Salvador Medina Valladares

1. Participate in construction, maintenance, operation, and repair of the District’s water distribution system; perform a variety of water facilities maintenance work including: main line repair; service line installation, replacement, and valve installation, replacement, and repair, fire hydrant installation, replacement, and repair; water main line flushing; pipe cutting; line tapping; water meter installation, replacement, repair; main line and hydrant flushing, and angle stops, ball valves, and various size meter box installations.

2. Operate a variety of equipment and tools including backhoes, front loaders, forklifts, skip loaders, dump trucks, service truck, jack hammers, pavement saws, cutting torches, compressors, compactors, pneumatic tools, pumps, and hand and power tools; loads and unloads vehicles and equipment.

3. Maintain assigned equipment and vehicles; performs safety checks and checks fluid levels of vehicles and equipment; clean assigned vehicles and equipment.

4. Sift and haul away spoil materials brought back from jobs in the district area. Pour and finish concrete; grade district dirt roads that lead to reservoirs, and other district facilities.

5. Set traffic control including safety devices, signs, and barricades; ensures safety of public and work crew.

6. Perform emergency repairs; respond to emergency calls at irregular hours. On call after hours for district emergencies. Will perform a full investigation of water leaks and determine the best solution. Call in crews when needed and provide information about emergency to district staff and cities being affected by emergency work. Send emails out to proper points of contact, keeping everyone in the loop of emergency situations.

7. Maintains work, time, and material records, and repairs service requests. Fill out NEXGEN work orders to track all costs for any given project. Write up service request to different departments for repairs or assistance. Example, service request for the fleet department to conduct maintenance on service trucks.

8. Perform a variety of other duties in support of department operations; cleans service yard; paints hydrants. Assist other departments as needed, example, collections department needing assistance to repair force and gravity mains.

9. Trained co-workers in obtaining their class A driver’s license.

10. Locate mainlines and services with electronic detectors.

11. Have served as acting crew leader as a backup; participates in training new employees in work practices and in how to apply policies, procedures, and standards to specific situations.

12. Assists other departments such as facility maintenance, preventative maintenance, collections, wastewater, and electricians.

- DPR-QAC card with categories B-, and A-Aquatic

- 40 Hour HAZWOPER training on proper cleanup of hazardous materials

- Loader and Excavator training- Can operate skip loader, excavator of any size, wheel loaders,

backhoes, smooth rollers, compactor (rammer), vibrator plates, trenchers, sand blasters, street

sweepers

- Ariel lift certification- booms scissor lifts, tech forks, and fork lifts

- Chainsaw training certification-can operate a range of various chainsaws

- Establish priorities, estimate the amount of materials needed

- In charge of scheduling time required to complete work

- Oversee Landscape contracts

- Train and instruct workers; safe work practices, procedures and use of personal protective

equipment

- Maintain and prepare annual performance reviews

- Report to Operations Manager and Director of Operations to discuss priorities and estimates

- Conduct weekly tailgate safety meetings, also conduct monthly meetings on safety and project

updates

- Routinely inspect worksites to identify maintenance and compliance needs

- Experience preparing drawings, diagrams or schematics

- Monthly chemical usage report to the Riverside County Agriculture office

- Attend meeting with members of the community on a monthly basis to address any concerns

or upcoming projects

- Conduct yearly chemical training on label and proper PPE usage

- Always punctual and at work when scheduled

- Very good communications skills via email, phone, and in person

- Bilingual- English and Spanish

- Handle stressful situations well

- Capable of making decisions on the job to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the jobs

- Can work with different personalities to meet their work needs

- Managed 11 employees to complete projects on-time and under budget with both client

and employee satisfaction.

- Administered budgets and tracked expenses to meet financial objectives.

- Adapted daily plans according to weather, staffing levels and client needs

- Adhered to OSHA guidelines and standards for proper handling of hazardous chemicals and

pesticides.

- Coordinated site operations in accordance with established timelines.

- Troubleshot and made repairs on heavy construction equipment, increasing lifetimes

- Interpreted blueprints, specifications and schematics to complete accurate work.

- Continuously inspected job sites for observation of safety protocols by staff and

subcontractors.

- Inspected machinery to spot damage and note needed maintenance repairs.

- Coordinated power equipment use and maintenance to create safe working environment, limit

accidents and prevent damages.