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Woodard & Curran•O'Fallon, MO

6d•$27 - $30

About The Position

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet. Woodard & Curran draws on the experience of hundreds of certified operators across the country, backed by the knowledge and skills of hundreds more engineers, scientists, and regulatory experts, to quickly tackle the most challenging operational issues and keep treatment plants running efficiently and in full compliance. Woodard & Curran also aids employees in earning, upgrading, and keeping their certifications within the industry. What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran? Positions are available for licensed, experienced operations and maintenance professionals, for inexperienced individuals looking for their first full-time job, or those in the water/sewer industry seeking to make a career change. Those filling these rewarding, full-time positions will be part of a team responsible for the operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment, and/or process control at water and wastewater facilities. As an Operations & Maintenance Technician 1, you will be inspecting and repairing sanitary sewer mains and manholes as well as operating a variety of heavy equipment such as manhole lining equipment, high pressure cleaning equipment, excavators, track loaders, skid loaders, and backhoes. You will also be welding, repairing water and sewer mains, assisting with responding to and resolving customer complaints and yards following installation operations. Lastly, you will assist in locating, and inspecting new lines, and other related duties.

Requirements

Positive attitude and work ethic
High School graduate or equivalent
A mechanical/technical/vocational school background or experience is a plus
A valid Missouri motor vehicle operator's license
The ability to perform manual labor
Must be able to lift or move up to 40 pounds on a regular basis
Minimum of 1-year relevant experience or combination of education and experience may be considered
Knowledge of the repair and maintenance of wastewater collection systems
Knowledge of the operation and preventative maintenance of a variety of equipment
Skilled in the use of a variety of hand and power tools
Skilled in oral and written communication
NASSCO (National Association of Sewer Service Companies) certification, or the ability to obtain within the first 6 months
Class A CDL with Air Brakes and tanker endorsements, or the ability to obtain within 6 months
Participate in an on-call rotation and assist others with after hour calls
Be able to work in inclement weather
Successful candidates will be required to complete a background check, pre-placement physical and drug screen before employment
May stand, walk, or move 6 to 8 hours daily
May sit for 1 to 3 hours daily
May perform work in confined spaces
May require wearing a respirator while performing some tasks
May perform operations and maintenance functions requiring manual dexterity and precision movements, continuous or repetitive arm and hand movements, grasping movements, and occasional forceful exertion
Exert moderate, though not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, bending, and reaching, climbing stairs and ladders
May lift, carry, push/pull objects and materials: regularly up to 40 pounds
Perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth and visual cues or signals

Nice To Haves

A commercial driver’s license (CDL) with tanker endorsement is a plus

Responsibilities

Inspecting and repairing sanitary sewer mains and manholes
Operating a variety of heavy equipment such as manhole lining equipment, high pressure cleaning equipment, excavators, track loaders, skid loaders, and backhoes
Welding
Repairing water and sewer mains
Assisting with responding to and resolving customer complaints and yards following installation operations
Assisting in locating, and inspecting new lines, and other related duties

Benefits

Retirement Savings: 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
Time away from work: Observed holidays: Choose up to 8 holidays to observe annually Vacation: Accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked Sick time: Paid sick time for non-work-related illness or injury. Parental leave : Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding
Coverage and support for your needs and well-being: Disability: Paid short- and long-term disability Health : Medical plan options; plus dental and vision plans. Life : Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families is available through Sun Life. Wellbeing: DarioMind assistance program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing resources.

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