Utility Worker EL2
American Water

Requisition ID: 107030

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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 Index for 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.

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Primary Role

Entry-level position that involves field customer service activities as well as the operation and maintenance activities of water treatment and distribution facilities owned by Missouri American Water Company.

Key Accountabilities

• Meter reading activities.
• Customer Service work to include, bending down to work in metering pits, reading meter and/or changing meter, shutting service off with the metering pit.
• Coordinating construction/maintenance activities in the distribution system, including reading maps, identifying and/or operating valve/hydrants. Record activities/location of assets for updating in asset system.
• Locate distribution facilities and mark said facilities.
• Janitorial duties as assigned.
• Cleaning of basins, troughs via fire hose.
• Fill in for Plant Operator as needed, to include those duties associated with the Plant Operator.
• Lifting necessary equipment, materials, up to 75 lbs.
• Operating Company owned vehicles and obey all traffic laws.
• All other duties as assigned.
  

Knowledge/Skills

• Communicating skills
• Functional/Technical skills
• Learning on the fly
• Organizational agility
• Problem solving
• Time management
  

Experience/Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Missouri state drivers license.
• Preference to individual with MO DNR Operating License, class B and/or Distribution License, class III.
  

Other

Be available for 24 hour/7days a week emergency call as scheduled and periodic weekend work assignment.

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.

Nearest Major Market: Columbia Missouri

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