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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. _ Primary Role _ Installs and repairs service lines, water mains, and hydrants. May operate heavy machinery. _ Key Accountabilities _ * Repairs/replaces water lines and mains on a frequent basis, requiring constant standing and walking on uneven and slippery surfaces, good balance, and even weight distribution. Uses pry bar to open lid to the valve. Enters and exits excavation sites, using ladders to climb down and into holes. Uses key (30#) to open/close valves. Holds onto handle at waist height and turns valve. Puts sleeve on the main and tightens by hand, using a wrench; may lay on stomach or sides on the ground. Backhoe digs a hole and may have to hand-shovel. Two-person lifts/carries shoring from truck to hole, weighing 50-90#; lowers shoring into hole. Carries pump to hole (40#) and attaches pump to shoring. Carries dewatering pump to hole (75-90#), and may need to use cheater bar. Must be alert and able to perceive sounds of voices and machinery and acutely observe surroundings. Uses backhoe, shoring, pumping, dewatering pump (75-90#), tamper wrenches, cheater bar, shovels, rakes, hand tools, and air tools, ladder, cut-off saw (25#). * On an occasional basis, uses a jack hammer (60-90#) at waist to chest height to break up asphalt for up to 30 minutes at a time; uses a backhoe to pull line, and may need to manually climb into hole and push line when it gets stuck. Any and/or all job duties may require heavy grasping, wrist deviation, elbow flexion, trunk or neck flexion, extension, shoulder flexion, internal/external rotation, side bending, forward reaching, crouching, squatting, kneeling, pushing, pulling, protraction/retraction, equipment vibration and kick-back, etc. * Operates backhoe on a frequent or occasional basis: drives equipment to work location; steps up into backhoe. Repairs/replaces hydrants/valves, as needed: uses backhoe to dig around the hydrant/valve; hand digs, as necessary; uses hydraulic snappers (100#), with a pumping motion to squeeze the main and break it; uses backhoe to move the hydrant; flushes hydrants, using a wrench to open/shut the hydrant; may need to use a cheater pipe; lubricates the threads; holding onto handle at waist height, uses key (30#) to open/close the valve; operates cut-off saw (25 #) and tapping equipment. Any or all of these duties may require trunk/neck /elbow/shoulder flexion, grasping, extension, forward reaching, and internal/external rotation. * Maintains hydrants/valves on a frequent basis: Flushes hydrants: uses a wrench to open/shut the hydrant; may need to use a cheater pipe; lubricates the threads; uses key (30#) to open/close valve; holds onto handle at waist height and turns valve; uses pry bar to open lid to the valve. Uses hand and air tools, pry bar, key, hand-held and truck- mounted valve turning equipment. Any or all of these duties may require grasping, wrist deviation, forearm rotation, trunk/elbow/neck flexion, forward reaching, extension, and internal/external rotation. _ Key Accountabilities (cont.) _ * Locates water lines on an occasional basis: drives vehicle with automatic transmission to location of water lines; uses map to locate the area and pulls card from file in the vehicle; finds meter tile and removes meter lid with meter hook, hooks locating cables to the service, shoveling to remove dirt or debris from on top of meter tile; loosens stuck lid; finds and marks locations of the water lines; pushes equipment down into ground to locate main; uses locating device to find the pipe and puts flag in location or spray paints mark. Uses hammer, small pry bar, probing rod, locating device, flag, meter, card file, shovel, meter, etc. Any or all of these duties may require constant gripping, neck rotation, vibration, neck flexion, sweeping motions, etc. * Performs traffic control on an occasional basis: places cones and signs in the appropriate place in the roadway; lifts up to 10#. Uses cones and traffic control signs. Any or all of these duties may require constant standing and walking, trunk/shoulder/elbow flexion, wrist extension and flexion, and neck rotation. _ Knowledge/Skills _ * General Construction _ Experience/Education _ * Water and/or wastewater experience preferred. * High School Diploma or Equivalent. _ Certifications & Licenses _ * CDL required or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire date. * Work Environment* * Works on mud, gravel, asphalt, concrete, grass, and slippery and uneven surfaces. Work is outside and in all weather conditions. * Exposure to dust, fumes, and gases. _ Other _ May work excessive overtime beyond the normal shift or normal work week during system emergencies. _ 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.