Treatment Plant Mechanic Assistant

Date Opened: Wednesday, June 18, 2025 12:00 AMClose Date: Sunday, July 06, 2025 12:00 AMDepartment: Charlotte Water DepartmentSalary: $23.00 - $28.54 Commensurate with Experience

SUMMARY

Charlottes local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play.

Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Waters FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moodys and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment.

SALARY:

$23.00 hourly

JOB SUMMARY:

This position assists treatment plant operators and maintenance staff with daily maintenance and operation at the assigned treatment facility. This position performs scheduled preventative maintenance on various mechanical and process equipment throughout the plants. This position operates landscaping equipment on the plant site, unloads delivered materials, assists in maintaining plant grounds, and performs housekeeping duties as needed.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Assist operations with duties such as process equipment calibrations, bulk chemical receiving and off-loading, and taking process samples.

Assist with maintaining bulk chemical and fuel tank levels by placing orders for products as required or necessary.

Assist with certain regulatory requirements such as completing fire security inspections and stormwater facility inspections.

Manages recycling and dumpster materials and prepares appropriate reports and manifests as needed.

Performs light maintenance duties such as painting equipment, buildings, and curbs, changing light fixtures, making small repairs to plant treatment equipment, and other building maintenance duties; Assists in maintaining small mechanical equipment.

Facility maintenance which includes cleaning of treatment tanks, basins, floors, walkways, grounds, etc.

Assists in scheduling, following up, and transporting plant vehicles for necessary maintenance and inspections.

Runs various errands as needed such as picking up maintenance or laboratory supplies.

Operates plant landscaping equipment and performs housekeeping duties as needed.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK:

Requires a valid drivers license with the ability to obtain a City Driving Permit.

High school diploma/GED required.

Licenses, Certifications or Registrations:

Requires Class C drivers license.

Requires eligibility to obtain a City Driving Permit.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Computer skills with the ability to work with various software.

Experience with industrial building maintenance.

Must have good oral/written communication skills and organizational skills.

Ability to analyze problems and recommend solutions.

Requires the ability to work cooperatively with other employees and external vendors.

Ability to work independently and prioritize work duties.

Ability to operate equipment such as loaders, skid steers, zero-turn mowers, bush hogs, weed trimmers, chain saws, and other equipment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The work is medium work and requires applying 30 pounds of force frequently and exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: balancing, climbing, crouching, feeling, manual dexterity, grasping, handling, perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, distinguishing among sounds, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, expressing ideas by spoken word, shouting above noises, visual activity in data/color/observations/equipment/inspections, and walking.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to co-workers or others. Requires working indoors/outdoors; during inclement weather; around chemicals, solvents, and dust in an industrial environment; and working weekends and holidays as assigned.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position's activities and requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties at any time. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be

reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where we have workstations available. Our office is located at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. Our hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us .

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BENEEFITS

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.