Water Distribution System Operator Jobs in Arizona

Salary: $49,446.02 - $74,169.16 Annually
Location : Field Operations 6210 W. Myrtle Ave., Glendale, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2026-04545
Department: Water Services
MUNIS- Org Description: Water Distribution
Opening Date: 03/02/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Hours per Week: 40
Description
About Us:The provides over 250,000 residents with safe, reliable, and high-quality water and wastewater services. Glendale Water Services promotes industry best practices, leadership, and innovation to ensure our employees put public health and the vitality of our community first! The Role:The Water Services System Technician - Water Distribution performs skilled, and semi-skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work on the City of Glendale's water distribution network.
Duties will include installing, testing, maintaining, and repairing water mains, sewer mains, services valves, fire hydrants, manholes and stormwater facilities.
This position will be open until filled; applicants will be reviewed as they are received.
Salary:This position is:

• FLSA non-exempt, and will earn overtime for any hours worked over 40 in a week.
• A Grade 312 with an hourly salary between $22.6404 - $33.9606.

In addition to a generous salary, this position also offers a $2,000 Hiring Bonus!
Hiring Bonus* to be paid as follows:

• $1,000 after 30 days of employment,
• $1,000 after 6 months of employment.

* You must be an active employee at the time the hiring bonus is scheduled to be paid in order to receive the bonus. Current City of Glendale employees are not eligible for hiring bonuses. Benefits:
The City of Glendale offers a generous benefits package with competitive rates that become effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.
Below are some City of Glendale benefits resources for your review:

• 2025 - 2026 Benefits Guide
• City of Glendale Benefits Presentation

Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave:
City of Glendale Regular status positions offer:

• 10.5 paid holidays per year, and full-time employees are also granted an additional 12 hours of holiday special leave per calendar year to celebrate their cultural or religious holidays
• Vacation leave accrues at:
  
  • 5.33 hours per pay period (138 hours/17.25* days per year)
  • Increases to 6.12 hours per pay period after 5 years
  • Then caps out at 7.6 hours per pay period after 10 years of service
• Sick leave accrues at 4.4 hours per pay period (114 hours/14.25 days* per year)

* Days per year estimates are based on an 8-hour work day
Retirement:This position participates in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

• Contribution is mandatory, and deducted every pay period
• The current contribution rate is 12.00%

Why Choose Glendale:
The City of Glendale is the West Valley's entertainment nexus; whether it's attending a world-class sporting event at StateFarm Stadium, enjoying a concert at Desert Diamond Arena, or shopping and dining at the Westgate Entertainment District, as a City of Glendale employee, you'll be right in the middle of it all! Glendale is centrally located within the west valley and has convenient access to the 101, 303, US 60, and I-10 freeways. With development happening all around the city, you will notice new homes and businesses being constructed frequently.
At the City of Glendale you'll have the opportunity to interact and engage with a highly diverse, dedicated, and skilled group of professionals. It is one of the best places to work, to grow your career, skills, and advance your future.
Essential Functions

1. Performs skilled and semi-skilled construction, maintenance, and repair work.
2. Operate various light, medium, and heavy equipment including 3-ton utility truck, backhoe, combination jetter and vacuum truck, dump truck, utility crane truck, hydro-excavation equipment and Closed Circuit TV.
3. Uses power and hand tools, light, and heavy equipment to accomplish tasks.
4. Explains and enforces rules and regulations pertaining to safety, barricading, direction of traffic, hazardous materials, and operation of equipment.
5. Maintains daily work records; perform computerized data entry work.
6. Transports and sets up supplies and equipment; makes required safety checks.
7. Installs, tests, maintains, and repairs water mains, sewer mains, services valves, fire hydrants, manholes and storm water facilities.
8. Taps water mains and installs services, and water meters.
9. Tests, repairs, maintains, replaces, and relocates existing large and small water meters.
10. Performs water turn off/turn on for scheduled maintenance and emergencies.
11. Responds/resolves high and no water usage complaints.
12. Installs, pulls, relocates, testing, repairs, assembles, and reads water meters.
13. Constructs and maintains large meter vaults and manholes.
14. Excavates job sites, restores job sites to pre-work conditions.
15. Investigates sewer odors, stoppages and roach requests including storm water related issues.
16. Hydro cleans sewer and storm lines to remove obstacles.
17. Assists in setting up, operating, and maintaining the closed circuit television equipment, and televising of sewer and storm lines.
18. Operates city vehicles which require a Commercial Driver's License (CDL).
19. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications/Special Requirements/Success Factors
Minimum Qualifications:
Two years' experience in construction, maintenance, and repair work and/or in the operation of light, medium, and heavy equipment related to the area of assignment. Operation of light to heavy equipment such as 3-ton utility truck, backhoe, combination jetter and vacuum truck, dump truck, utility crane truck, hydro-excavation equipment and close circuit televising truck.
Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. One year of relevant experience may be substituted for each year of required education.
Knowledge of:

• Rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to area of assignment
• Materials, tools, equipment, safety hazards and precautions common to the assigned areas of responsibility
• Confined space entry procedures
• Blue stake laws and underground utility identification practices

Ability to:

• Read and understand blueprints, technical diagrams, maps, and blue staking procedures
• Barricade work sites according to the Phoenix barricade manual
• Understand and follow safe working practices
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions
• Notify residents and businesses of work being performed; answers questions from citizens
• Provide general direction to other employees and volunteers
• Deal courteously with the public, and co-workers
• Fill out reports and logs, and enter and retrieve information on computers
• Operate and understand atmospheric sensing devices
• Operate city vehicles which require a Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

Special Requirements:
Arizona Class A Commercial Driver's License with tanker endorsement is required within 90 days of hire.

• Any employee operating a motor vehicle on City business must possess and retain a current, validState of Arizona class-appropriate driver's license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver's license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on City business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on City business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance.
• Registration with the FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse (Clearinghouse) is a requirement for all CDL holders. Selected candidates will be required to register and authorize the City of Glendale to conduct limited queries on their CDL for the duration of their employment in order to be considered for this role. Register by visiting

ADEQ Grade 1 Operator Certification in Distribution is required within twelve (12) months of hire.

• Will be subject to call back and stand-by duty and may be subject to rotating shifts.
• This position is classified as safety-sensitive which requires candidates to successfully undergo drug and alcohol testing prior to employment. They will be subject to further drug and alcohol testing throughout their period of employment in accordance with the City of Glendale Substance Abuse policy. A post-offer physical assessment is required. The City of Glendale will incur the cost of all required testing.

After one year of employment in the Water Services Department and meeting the program criteria, employees will be eligible for the Certification Incentive Program for those employees who obtain additional Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) certifications above what is required for their position.
Success Factor Classification Level - Foundational
To view the success factor definitions please click here.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions
Physical Requirements:
Work involves heavy digging, heavy lifting of up to 80 pounds, extensive walking, bending, standing and crawling up and down trench filled holes and confined spaces.
Working Conditions:
Exposure to heavy traffic, hot weather, hazardous materials, insects, and gases.
Benefit information is outlined here:
01
Do you agree that the information submitted in your application, resume, and the answers you provide to the following questions will be accurate, truthful, and are a true representation of your actual job duties and experience as listed in your application job history? Please note, any misstatement of material facts, misrepresentation, or falsification of job role, job title, or job duties will be grounds for disqualification from further consideration and may result in termination of employment.

• No, I do not agree.
• Yes, I agree.

02
Do you understand that that this position often requires employees to spend most of their work shift outdoors in adverse weather conditions such as extreme heat or cold, performing work duties that involve heavy digging, heavy lifting of up to 80 pounds, extensive walking, bending, standing, and crawling up and down trenches in water filled holes and confined spaces?

• No
• Yes

03
Do you understand that employees will be required to be on "paid standby" multiple times throughout the year for one week at a time and must respond to any work calls within a one-hour timeframe?

• No
• Yes

04
How many years of experience do you have in construction, maintenance, or water distribution repair work, to include the operation of light, medium, or heavy equipment such as hand tools, jackhammers, rammers, 3-ton utility trucks, backhoes, dump trucks, utility crane trucks, or hydro-excavation equipment.

• Less than 1 year of experience.
• Between 1 and 2 years of experience.
• Between 2 and 3 years of experience.
• Between 3 and 4 years of experience.
• Between 4 and 5 years of experience.
• More than 5 years of experience.
• None of the above.

05
This position requires employees to obtain a valid Class A, Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with tanker endorsement, within 90 days of hire. Please select a response below that most accurately represents your Class A CDL status:

• I do not have a valid Class A, Commercial Driver's License with tanker endorsement.
• I have a valid Class A, Commercial Driver's License, but do not have a tanker endorsement.
• I have a valid Class A, Commercial Driver's License with tanker endorsement.

06
This position requires employees to obtain an Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Grade 1 Operator Certification in Distribution within 12 months of hire. Please select a response below that most accurately represents your ADEQ Operator Certification status:

• I do not have an ADEQ Grade 1 Operator Certification in Distribution
• I have a ADEQ Grade 1 Operator Certification in Distribution
• I have a ADEQ Grade 2 Operator Certification in Distribution
• I have a ADEQ Grade 3 Operator Certification in Distribution
• I have a ADEQ Grade 4 Operator Certification in Distribution

07
How many years of experience do you have utilizing small and medium tools and equipment such as shovels, hand tools, gas powered chop saws, chain saws, jackhammers, and rammers/compactors?

• Less than 1 year of experience.
• Between 1 and 2 years of experience.
• Between 2 and 3 years of experience.
• Between 3 and 4 years of experience.
• Between 4 and 5 years of experience.
• More than 5 years of experience.
• None of the above.

08
How many years of experience do you have operating heavy equipment such as 3-ton utility trucks, backhoes, front end loaders, dump trucks, utility crane trucks, and ditch witch/hydro-excavation equipment?

• Less than 1 year of experience.
• Between 1 and 2 years of experience.
• Between 2 and 3 years of experience.
• Between 3 and 4 years of experience.
• Between 4 and 5 years of experience.
• More than 5 years of experience.
• None of the above.

09
This position requires employees to perform wet and dry