Position Number: 009685

Department: Facilities Management (Adm)

Employment Type: Permanent - Full-time

Months Per Year: 12

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Test back-flow preventers campus-wide. Possession of a current and approved Backflow Assembly Certification Tester is required or the ability to obtain it within the first year of hire.
• Maintain reclaimed water system.
• Perform preventive maintenance on fire hydrants to ensure proper operation.
• Perform flushing of water distribution by operating blow-off valves and fire hydrants.
• Perform and maintain water valve exercising with related equipment to ensure proper operation.
• Apply standards of the Safe Drinking Water and Clean Water Act.
• Apply knowledge of pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and safety regulations related to water quality and backflow prevention.
• Apply principles of Cross Connection Control (Backflow Prevention)
• Apply operational and maintenance practices of the American Water Works Association.
• Performs construction inspection of utilities served by the University.
• Additionally, work includes locating and marking the Univesity utility assets, coordinating NC811 tickets, and reviewing as-built drawings along with sanitary sewer video.

Minimum Experience / Education:

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

• Three years of related experience in water distribution, wastewater (including sanitary), and other utility systems, including the practices of water quality, fire hydrant operation, backflow prevention assembly testing along repairs, and operating in-ground water valves along with equipment associated with performing tasks preferred. 
• Knowledge of the techniques for taking water samples, testing methods, and performing related tests.
• Knowledge of utility construction techniques, processes, and materials.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints, plans, and specifications and to compare them with various aspects of construction in progress
• Experience operating in-ground water valves and equipment associated with performing tasks.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to gather data for the use of generating reports.
• Water Quality/Water Treatment
• State, Journey, Technician, or variation of Plumbing License preferred. 

About The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

UNC Charlotte is North Carolina's urban research institution. Our campus is located in the piedmont of North Carolina, just two hours from the mountains and three hours from the Atlantic Ocean. A large public university with a small college feel, more than 27,200 students consider UNC Charlotte’s 1,000-acre campus their home away from home.

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