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About the Department

• Plans, leads, assigns, coordinates, inspects, and participates in the work of personnel engaged in the construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and servicing of water mains, service lines, and related appurtenances, such as valves, meters, fire hydrants, and related devices. 
• Receives job assignments from the supervisor and assists in determining equipment, personnel, and material needs. 
• Provides on-the-job training in the proper and safe use of tools, equipment, and safety devices, and the operation of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty construction equipment. 
• Sets up a job site, including proper positioning of equipment, materials, barriers, and traffic-control devices to protect crews from street traffic, ensuring the use of appropriate safety rules, equipment, and proper work technique; performs traffic control, meeting county and state MUTCD provisions in re-routing and directing heavy traffic, using signs, cones and flaggers, to ensure safety of work crews and public safety. 
• Operates trucks, vacuum trucks, loaders, backhoes, trenchers, motor graders, dozers, compressors, tapping machines, concrete saws, valve machines, jackhammers, pipe cutters, concrete saws, and a wide variety of other hand, hydraulic, and power equipment; checks condition of equipment; cleans and maintains tools and equipment used in the field and shops; inspects, services, and makes minor adjustments to light-medium and heavy-duty equipment. 
• Constructs forms and places reinforcing steel and embedded items for building vaults and other concrete structures; pours and finishes concrete. 
• Works in vaults and other confined spaces; lifts and removes vault lids; ventilates vaults; performs vault repairs; locates buried valves at varying underground depths. 
• Locates and repairs leaks in the BCWS water distribution system; cuts mains, lines, pipes, and cables to permit repairs and installation; assesses damage and determines materials required to make repairs; replaces old mains and pipes; installs tapping valves; performs water main taps under pressure or following main shutdowns.
• Assembles, disassembles, installs, cleans, repairs, pressure-tests, and performs bacteriological testing on all types of pipelines and appurtenances in the BCWS distribution system.  
• Performs duties utilizing GPS surveying techniques, and equipment including software and hardware to include asset mapping and development of As Built/Record Drawings. 
• Prepares reports and maintains a variety of records including work orders, job safety assessment reports, inspection reports, etc. 
• Observes and complies with all County and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Duties

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Ten (10) years of experience in the water and/or wastewater industry.
• Five (5) years of utility construction crew leader experience.

• Must have a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
• Must have a Class A Water Distribution License or have the ability to attain one within 12 months of hire date.

• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license for South Carolina with safe driving record.

• Departmental testing may be administered during interview.  
• A criminal background check will be completed on selected applicant if a current one (less than 3 years old) is not on file.
• This is a safety sensitive position and is subject to random drug and alcohol testing. 

• Principles of providing functional direction and training. 
• Methods, techniques and regulations of construction maintenance in multiple trades areas including, but not limited to, pipefitting, trenching, shoring, concrete finishing, asphalt repair, confined space, lock-out/tag-out, fall protection, heat illness, OSHA, asbestos, soil grading practices, and respirator usage. 
• Methods and techniques of locating lines, valves, and services. 
• Principles and practices of preventive maintenance. 
• Operational characteristics of a diverse range of light and heavy construction 
• equipment, and hand and power tools. 
• Construction mathematics. 
• Federal, State, and County mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols. 
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, inspectors, and County staff. 
• The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. 
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.
• Sampling procedures and sample site locations for bacteriological testing.

• Plan, organize, and coordinate the work of assigned staff. 
• Effectively provide staff leadership and work direction. 
• Analyze complex construction and maintenance problems, evaluate alternatives, and recommend or adopt effective courses of action. 
• Set up work sites including traffic control and safety measures.
• Estimate necessary materials and equipment to complete assignments. 
• Perform skilled tasks in the maintenance and repair of water mains and lines. 
• Develop and implement pipeline construction standards including BCWS and SCDES. 
• Assist in the implementation of preventive maintenance programs. 
• Prepare clear and concise records, reports, and other written materials. 
• Properly and safely operate light-medium and heavy-duty construction equipment. 
• Work underground and in confined spaces. 
• Read and interpret maps, construction plans, and specifications. 
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures, and standards relevant to work performed. 
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments. 
• Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines. 
• Effectively use computer systems, software applications relevant to work performed, and modern business equipment to perform a variety of work tasks. 
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax. 
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those encountered in the course of work.

Minimum Qualifications

This position requires the employee to reach, pull and push with hands and arms; stand; and use hands to handle, feel, finger, grasp or operate objects, tools or controls; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use mental acuity and repetitive motion; and walk, talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to ninety-five (95) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Other Qualifications

The work is regularly performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity to change and responsiveness to changing goals, priorities and needs. Thirty-seven and one half (37.5) hours per week. Normal working hours are Monday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Scheduled hours/days, job location, duties and any other information contained herein is subject to change. May be required to work extra hours and to perform extra or different duties during emergency situations.