Streets and Utilities Technician

Position: Streets & Utilities Technician I or II

Department: Public Works

Hourly Pay Range: Tech I $24.33 - $28.16/hourly or Tech II $26.76 - $30.98/hourly

Reports to: Streets & Utilities Supervisor

Benefits: The Town offers an excellent benefits package including full health, dental, and vision coverage for the employee, including insurance deductible reimbursement, and partial coverage for family health, dental, and vision; short- and long-term disability and life insurance; and a retirement contribution package.
 

Experience: Technician I: 0–2 years of construction, utility, or public works experience

                      Technician II: 2-4 years of relevant construction, utility, or public works experience required.
  
Technician I General Duties 

• Perform entry-level asphalt patching, crack sealing, snow removal, and street sweeping. 

• Assist with water and wastewater utility locates, meter reading, and minor repairs. 

• Operate light to medium trucks and tools under supervision. 

• Perform routine hydrant flushing and valve turning. 

• Provide traffic control and flagging on construction sites. 

Technician I Certifications 

• Class B CDL (Willing to get within 1st year of hire)

• Flagger Certification (within 1 year) 

• Confined Space Certification (within 1 year) 


• CPR/First Aid/AED Certification (within 1 year) 
  

Technician II General Duties

• Perform independent street maintenance, including overlays, concrete flatwork, signage installation/repair, and striping.


• Operate heavy equipment, including graders, loaders, plows, and hydrovac trucks.


• Conduct inspections and maintenance of water distribution and wastewater collection systems.


• Respond to utility locates, service calls, and after-hours emergency repairs.


• Perform advanced valve exercising, hydrant flushing, and system troubleshooting.


• Mentor and train Technician I staff; serve as acting lead on projects as assigned.


• Maintain logs, inspection reports, and regulatory records.


• Performs data entry of information, maintenance logs, and other data in spreadsheets and pavement management software.


• Support snow removal and emergency response operations.


• Assist with set-up/tear-down for Town events as needed.


• Performs a variety of duties that require considerable knowledge of the use and wear of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).


• Asphalt patching, crack sealing, snow removal, and street sweeping.


• Assists, performs, and/or directs a variety of routine to complex maintenance and construction activities, or inspections, including street signage, street sweeping, pavement markings, concrete maintenance, and asphalt maintenance.


• Assist with water and wastewater utility locates, meter reading, valve turning, hydrant flushing, and minor repairs.

Technician II Certifications 

• CDL with Tanker Endorsement


• Flagger Certification  


• Confined Space Certification


• CPR/First Aid/AED Certification, and


• One of the following (within 1 year of hire if not already held):
  Colorado LTAP Roads Scholar I Certification, or
         • Water Distribution I, or
         • Wastewater Collections I.

Technician II Desirable/Preferred Qualifications

• Trenching & Excavation Safety Training.


• OSHA 10 or 30 Construction Safety.


• Demonstrated experience in GIS/GPS mapping of utilities.

HOURS OF WORK:

Regular working hours for this position are Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and outside of regular work hours as necessary.  Summer hours may apply (4-10s). On-call rotation required.

Note:  This position description is not intended to be an exclusive list of all of the requirements, duties, tasks, roles or responsibilities associated with the position.  Nothing in this position description restricts the Town’s ability to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities of this job at any time.  The Town is an “at will” employer, and Town employees may be separated from employment at any time and at the discretion of management.

The Town of Severance is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

The Town of Severance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin ancestry, age 40 or older, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by law. The Town of Severance will make all reasonable accommodations to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity in employment.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use:  Because the possession and use of marijuana whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the Town is a drug free workplace, the Town will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the Town while marijuana is in the body.  The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy. 

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates must submit a cover letter and résumé through the online portal:

https://www.townofseverance.org/195/Career-Opportunities

INTERESTED CANDIDATES MAY APPLY FOR THIS POSITION BY SUBMITTING A RESUME AND COVER LETTER, NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 26, 2026, BY 12:00 NOON, THROUGH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• The Town of Severance website


• Indeed Job Posting


• Glassdoor Job Posting


• ZipRecruiter