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Requisition ID: *[[id]] * 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_ To perform a variety of tasks in supervising and participation in the locating, laying, repairing and extending underground water mains and distribution pipes. _ Key Accountabilities_ * Sets up barricades and places safety lights around worksite to protect workers from street traffic. * Breaks up asphalt and concrete, using pneumatic power tools for trenching and compaction. * Manual digging of valve boxes and curb boxes using shovel and digging bar. * Guide pipe sections, valves and fittings into position and holds pieces steady while worker tightens connections. * Tapping into pressurized water mains. * Flaring and connecting copper and plastic piping. * Installation of repair clamp on pressurized water mains and service lines. * Operation/repair of valves and fire hydrants. * Investigates complaints and determines corrective action per Company procedure. * Operating of pneumatic and/or hydraulic boring equipment. * Completes all necessary forms, sketches and field notes and be knowledgeable of usage of maps and records. * Drives vehicles and/or trucks in performance of general job. * Direct the activities of any personnel assigned. * Delivers parts and water tankers as required sometimes to other operating areas. * Performs janitorial work, yard maintenance, plumbing work and other light maintenance. * Perform storeroom procedures, i.e., inventory control, ordering and receipting. * Any other duties that may be assigned by Supervisor. _ Knowledge/Skills_ * Using body members and/or tools or work aids to work, move, guide or place objects or materials in situations where ultimate responsibility for the attainment of standards occurs and selection of appropriate tools, objects or materials and the adjustment of the tools to task requires exercise of considerable judgment. * Having working knowledge of distribution systems. * Knowledge of Company’s Risk Management Policies, Procedures and Practices. * Work reports in proper format, punctuation, spelling and Skillfully use hand tools or machines need for work. * Use of Computers and other electronic devices. * Knowledge of the Distribution System. * Measure, cut or otherwise work on materials or objects with great precision. * Skillful use of hand and power tools. * Picture what the finished product will look like. * Accept responsibility for the volume and accuracy of work. * Use arithmetic or shop geometry to figure amounts of material needed, dimensions to be followed and cost of material. * Capable of lifting and/or carrying 100 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 50 lbs. Stooping. Kneeling. Crouching. Crawling. Reaching. Handling. Fingering. Feeling. * DEP License. * Environmental conditions including contact with water, chemicals, fumes, odors, toxic conditions, chemical dusts, dusts or poor ventilation. Situations in which individual is exposed to the definite risk of bodily injury. Sufficient noise, either constant or intermittent to cause marked distraction. Exposure to inclement weather to cause marked bodily discomfort. Heavy labor associated with utility construction and maintenance. _ Experience/Education_ * Three (3) years in Construction, Plumbing or Building Trades. * High School Graduate or Equivalent required. _ Certification/Licenses_ * Active state PA driver’s license required with the ability to pass a motor vehicle report. * DOT License Required OR the ability to obtain. * DEP Certification preferred. _ Work Environment_ * Contact with water, chemicals, fumes, odors, toxic conditions, chemical dusts, dusts or poor ventilation. * Situations in which individual is exposed to the definite risk of bodily injury. * Sufficient noise, either constant or intermittent to cause marked distraction. * Exposure to inclement weather to cause marked bodily discomfort. * Heavy labor associated with utility construction and maintenance. _ Competencies_ Champions safety Customer obsessed Cultivates innovation Nimble learning Drives Results Collaborates * Join American Water...We Keep Life Flowing™ * American Water is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based on his or her age, race, color, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, citizenship, or because they are an individual with a disability, protected veteran or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws.