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Salary : $47,789.00 - $98,197.00 Annually
Location : Northside Maintenance Yard, Vienna, VA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Job Number: 00606
Department: Public Works
Division: Water Operations
Opening Date: 05/26/2026
Closing Date: 6/14/2026 8:46 AM Eastern
General Statement of Job
Maintenance Worker I-IV- Full Time
Public Works- Water Operations
This position may be filled as a Maintenance Worker I, II, III or IV depending on the certifications, experience and qualifications of the candidate*
Position Grade:
Maintenance Worker I: Town Grade 112: $47,789-$76,940
Maintenance Worker II: Town Grade 114: $52,687-$84,826
Maintenance Worker III: Town Grade 116: $58,088-$93,521
Maintenance Worker IV: Town Grade 117: $60,992-$98,197
CDL HOLDER BONUS INCENTIVE

• Starting Pay $55,000 for CDL Holders
• $2,000 Hiring Bonus for valid CDL Holders.
  $1,000 after first 90 days and $1,000 upon completion of 1 year probation.
• Retention Bonus of $2,000 each year following

The purpose of this class within the organization is to perform semi-skilled and manual maintenance duties required to preserve and maintain the Town's water distribution system infrastructure. Responsibilities include installing, repairing, and maintaining water mains, service lines, valves, hydrants, meters, and related appurtenances to ensure reliable delivery of potable water to the community.
Work is performed outdoors in all types of weather conditions. Work environment includes exposure to noise, dust, traffic, pressurized water systems, excavation hazards, and underground utilities, with extended periods of standing, walking, bending, crouching, lifting heavy objects, and operating equipment.
This position is considered essential personnel and requires participation in emergency response activities, including significant overtime, after-hours callouts, weekend work and extended shifts during water system emergencies such as water breaks and snow emergencies.
This job may prepare an incumbent for career progression by gaining additional, more complex skills in water distribution system maintenance and operation.
This class works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences while coordinating with supervisors and team members to complete assigned tasks.
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM
Overtime as necessary and mandatory during emergency situations
All new employees must satisfactorily complete a background check. A conditional offer of employment may then be made contingent upon the successful completion of a physical exam that includes drug testing
This is an Non-Exempt Position.
Duties and Responsibilities
The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary.
Essential Functions:
Installs, repairs, and maintains water distribution system infrastructure, including water mains, service lines, valves, fire hydrants, meters, and related components.
Responds to water main breaks, service leaks, and other distribution system emergencies; assists in isolating affected areas, controlling water flow, and restoring service to customers.
Operates valves and hydrants as directed to control water flow, isolate system sections, and support system maintenance and repair activities.
Assists with the installation, repair, and replacement of water services, including tapping mains, installing service connections, and repairing service line leaks.
Performs excavation and backfilling operations using hand tools and mechanical equipment; shoring and securing trenches in accordance with safety regulations.
Deploys and maintains traffic control devices and is exposed to traffic conditions while working in or near roadways.
Operates and maintains a variety of equipment and tools used in water distribution maintenance, including dump trucks, pumps, compressors, generators, compactors, saws, and other specialized equipment.
Performs routine maintenance of fire hydrants and valves, including exercising, flushing, lubrication, inspection, and minor repairs.
Restores work sites following maintenance and repair activities by backfilling trenches, compacting soil, placing temporary or permanent pavement patches, and restoring disturbed surfaces.
Locates water system components using maps, records, and electronic locating equipment; assists in marking utilities prior to excavation activities.
Enters and works in confined spaces using personal protective equipment and operates under Virginia and OSHA standards for excavation and confined space entry.
Maintains vehicles, equipment, and tools in safe working condition; performs routine inspections, cleaning, lubrication, and minor maintenance.
Interprets map documents, diagrams, sketches, technical manuals, and uses associated numbering systems for utility assets; interprets various plan drawings.
Competently uses software and computer tablets for email and record-keeping. Responsible for performing updates; records activity into the Town's electronic maintenance management system, such as time logs, equipment and materials used for maintenance, repair, or replacement, and the associated utility asset identification.
Interacts and communicates with supervisors, co-workers, contractors, and the general public regarding water service interruptions, work activities, and safety considerations.
This is an essential position among the Town's workforce and subject to work during inclement weather conditions or other designated emergencies.
Additional Duties:
Loads and unloads trucks, materials, and equipment.
Flags traffic in work areas for workers and drivers.
Cleans and lubricates work vehicles and equipment.
Assists higher-level staff or supervisors with complex repairs and installations.
Returns to work for water system emergencies, snow operations, and other emergency response situations as required.
Performs related work as assigned.
Maintains positive relations with co-workers and customers.
Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts
Data Responsibility:
Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.
Collects, classifies or formats data or information in accordance with a prescribed schema or plan to facilitate the identification and extraction of useful information.
People Responsibility:
People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public.
Speaks with or signals to people to convey or exchange information of a general nature.
Asset Responsibility:
Assets responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.
Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.
Mathematical Requirements:
Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems.
Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percents.
Communications Requirements:
Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.
Reads routine sentences, instructions, regulations, procedures or work orders; writes routine sentences and completes routine job forms and incident reports; speaks routine sentences using proper grammar.
Judgment Requirements:
Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.
Responsible for guiding others, requiring a few decisions, affecting the individual and a few co-workers; works in a stable environment with clear and uncomplicated written/oral instructions, but with some variations from the routine.
Complexity of Work:
Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.
Performs semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules, but with frequent problems; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results or occasional exposure to unusual pressure.
Impact of Errors:
Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.
The impact of errors is moderate - affects those in work unit.
Physical Demands:
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.
Performs medium to heavy work that involves walking, standing, stooping, lifting, digging, pushing and raising objects and also involves exerting between 20 to 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis and 50 to 100 pounds of force on an occasional basis.
Equipment Usage:
Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.
Leads or handles machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.
Unavoidable Hazards:
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to traffic; moving machinery.
Safety of Others:
Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the general public.
Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others.
Minimum Training and Experience
Maintenance Worker I-
Valid State Driver's LicenseRequires High School graduation or GED equivalent.
Requires three months relevant equipment operation, utility maintenance or closely related experience.
Maintenance Worker II- Valid State Driver's License
Requires High School graduation or GED equivalent.
Requires one year relevant equipment operation, utility maintenance or closely related experience.
Maintenance Worker IIIRequires High School diploma or GED equivalent.
Requires three years large and heavy equipment operation, utility maintenance or other closely related experience, dependent on position recruited.
Valid State Commercial Driver's License (Class B) with N endorsement, or 5 years of documented heavy equipment operator experience for utilities.
Maintenance Worker IVRequires High School diploma or GED equivalent.
Requires four years large and heavy equipment operation, utility maintenance or other closely related experience, dependent on position recruited.
Requires 2 years document heavy equipment operator experience
Valid State Commercial Driver's License (Class B) with N endorsement
Virginia Class 5 Waterworks License or NAASCO Certification
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance
The Town of Vienna is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the Town of Vienna to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management
Benefits viewed are for permanent, full time employees and may differ from part time, benefit employees. Interns, temporary, seasonal and other part time employees are not eligible for benefits.
All full time permanent employees of the Town of Vienna contribute 5% of their annual salary to the Virginia Retirement System.
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