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Requisition ID: *[[id]] * Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued. People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals. We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey. * About American Water* American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water’s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders. As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities. American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions. For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. _ Work Hours_ The regular hours of work each day will be consecutive except that they may be interrupted by a lunch hour. Work hours for the Operation Technician are 7:00 am to 3:30 pm Monday through Friday. The Operations Technician will be included in and required to perform Call Out duties as described in the current AFSCME 1479 contract. Emergencies and extenuating circumstances may require temporary schedule changes. _ Job Location_ Jerseyville / Hardin Districts _ Job Description_ The successful candidate will be responsible for field service and production related duties as necessary and assigned for the district’s water distribution and wastewater collection systems. Duties will include performing skilled tasks associated with the construction, operation, maintenance, and inspection of the water & wastewater distribution systems including but not limited commercial and domestic services, meter settings, water mains, valves, sewer mains, manholes, and laterals. The successful candidate will routinely drive and operate dump truck, vac truck, service truck, backhoe, and other related construction equipment.  Maintenance tasks will be of a high technical nature including setting meters, locating utilities, joining sections of pipe, laying pipe in a trench, setting barricades, placing safety lights around worksites, flagging traffic as required as well as repairing and lubricating machines and equipment, and using hand tools and power tools. Collecting water samples and tests to determine basic water quality parameters will also be required.  The successful candidate may be assigned to production related tasks as necessary. _ Salary_ $29.57/hr _ Minimum Requirements_ Education: High school diploma or equivalent required. Certification: Valid Driver’s license and the ability to obtain a Class B CDL. Minimum Class C license is required within 30 days. Experience: 0-2 years minimum in water and wastewater industry. Skills: Strong work ethic, time management, communication, and organizational and team membership skills. Ability to work with minimal supervision. Good mechanical skills. Position requires the ability to lift 75lbs. Computer literacy required. _ Competencies_ Champions safety Customer obsessed Cultivates innovation Nimble learning Drives Results Collaborates * Join American Water...We Keep Life Flowing™ * American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because they are an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.