ABOUT THE WATER DEPARTMENT:
The Cambridge Water Department (CWD) is a municipally owned and operated water utility, responsible for the treatment and delivery of water to the residents of Cambridge and the preservation, protection, and management of the City's watershed and its two reservoirs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Water meter installation:
Repair or replacement of water meters
Install and program Meter Transmitter Units (MTU) in public, private, institutional, or industrial establishments
Troubleshoot water meters and MTUs when necessary
Inspect water piping
Perform accuracy testing on removed water meters
Turn on and shutoff water as required
Customer Service:
Investigate high water bills
Investigate problems/complaints as well as investigate potential leaks at customer’s property
Schedule appointments with customers, prepares reports
Verify exception reports, account numbers, MTU serial numbers and meter serial numbers for accuracy
Assist in rollout of consumer engagement (on-line reads) for water usage
Keep records of materials and equipment including meter inventory and meter test results
May perform other related work as assigned.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Working knowledge of:
·PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The ability to lift up to 50 pounds, install water meters and MTUs.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Indoors and Outdoors, as well as varying weather conditions.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS (As Outlined in Current Independent Water Workers Association Collective Bargaining Agreement):
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
Resume
Cover letter
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, a nexus of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Notably, Cambridge is home to two internationally prominent universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. According to a 2008 census estimate the city population was 105,594. It is the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, and Springfield. Cambridge is one of the two county seats of Middlesex County (Lowell is the other).
The site for what would become Cambridge was chosen in December 1630, because it was located safely up river from Boston Harbor, which made it easily defensible from attacks by enemy ships. The first houses were built in the spring of 1631. The settlement was initially referred to as "the newe towne". Official Massachusetts records show the name capitalized as Newe Towne by 1632. Located at the first convenient Charles River crossing west of Boston, Newe Towne was one of a number of towns (including Boston, Dorchester, Watertown, and Weymouth) founded by the 700 original Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under governor John Winthrop. The original village site is in the heart of today's Harvard Square. The marketplace where farmers brought in crops from surrounding towns to sell survives today as the small park at the corner of John F. Kennedy (J.F.K.) and Winthrop Streets, then at the edge of a salt marsh, since filled.
