Field Service Technician: Trainee, Technician or Senior
About The Position
The Town of Leesburg is seeking a Field Service Technician to perform tasks associated with initiating and discontinuing water service, leak investigation, customer service functions, and inspection and repair of fire hydrants. This role also involves setting, reading, programming, repairing, and maintaining water meters and meter transmitter units. The position is responsible for a variety of semi-skilled and skilled installation, maintenance, and customer service tasks on residential and commercial water meters, including locating, installing, reading, replacing, repairing, testing, and adjusting water meters and fire hydrants. This is primarily an outdoor position, working individually to meet daily deadlines. The Town of Leesburg is committed to innovation, career development, and offers excellent benefits, including tuition reimbursement and certification training.
Requirements
- HS/GED
- Minimum of one year of experience with maintenance or equivalent combination of education and experience (Trainee)
- Minimum of two to three years of experience with water meter reading system and water system maintenance (Technician)
- Minimum of four to five years of experience with water meter reading system and water system maintenance (Senior Technician)
- Experience using computers
- Basic computer skills with Microsoft Office (Trainee, Technician)
- Advanced knowledge in MS Suite applications and computer program applications appropriate to the position (Senior Technician)
- Possession of a valid driver's license and safe driving record
- VDOT Flagging, CPR and First Aid Certifications or ability to obtain within six months of hire (Trainee, Technician)
- Meter test bench certification (Technician, Senior Technician)
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class B and tanker endorsement (Senior Technician)
Nice To Haves
- Two years of specific utility system or related experience (Trainee)
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class B (Trainee)
- Forklift, cross connection and confined space certifications (Trainee)
- Bilingual in English/Spanish (Trainee, Technician, Senior Technician)
- Four years of specific water meter and utility system experience (Technician)
- Forklift, cross connection and confined space certifications (Technician)
- Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with Class B with ability to obtain tanker endorsement (Technician)
- Back flow Certified (Technician, Senior Technician)
- Six years of specific water meter and utility system experience (Senior Technician)
Responsibilities
- Physically initiating and discontinuing water service
- Leak investigation
- Customer service functions
- Inspection and repair of fire hydrants
- Setting, reading, programming, repairing, and maintaining water meters and meter transmitter units
- Performing a variety of semi-skilled and skilled installation, maintenance and customer service tasks on residential and commercial water meters
- Locating, installing, reading, replacing, repairing, testing, and adjusting a variety of large complex component water meters and fire hydrants
- Completing related tasks as assigned
- Assisting with after-hour requests and emergencies on an "on-call" basis
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Certification training
- Membership to the Town's full-service recreation center
- Enrollment into the Virginia Retirement System
- Excellent healthcare insurance
- Other fringe benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Affordable health insurance coverage
- Participation in the Virginia Retirement System
- Optional 457(b) retirement plan with a Town matching contribution
- Flexible spending accounts
- Voluntary benefits
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Optional payroll Roth 457
- Generous paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
