Utility Worker II (Wastewater Collections)

Utility Worker II (Wastewater Collections)

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in your community while building a rewarding career? 

Colorado Springs Utilities is looking for a dedicated and hardworking Utility Worker II to support essential construction, repair, and maintenance projects in our wastewater collection division. 

In this dynamic role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to rotate across multiple teams—including water, wastewater, and support services—gaining hands-on experience and valuable insight into the diverse operations of our four-service utility.

***Please note that this job requires performing manual labor, including heavy lifting and shoveling, and working in various types of weather. Additionally this job will require working overtime, weekends, holidays, and 24-hour callouts based on business needs. 

What Will You be Doing?

• Assisting in the construction, repair, and maintenance of water and wastewater systems
• Using hand-operated and electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic power tools to assist with landscape construction and maintenance projects
• Gathering equipment and parts to complete daily tasks
• Leveraging knowledge of and adhering to construction site and traffic safety procedures, general construction principles, barricading principles, and corrosion principles

Who You Are

• Demonstrated experience in a construction or manual labor-type environment is valued
• To be considered for this role, you must possess a valid, unrestricted driver’s license. While a Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) is highly valued, we’re committed to helping you grow, so we’ll provide the training and certification support you need to obtain a Class A CDL within your first year of employment.
• Knowledge and skills in any of the following are valued:
  • General construction principles
  • Basic mathematics
  • Blueprints, schematics, and mechanics
• Ability to operate equipment such as utility trailers, wastewater maintenance equipment, asphalt rollers, jackhammers, and various pneumatic hand tools

Our Commitment to Our Employees 

Our people are the heart and soul of Colorado Springs Utilities.  They keep the lights on, gas flowing, water coming in, and wastewater leaving.  We do not just say people are important – we prove it!  That’s why we are honored to invest in protecting the health and financial security of our employees and their families through our rich benefits program.

• Time Off – Because everybody needs time off to recharge
  • Vacation – New employees accrue 13 days of paid time off to start, while our more tenured employees accrue 24 days per year
  • Personal Leave –3 days per year of personal leave
  • Paid Holidays –12 paid holidays per year
  • Sick Leave – Accrue 12 days of sick leave annually for those days when you or a family member is feeling under the weather
  • Vacation Buy – Purchase up to 40 hours of additional vacation time
• Pension Plan – Looking forward to a comfortable lifestyle once you’re done working? The Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA) provides you with retirement benefits and peace of mind when you retire 
• Medical – Select from three comprehensive medical plans, starting at $0 per month.  Employees also enjoy access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA). (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Wellness Program – Voluntary wellness program that allows you and your spouse to each earn up to $500 to use towards healthcare expenses, $100 in Visa gift cards, and up to $400 in gym membership reimbursements
• Dental – Select from two dental plans, with in-network PPO preventive care covered at 100% and access to orthodontia coverage (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Vision – Voluntary plan that covers full vision care services and discounts on LASIK eye surgery (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Retirement Saving Programs – Supplement your pension plan with voluntary retirement programs such as the PERAPlus 401(k) and MissionSquare’s Roth IRA and 457 plans
• Disability Coverage – Short-Term (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD) insurance available for purchase (effective the 1st of the month following your start date)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Makes the going a little easier by aiding with mental health, stress management, work-life balance, financial and legal matters, and much more
• Long-Term Care Insurance (LTC) – Whether it's due to an accident or a serious illness, LTC insurance is available for purchase to help you and your loved ones (effe