This is responsible sewer maintenance and repair work at the foreman level. Work differs from the next lower class in the series in that it entails responsibility for supervising several small crews engaged in the various aspects of sewer maintenance and repair program. A significant aspect of the work includes responsibility for contacting the general public in an effort to resolve complaints resulting from the work. Due to the nature of the work assignments may be performed outside of regularly scheduled working hours.

Work is performed under the general supervision of an administrative superior. Assignments call for evaluative thinking and are carried out according to standard sewer maintenance practices and general work instructions. The employee participates with other foremen to solve sewer problems in an assigned area of the city or a functional segment of the sewer maintenance project. Work involves conditions which can be only partially controlled due to outside environment and sewer conditions. Light physical effort may be required.

• Assigns sewer maintenance and repair projects to crew foremen; advises foremen as to the proper procedures and materials to be used in the more difficult structural sewer maintenance projects; explains sewer construction or plans to crew foremen; visits work sites and determines that adequate safety measures have been taken; coordinates the work of several crews repairing large sewer breaks.
• Visually inspects new large industrial sever connections for conformance to departmental standards; investigates complaints and reports concerning complex problems relating to sewer main breaks, seepage of sewer water into private dwellings and utility sub-surface structures and damage to sewers and appurtenances involving complex problems; makes oral and written reports and sketches of situations found.
• Reviews daily time and materials reports.
• Performs related work as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• the methods, practices, materials, equipment and tools used in sewer maintenance and repair work.
• the occupational hazards present and safety precautions used in sewer maintenance and repair work.
• the general physical layout, and component structures and appurtenances of the municipal sewer system.
• the methods, practices, materials and tools used in the brickmason trade, particularly as they apply to sewer maintenance and repair work.
• supervisory methods and techniques.

ABILITY TO:

• detect and correct structural defects, unsafe and dangerous conditions in sewer and determine repair needs of sewer structures involved in the more difficult sewer maintenance and repair projects.
• make estimates of time, cost, labor and material.
• crawl through sewers.
• interpret and work from sewer construction blueprints and prepare sketches and reports of repairs.
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates.

• Education equivalent to completion of the tenth grade.
• Four years of experience working as a member of a crew actively engaged in the construction, repair or maintenance of sewers, including one year supervising a small crew engaged in this work.

PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS, AND/OR CERTIFICATES

• Possession of a valid proper class motor vehicle operator's license as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to appointment and during tenure of employment as a Sewer Maintenance Foreman.

PAY RANGE: EP14
Class Established: 12/1953
Latest Spec. Revision: 9/1984

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