Senior Utility Worker- Construction
Senior Utility Worker- Construction
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About Our Job
With competitive pay great benefits and endless opportunities working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose for you and those who benefit from your passion skills and expertise. Join our diverse inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver Denver.
What We Offer
The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary range for this position is $22.01$33.02 an hour. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $22.5025.50 an hour. We also offer generous benefits for fulltime employees which include but are not limited to: offer generous benefits for fulltime employees which include but are not limited to:
- A guaranteed lifelong monthly pension once vested after 5 years of service
- 457B Retirement Plan
- 140 hours of PTO earned within first year 11 paid holidays 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year
- Competitive medical dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date
Location
In this position you can expect to work on site 5 days a week.
What Youll Do
DOTIs Commitment to Equity:
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) through its employees enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective high quality safe and equitable public infrastructure and services.
For more information please visit the DOTI website.
DOTIs Commitment to Equity:
DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas assets and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting equitable investments and equitable workforce development.
DOTIs culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People (2) Operate with Discipline (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions and (4) Deliver Results.
The Waste Water Construction team has an opening for a Senior Utility Worker. Job duties and responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to the following:
- Lifts and empties heavy solid waste containers into disposal trucks operates hydraulic compaction unit on city trash collection vehicles and washes trucks as needed.
- Can be assigned to dead animal ewaste or extra trash collection including large items.
- Performs unskilled light to heavy physical labor on a variety of construction maintenance and repair projects that involves physical exertion and the use of manual tools and limited use of small power operated tools.
- Assists skilled trade workers by performing minor repairs to buildings and facilities including painting plastering carpentry plumbing repairs and simple elements of electrical systems such as replacing faulty switches and outlets.
- Performs minor repairs to gardening and grounds equipment vehicles and machinery including repair or replacement of broken parts.
- Operates light weight equipment powered by small engines used for maintenance cleaning and minor construction projects.
- Performs pretrip inspection on equipment for such things as fluid levels leaks condition of hoses and belts tire pressure brake lights and related areas and secures cleans and cares for all tools and equipment needed for job assignments.
- Places and removes barricades cones and other traffic control and safety devices in and around work areas.
- Performs exterior maintenance duties including spading dirt pruning shrubs raking leaves watering assigned areas picking up litter and clearing dumpster areas.
- Utilizes hand operated construction equipment such as jackhammers air spades shovels rotors metal detectors and air drills.
- Performs seasonal duties such as salting sanding and removal of ice and snow by hand.
- Performs other related duties as assigned
What Youll Bring
We value diversity of ethnicity race socioeconomic status sexual identity gender religion language ability and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. Youll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself your work the people around you and Denver to the next level.
Our ideal candidate will have some or all of the following experience skills and characteristics:
- Previous experience with solid waste collection dead animal collection and other laborrelated tasks
- Experience working in various weather conditions (snow rain heat etc.) and environments (dust fumes etc.)
- Knowledge of city of Denver streets/alleys and use of maps
- Desire to promote to other positions within the department
Required minimum qualifications:
- Education requirement: None
- Experience Requirement: One (1) year of experience performing unskilled labor work.
- Education/Experience Equivalency: Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirement.
- License/Certifications: Requires a valid Drivers License at the time of application.
- Requires a valid Commercial Drivers License (CDL B) with appropriate endorsements within six (6) months of employment and must be kept current as a condition of employment.
- Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.
Application Deadline
This position is expected to stay open until June 1 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than May 31 2025 at 11:59pm.
About Everything Else
Job Profile
CJ2041 Utility Worker IITo view the full job profile including position specifications physical demands and probationary period click here.
Position Type
UnlimitedPosition Salary Range
$22.01 $33.02Starting Pay
$22.5025.50 an hourAgency
Dept of Transportation & InfrastructureRedeployment during Citywide Emergencies
City and County of Denver employees may be redeployed to work in other capacities in their own agencies or in other city agencies to support core functions of the city during a citywide emergency declared by the Mayor.
The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability genetic information age or any other status protected under federal state and/or local law.
It is your right to access oral or written language assistance sign language interpretation realtime captioning via CART or disabilityrelated accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you please contact with three business days notice.
Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.
For information about right to work click here for English or here for Spanish.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
