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American Water Maintenance Technician in East St. Louis, Illinois

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. * Illinois American Water* is seeking a full-time Maintenance Technician to join our team in* East. St. Louis. In this role, you will be responsibe for the preventative maintenance of treatment plant equipment including hydraulics, chemical feed systems, analyzers, pumps, motors, valves and more. Our ideal candidate will have a strong mechanical aptitude and be eager to learn the water industry! _ *Primary Role_ /The successful candidate will be responsible for the duties necessary to maintain and ensure reliable operation of water and/or wastewater treatment facilities. Maintenance tasks will be of a high technical nature including work on pumps, chemical feed systems and controls. Employee will be given tasks that require electrical, mechanical and production facilities knowledge, in addition to operations of heavy equipment including a forklift and possibly a backhoe and other duties as assigned by management./ _ Knowledge/Skills_ * Strong work ethic, time management and organizational and team membership skills. * Ability to communicate well and to work with minimal supervision. * Good mechanical skills. * Ability to start up, shut down, and make operating adjustments to all equipment for proper continued operation. * Ability to walk and/or stand for extended periods of time. * Ability to lift and/or carry up to 75 lbs. * Basic computer skills are required. _ Experience/Education_ * High school degree or equivalent required. * Mechanical and/or electrical experience or training is desired. * 0-2 years of experience working in water industry. _ Certification_ * Class C Water Operator License required after 2 years in position. * Class A Water Operator License required after 4 years in position. * Class C driver's license and D.O.T. medical card required within 30 days of being awarded position. _ Shifts/Hours_ * Full-time * _ Tuesday - Saturday 2PM - 10:30PM._ Note: changes in hours may become necessary for continued operation of Business _ *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.

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