Nature of Work
The City of Bellingham Public Works department is currently seeking a Plants Maintenance Technician. Public Works employees strive to provide neighborhoods, businesses and visitors with efficient, quality services necessary to meet the demands of our growing, diverse community.
The Plants Maintenance Technician series performs progressively responsible multi-discipline preventive, corrective, rebuild, upgrade, and special project maintenance for complex plant process systems, equipment, and facilities at the water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, lift stations, reservoirs, and other facilities. Examples of duties include performing troubleshooting, preventive, corrective, and special project maintenance on industrial electrical, electronic, electrical generating and distribution, electronic process control instrumentation, distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers (PLC), remote telemetry units, HVAC, mechanical pumping equipment, high horsepower motors, compressors, heavy industrial process machinery, piping, and pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
SALARY AND BENEFITS:
Placement into the Plants Maintenance Technician Series is based on the required experience and training requirements.
Salary Rates:
Plants Maintenance Technician In Training: Starting hourly rate- $24.47. Current full range- $24.47-$30.10/hour.
Plants Maintenance Technician 1: Starting hourly rate- $27.55. Current full range- $27.55-$33.91/hour.
Plants Maintenance Technician 2: Starting hourly rate- $30.96. Current full range- $30.96-$38.10/hour.
Plants Maintenance Technician 3: Starting hourly rate- $34.85. Current full range- $34.85-$42.87/hour.
City of Bellingham employees receive medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as life insurance and long-term disability. Additional benefits include flexible spending accounts, a medical insurance opt-out program, and access to our employee assistance program. All eligible City employees are enrolled in a Washington State Department of Retirement Systems pension plan. Additionally, employees may elect to participate in the City’s 457 deferred compensation retirement savings plan.
Employees will receive 12 paid holidays in addition to one paid floating holiday each year. Employees accrue 8 hours total of contract and state sick leave per month in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement and Washington State Law. At the time of hire, employees will accrue 7.33 hours of vacation per month. Vacation accruals increase based on years of service. Leave accruals are based on 1.0 FTE, accruals are pro-rated if part-time and require employee to be in paid status at least 120 hours/month.
For additional information regarding benefits and compensation Information please visit the following:
Labor Agreements, Pay Schedules and E-Team Employee Handbook - City of Bellingham (cob.org)
Employment Benefits - City of Bellingham (cob.org)
Closing Date/Time: Mon., October 28, 2024 at 8:30 AM Pacific Time
To apply online go to: http://www.cob.org/employment