*Requisition ID: *[[id]] * 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 $40 to $42 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 Index for 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. _ *Primary Role*_ The Maintenance Mechanic Level I - IV may be assigned to perform any responsibility that lies within the capabilities of the employee based on experience, knowledge, qualifications and training. _ *Qualifications and Requirements*_ * The Maintenance Mechanic Level I - IV must possess a working knowledge of hydraulic, electrical, and computer theories, applications, and hardware configurations. * The individual must demonstrate basic computer programming skills and abilities as related to the process control of flow, pressure, chemical, and electrical systems. * The individual must have a thorough understanding of the distribution system network, including, but not limited to, gradients, capacities, interconnections, mapping, service territory and facility locations to ensure the safe, reliable and efficient operation and maintenance of water treatment facilities and related appurtenances. * The Maintenance Mechanic Level I - IV must possess a working knowledge of Company policies, procedures, and safety practices as well as state and federal regulations applicable to area of responsibility, including, but not limited to TCPA and OSHA and will be required to become a certified Emergency Responder. * They will submit to an annual physical as an Emergency Responder and biannual physical for a DOT Medical card. The DOT Medical card allows an individual to operate company vehicles over 10,000 pounds that do not require a commercial driver’s license or CDL. * The individual must be able to perform the essential functions and meet the physical requirements for Maintenance Mechanic Level I - IV. _ *Scope of Responsibilities*_ * Perform job tasks, activities, and responsibilities of the Level IV Maintenance Mechanic. * Perform and/or assist with repairs to and the maintenance of equipment and facilities, such calibration and modification to and the maintenance of equipment and facilities, such as, but not limited to, centrifugal and positive displacement machinery, transducers, recorders, data collection devices, diesel engines, generators, chemical feed equipment, analytical measuring devices, electrical distribution equipment, piping systems, process control equipment, telemetry equipment, etc * Operates and/or assists in all phases of production operations, as required, such as residual processes equipment and overall systems operations. * The Maintenance Mechanic may be assigned to work all or a portion of scheduled hours at any production facility. _ *Certifications & Licenses*_ * Valid driver’s license with the ability to pass a motor vehicle check. * Candidate must be able to pass DOT physical. _ *Progression*_ The individual will be required to progress through the Maintenance Program to Level IV and will be required to pass qualification examinations, developed by the Company, at each level and at established intervals in accord with the program.Failure to achieve the skill required to successfully pass the qualification examination and progress to the next level will result in the individual’s loss of the Maintenance Mechanic position. _ *Advancement*_ The Maintenance Mechanic Level IV may advance to Maintenance Technician I when a vacancy is posted and provided the individual meets the qualifications and requirements for Maintenance Technician I and passes the Maintenance Technician I examination. _ *Competencies*_ Champions safety Collaborates Cultivates innovation Customer obsessed Drives Results Nimble learning * 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.*