Ready to be our lead expert in water safety? Join our team as a Cross-Connection Specialist.
The City is seeking an experienced, detail-oriented water professional to lead and administer our Cross-Connection Inspection and Backflow Prevention Control Program.
In this specialized, single-position classification, you will protect public health by ensuring the safety of the City's drinking water supply. Working under the general supervision of the Water Utility Manager, you will serve as the primary technical authority responsible for surveying consumer facilities, identifying cross-connection hazards, enforcing California compliance standards, and managing the City’s hydrant meter rental program.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Administration: Lead, implement, and administer the City’s cross-connection control program in accordance with California compliance standards and local ordinances.
Inspections & Risk Assessment: Survey, monitor, and inspect industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential facilities to identify potential cross-connections, evaluate hazards, and determine required backflow assemblies.
Technical Maintenance: Install, test, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, and certify backflow prevention devices and water meters to American Water Works Association (AWWA) standards.
Hydrant Program Management: Facilitate the hydrant meter rental program for contractors and developers, track parts inventory, take monthly consumption readings for billing, and monitor city hydrants for unauthorized use.
Enforcement & Compliance: Investigate water ordinance violations, issue warnings, and authorize the discontinuance of water service to any premise violating regulations.
Public Relations: Respond to inquiries from contractors, architects, engineers, and the general public regarding cross-connection standards and compliance timelines.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
Our ideal candidate is a self-directed technical expert who blends rigorous regulatory knowledge with excellent community relations. We are looking for someone who stands out in the following areas:
Compliance Champion: You take pride in protecting public health, bringing a eagle-eye attention to detail when identifying cross-connection risks and enforcing California health codes.
Technical Expert: You possess deep, hands-on mastery of hydraulics, AWWA backflow standards, and the precise calibration of testing instruments.
Problem Solver: You work effectively under general supervision, confidently diagnosing complex systemic problems and managing program logistics like the hydrant meter rental system independently.
Diplomatic Communicator: You can translate complex state regulations into clear, accessible guidance for developers, architects, and citizens, resolving compliance disputes with firm professionalism and outstanding customer service.
Apply Today!
Tulare is a full-service Charter City with approximately 400 full-time employees. The City of Tulare is a supportive organization where people take pride in their work and in the community they serve. Tulare is a place where people can grow professionally, a place that values innovation and a place where people can make a positive and lasting change in the community.
APPLICATION PROCESS
To be considered for this position qualified applicants must submit an application with detailed information in each section of the application: Education, Work History, Certificates and Licenses, and Skills.
In addition to submitting a detailed application, applicants are required to respond to the supplemental questions associated with the application. Responses to the supplemental questions will be used to evaluate applicants' qualifying knowledge, skills, and abilities. Resumes may be attached but will not be accepted in lieu of a complete, detailed application.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Under general supervision, performs a variety of work in support of the City’s cross-connection inspection and backflow prevention control program; leads, implements, and administers the cross-connection control program in accordance with California compliance standards, and the City’s ordinances and standards to ensure a safe drinking water supply; performs inspections and determines the need for installation of approved backflow prevention assemblies at water connections based on level of hazard present; assesses the risk of cross-connection contamination for all of the City’s water services; facilitates the City’s hydrant meter rental program; and performs related work as required.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general supervision from the Water Utility Manager. May exercise technical and functional direction and training over assigned staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a single position class that is responsible for providing day-to-day maintenance of the City’s cross-connection control program. Responsibilities include surveying, monitoring, and inspecting City, industrial, commercial, institutional, and other consumer facilities to detect violations of State Health Codes and local ordinances pertaining to back siphonage and cross-connection in the water system. This class is distinguished from the Water Utility Supervisor in that the latter is the full supervisory-level class in the series responsible for organizing, assigning, supervising, and reviewing the work of assigned staff involved in water operations. This class is further distinguished from the Water Utility Manager in that the latter has management responsibility for all water utility operations and maintenance functions and activities of the City.
