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Location

Champaign, IL | United States

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Job description

Share Our Purpose. Be Yourself. Feel Valued. People are the heart of our business. As an American Water employee, you will be offered a competitive salary and health benefits package, along with opportunities to develop, grow, and evolve your career. Our benefits packages focus on key areas such as health & wellness, emotional & well-being, and savings for current & future goals. We are Beautifully Different. We strongly believe having diversity across our company makes us more successful and helps us provide essential services to our customers. We are stronger because we embrace different ideas, viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds. American Water is the best choice for your next role! Click here for more information on our inclusion, diversity, and equity journey. About American Water American Water (NYSE: AWK) is the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States. With a history dating back to 1886, We Keep Life Flowing® by providing safe, clean, reliable and affordable drinking water and wastewater services to more than 14 million people across 14 regulated jurisdictions and 18 military installations. American Water’s 6,500 talented professionals leverage their significant expertise and the company’s national size and scale to achieve excellent outcomes for the benefit of customers, employees, investors and other stakeholders. As one of the fastest growing utilities in the U.S., American Water expects to invest $30 to $34 billion in infrastructure repairs and replacement, system resiliency and regulated acquisitions over the next 10 years. The company has a long-standing history of executing its core operations, aligned with sustainable best practices, through its commitments to safety, affordability, customer service, protecting the environment, an inclusive workforce and strengthening communities. American Water has been recognized on the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Indexfor the fifth consecutive year, ranked 18th on Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies 2023 List, earned the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act designation and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense® Excellence Award, among additional state, local and national recognitions. For more information, visit amwater.com and join American Water on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Primary Role The successful candidate shall perform those duties necessary to maintain and ensure reliable operation of all water supply, treatment, pumping and storage facilities of the IAWC Champaign Division. The position is a day shift position, Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM and requires inclusion in the on-call rotation.Key Accountabilities

• Maintenance and installation of SCADA-related equipment, controls and instruments including, but not limited to well Equipment, various pumps, chemical feed equipment (lime, carbon dioxide, sodium hypochlorite, fluoride, etc.), basin equipment, filters, standby power equipment, electrical equipment, and control equipment.
• Equipment work will include taking readings, rebuilding, lubrication, calibration, replacing components, overhauling, cleaning, testing, fueling, trouble shooting, wiring and other duties as assigned by management.
• Other duties may include general building construction including:
• carpentry, concrete work, roofing, and painting
• plumbing
• both acetylene and electric welding, soldering, brazing and cutting
• machining and metal fabrication
• Some travel throughout the Illinois-American Water Company Champaign District service area may be required. Knowledge/Skills
• Strong work ethic, communication, time management, safety consciousness, as well as organizational and team membership skills.
• Mechanical aptitude, including the ability/knowledge to do electrically based repairs on all equipment. Must be able to work under variable weather, temperature, noise, and atmospheric conditions, as well as heights and around moving machinery.
• Must be courteous with internal and external contacts, as well as be able to take direction while working with a Senior Plant Mechanic.
• Must be available for after-hours work and other emergencies as well as performing other unlisted duties as required by supervision.
• Basic computer data entry skills required with Programmable Logical Controllers (PLC) programming skills desired. Experience/Education
• High school degree, or equivalent, required.Certification
• Valid Class C Non-CDL Driver’s License with clean MVR, or ability to obtain the Class C within 6 months of hire date. Valid drivers license required.
• Class A Water Operators License ideal but not required, or have the ability to obtain.CompetenciesChampions safetyCustomer obsessedCultivates innovationNimble learningDrives ResultsCollaborates

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