Maintenance Worker - Coquitlam, Canada - City of Coquitlam

City of Coquitlam

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Coquitlam, Canada

1 week ago

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Maintenance Worker Utilities - WATER
Regular Full Time - Up to 4 positions

We acknowledge with gratitude and respect that the name Coquitlam was derived from the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ word kwikwəƛ̓əm (kwee-kwuh-tlum) meaning "Red Fish Up the River".

The City is honoured to be located on the kwikwəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) traditional and ancestral lands, including those parts that were historically shared with the sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬ təməxw (Katzie), and other Coast Salish Peoples.

One of BC's Top Employers, the City of Coquitlam offers meaningful career opportunities to make a difference within the local community.

As the sixth largest city in BC, we are home to more than 150,000 residents.

Our diverse municipality is a great place to work as it continues to grow through innovative urban design, inspiring arts, culture and recreation programs, and state-of-the-art transportation systems.

Our brand is built on managing our resources in a responsible and sustainable manner, while supporting a vibrant, growing regional urban centre.

We envision a bright future in Coquitlam that we hope includes you

We are currently looking to recruit up to four regular full-time Maintenance Worker Utilities in our Water section of the Public Works Division.

As a Maintenance Worker Utilities, you will be performing skilled manual work repairing, maintaining, and constructing waterworks infrastructure.

You will also ensure City fire hydrants and pumps are operating efficiently in addition to repairing or replacing water mains, services, valves, and pressure reducing valves.

You will also operate relevant equipment such as hand held tools such as cut off saws, road saws, jumping jack, and power broom, snow plows and heavy equipment up to and including tandem axle dump trucks.

Have completed at least Grade 12 education.
Have considerable related work experience in water or sewer/drainage systems.
Have completed relevant postsecondary courses in Public Works.
Possess sound knowledge of the principles, practices, methods, materials, tools and equipment used in water or sewer/drainage systems infrastructure maintenance.

This position will require you to work as part of a team and to demonstrate excellent customer service skills with members of the public and co-workers.

Good people make Coquitlam great - sign up for career alerts through our recruitment portal to stay up to date about opportunities within our team, or follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about how #YouCouldWorkHere too

The City of Coquitlam is an Equal Opportunity Employer_
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted._