Dam Technician (Closes 6/30/2019)  (Full Time)
Location: San Antonio, TX

DESCRIPTION:

The San Antonio River Authority seeks to hire a Dam Technician to maintain the vegetative cover on earthen dams and river channels for slope stability and prevention of erosion in spillways due to flood waters using their equipment operation and maintenance expertise.

We believe every relationship, to include employment relationships, are based on attraction to types.

Your Type:

You look for an organization that is guided by core values like Integrity, Excellence, and Stewardship. Youre attracted to an organization that is made up of extremely passionate and purpose-oriented people. Your ideal organization is one that has a foundation built on trust and transparency. You seek opportunities to engage in meaningful work where your skills and experience are valued and contribute to organizational and community needs while staying true to a mission that promotes improvement and protection of our natural environment.

While salary isnt everything, youd like to work for organization that offers a competitive compensation package with great benefits dedicated to optimizing a better you! You look for an organization that sees their people as their most valuable asset. Your ideal organization to work for is one that has a philosophy that focuses on investing in their people on both a professional and personal level.

You admire an organization where everyones expertise and skill is valued and expectations for continuing to excel as an organization is shared by all. You work best in organization who fosters an environment where you enjoy serving the public and your teammates collaborate and treat each other like family. As a family, we care and respect each other and have each others back. We also feel comfortable with being challenged and can engage in healthy debate like family.

You find excitement in an organization that has a strong vision to inspire actions for healthy creeks and rivers and a purposeful mission committed to safe, clean, and enjoyable creeks and rivers.

If this seems like your type, keep reading.

Our Type:

You have a strong work ethic and work extremely hard to accomplish the duties assigned. We feel that team building is very important so we like to bring the group together for fun, comradery and a time to share ideas. Our dam technicians succeed in this position by being able to operate and maintain construction and agricultural heavy equipment such as dozers, backhoes, tract loaders, bobcats, excavators, dump trucks, maintainers, agricultural tractors, shredders, hay baling implements, augers, plows, power tools, gasoline mowers, vehicles and other equipment commonly used for vegetative and structural maintenance.

Dam technicians also have the ability to operate a low-center of gravity tractor to maintain vegetation on the earthen dam slopes with up to a 30- degree angle slope. They are also responsible for maintaining discharge channels behind flood retardant structures by spraying herbicide, removing brush or trees, and removing accumulated silt in channel. You also enjoy and have the ability to assemble and repair structural forms such as trailers, hitches, equipment, buildings/sheds, flood gates, and other equipment as needed through welding.

You love supporting our community and enjoy working outdoors. Supporting the watershed and the habitat is a passion of yours and you enjoy interacting with the public and promoting SARA and what we do. You look for training and take advantage of opportunities to enhance your knowledge and skills.

If this is you, keep reading.

COMPENSATION: Salary range is $15.00 hour (DOE) plus outstanding fringe benefits which includes excellent health/vision/dental insurance packages, 401a/457b retirement program, 12 vacations days per year, 11 paid holidays per year, etc.

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