintained.
- Ability to perform call duty after designated training period, and must live within a 30-minute commute via Google Maps
- This role routinely requires extended periods of bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, pushing, pulling, lifting, lifting in awkward positions, standing, and twisting
- Also, working in inclement weather conditions, such as extreme heat, extreme cold, rain, ice, snow, and wind
- Service work orders-requires digging, bending, lifting, and twisting
- Knowledge of and the ability to read and relate theoretical concepts and instruments in documents, drawings, and specifications to practical application
- Ability to learn how to safely operate and maintain equipment: trucks, trailers, forklifts
- Accurate reading skills: reading labels, job site maps/directions, instruction manuals, and written instructions
- Personal tool maintenance: maintain hand tools and equipment required for the position
- Ability to work independently or in a team setting and collaborate with other departments/divisions as necessary
- Any other work deemed necessary by Shelbyville Power System management
Personal Requirements
- Valid Tennessee Driver's License
- Pass Pre-employment physical and drug test.
- Ability to work well with others
- Available to work after hours and on call when needed
- Ability to work outside in various temperatures.
- Ability to walk, stand, sit, climb poles, twist, bend, push, pull, and lift up to one hundred (100) pounds.
Personal Qualifications
- High School Diploma or G.E.D equivalent
- Detail Oriented
- Problem solver
- Time Management
How to Apply
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Below is a PDF of a job application. You may print this out and bring it to our office or email it to esimons@shelbyvillepower.com.
If you have any questions please contact our office at (931) 684-7171 or email esimons@shelbyvillepower.com.