Metropolitan Water District of S. California
Operations & Maintenance Technician IV (Diver)
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Location:
La Verne California
Job Description:
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN IV (DIVER) Job Announcement Number: 5922 LY Application Filing Period: December 21, 2010 January 24, 2011, 4:45pm Hourly Salary Range: $30.25 - $39.81 Location: Weymouth Water Treatment Plant La Verne, CA
NOTE: Resumes cannot be substituted for a completed application. Supplemental Questionnaire must be completed and returned with your MWD application packet in order to be considered for the position. Please refer to the supplemental questionnaire on the job announcement.
JOB INFORMATION
This journey-level maintenance position is responsible for Metropolitans diving operations. This position located in the La Verne Valve & Dive Shop will also be responsible for maintaining and refurbishing Metropolitans valves, gates and their operators. Duties include, but are not limited to: participate in all Metropolitans maintenance diving operations and some water quality diving operations; use, service and maintain Metropolitans diving and life support equipment including SCUBA, AGA, Kirby-Morgan helmets and surface air supply compressors and umbilicals; use underwater and surface communication masks and devices; work with underwater hydraulic tools and equipment, including drilling, grinding, sawing, power washing, welding, and exothermic cutting; operate Metropolitan diving boats and barges; and troubleshoot, maintain, disassemble, repair, refurbish, reassemble, and test large Metropolitan valves and gates, including their operators (electric, hydraulic and pneumatic). May use computerized maintenance management systems to track work and participate in plant and system shutdowns and special projects.
Maintenance Divers: Diving requirements for this position are outlined in the attached MWD Diver Safety Manual, Section 2.B Diver Qualifications.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience: High school diploma or GED in addition to a minimum of 6 years in a mechanical maintenance position in a pump plant, treatment plant, hydroelectric or conveyance and distribution facility or similar environment. OR High school diploma or GED in addition to the attainment of journey level skills through a recognized electrical trade training program.
Journey level experience as demonstrated by practical application of general and advanced techniques and practices specific to the operation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical systems in treatment or pump plants, conveyance and distribution, and/or power generation systems, and related apparatus.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Describe your commercial diving education, training and experience that would qualify you for this position.
2. This position will include activities such as SCUBA and/or surface air supplied diving in cold water (50oF), repeatedly lifting 20 pounds by rope over a distance of 50 feet, working for extended periods in direct summer sun, etc. Give examples that would demonstrate your ability to perform such duties on a daily basis.
3. Describe your experience working with mechanical project(s) that involves large valves and operators (e.g., electric, hydraulic, pneumatic).
APPLICATION PROCESS For an application and more detailed information, visit Metropolitan Water District of Southern California or call (213) 217-6453 or TDD (213) 217-5700 and refer to Job Announcement No. 5922 LY.
Resumes cannot be substituted for a completed MWD application packet. The following is required for a complete application packet: 1. MWD job application. 2. Supplemental questionnaire.
Excerpt below printed from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Californias Diver Safety Manual dated January 16, 2009.
B. Diver Qualifications Maintenance Divers
Ratings/Certificates To qualify for a position as an entry-level Maintenance Diver, candidates must have a commercial diver rating and must have logged at least 150 dives. These dives can be a combination of working dives and training dives, but must be listed in a signed logbook. In addition candidates must have one of the following: Certification from a commercial dive college, Certification from a military dive school for commercial diving, Proof of employment with a commercial dive company as a working commercial diver with four years of field experience, or Certification from the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) as an Entry Level Tender/Diver.
Skills and Knowledge To qualify as a Maintenance Diver, candidates must demonstrate that, through their training and experience, they have gained sufficient skills and knowledge of: Diving procedures and techniques, Emergency procedures, Physiological hazards as they relate to diving, and Diving equipment.
Experience To become a Maintenance Diver, candidates shall have four years of general maintenance experience. This experience must include working on valves, pumps, and hydraulic equipment.
Salary:
$30.25 - $39.81/HR.
Application deadline:
01/24/11
Contact:
Human Resources
E-mail:
recruitment@mwdh2o.com
Operations & Maintenance Technician IV (Diver)
Posted: 12/21/10 | Hits: 262 | Print
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Location:
La Verne California
Job Description:
OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN IV (DIVER) Job Announcement Number: 5922 LY Application Filing Period: December 21, 2010 January 24, 2011, 4:45pm Hourly Salary Range: $30.25 - $39.81 Location: Weymouth Water Treatment Plant La Verne, CA
NOTE: Resumes cannot be substituted for a completed application. Supplemental Questionnaire must be completed and returned with your MWD application packet in order to be considered for the position. Please refer to the supplemental questionnaire on the job announcement.
JOB INFORMATION
This journey-level maintenance position is responsible for Metropolitans diving operations. This position located in the La Verne Valve & Dive Shop will also be responsible for maintaining and refurbishing Metropolitans valves, gates and their operators. Duties include, but are not limited to: participate in all Metropolitans maintenance diving operations and some water quality diving operations; use, service and maintain Metropolitans diving and life support equipment including SCUBA, AGA, Kirby-Morgan helmets and surface air supply compressors and umbilicals; use underwater and surface communication masks and devices; work with underwater hydraulic tools and equipment, including drilling, grinding, sawing, power washing, welding, and exothermic cutting; operate Metropolitan diving boats and barges; and troubleshoot, maintain, disassemble, repair, refurbish, reassemble, and test large Metropolitan valves and gates, including their operators (electric, hydraulic and pneumatic). May use computerized maintenance management systems to track work and participate in plant and system shutdowns and special projects.
Maintenance Divers: Diving requirements for this position are outlined in the attached MWD Diver Safety Manual, Section 2.B Diver Qualifications.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience: High school diploma or GED in addition to a minimum of 6 years in a mechanical maintenance position in a pump plant, treatment plant, hydroelectric or conveyance and distribution facility or similar environment. OR High school diploma or GED in addition to the attainment of journey level skills through a recognized electrical trade training program.
Journey level experience as demonstrated by practical application of general and advanced techniques and practices specific to the operation, maintenance, and repair of mechanical systems in treatment or pump plants, conveyance and distribution, and/or power generation systems, and related apparatus.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Describe your commercial diving education, training and experience that would qualify you for this position.
2. This position will include activities such as SCUBA and/or surface air supplied diving in cold water (50oF), repeatedly lifting 20 pounds by rope over a distance of 50 feet, working for extended periods in direct summer sun, etc. Give examples that would demonstrate your ability to perform such duties on a daily basis.
3. Describe your experience working with mechanical project(s) that involves large valves and operators (e.g., electric, hydraulic, pneumatic).
APPLICATION PROCESS For an application and more detailed information, visit Metropolitan Water District of Southern California or call (213) 217-6453 or TDD (213) 217-5700 and refer to Job Announcement No. 5922 LY.
Resumes cannot be substituted for a completed MWD application packet. The following is required for a complete application packet: 1. MWD job application. 2. Supplemental questionnaire.
Excerpt below printed from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern Californias Diver Safety Manual dated January 16, 2009.
B. Diver Qualifications Maintenance Divers
Ratings/Certificates To qualify for a position as an entry-level Maintenance Diver, candidates must have a commercial diver rating and must have logged at least 150 dives. These dives can be a combination of working dives and training dives, but must be listed in a signed logbook. In addition candidates must have one of the following: Certification from a commercial dive college, Certification from a military dive school for commercial diving, Proof of employment with a commercial dive company as a working commercial diver with four years of field experience, or Certification from the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) as an Entry Level Tender/Diver.
Skills and Knowledge To qualify as a Maintenance Diver, candidates must demonstrate that, through their training and experience, they have gained sufficient skills and knowledge of: Diving procedures and techniques, Emergency procedures, Physiological hazards as they relate to diving, and Diving equipment.
Experience To become a Maintenance Diver, candidates shall have four years of general maintenance experience. This experience must include working on valves, pumps, and hydraulic equipment.
Salary:
$30.25 - $39.81/HR.
Application deadline:
01/24/11
Contact:
Human Resources
E-mail:
recruitment@mwdh2o.com
