Sewer, Hand jobs in Alaska

Sewer & Drain Expert Apprentice (regular time/on-call rotating)

Are you looking to work for a thriving company where you can grow, be recognized, and be rewarded for your work? We are looking for apprentice service experts to help build our Sewer & Drain Department!

Stop working at a job that you hate. Work with a great team in an environment that recognizes and rewards you for your hard work and offers an excellent opportunity for a life-long career.

>> We don't want to be a pit stop in your career – we want to be the last job you'll ever have (because you can't imagine working anywhere else) <<

We Work to Make Every Day Amazing

You show up early for your shift because you can't wait to hang out with the other team members. (You'd NEVER do this at your old job, but this is a tight-knit group and you love hanging out with them). 

You work hard because everyone else on your team works hard too. You push yourself daily because you know that growing in your position is rewarding and ensures a  great-paying, satisfying career for life. 

At the end of the day, you wrap up the last few tasks and hang out with your friends for a few minutes before heading home. Or maybe some of you hang out during off-work hours. 

As you drive home, you reflect that this place is unlike any other job you've had before, and you can't wait to get back to this team again tomorrow.

Does this sound like a place you'd like to spend your day? Because that is what we are building!

If you're a clock-puncher who wants to do as little as possible, please stop reading this. This is not the place for you.

But…

• If you work at a job, you can barely tolerate…

• If you work at a job that doesn't respect you…

• If you work at a job that fills you with dread the night before

• And if you want to wake up in the morning because you CAN'T WAIT to get to work to see your team and to push yourself to be more successful, and even to make a lot of money…

Then we want to talk to you!

What's So Different Here?

Our simple target is to become THE place where every hard-working maverick WANTS to work.

Here are just a few reasons our team members LOVE working here…

• Make more money: we pay more than most; plenty of OT opportunities and room for growth.

• Leadership Opportunities

• Paid training Opportunity for Cross training

• PTO and Wellness Days

• Incentive programs

• Retirement with 3% match

• Company-issued vehicle and phone

• Performance & Annual Raises and/or Bonuses

• Paid uniform and uniform upkeep

• A clearly laid out path to building the life-long career you want to build (including paid education and tons of opportunities to advance)

• Culture: we are a tight-knit team dedicated to serving our friends and neighbors, that being said we work hard and play hard, and frequent company BBQs and parties. Be sure to ask about the soon-to-be THUNDERDOME!

We are building a culture where team members are valued and deeply motivated; we care about you and your hobbies, your family and your free time, and strive to make sure that you can have that balance in your life to enjoy it all. We're constantly expanding and creating amazing new opportunities for you;  we want to help you dream big in your life and career… and we want to help you achieve it all.

Who We Are (in a nutshell).

At Alaska Sewer & Drain, we are market leaders in our industry. We offer 24-hour emergency service, serving our friends and neighbors for over 28 years with over 40 years of experience backing us. We stand by our motto of "Serving ALL of Alaska" and are proud to serve every corner of Alaska when the call comes! We live by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Determination, and Ingenuity. We consider ourselves the special forces of the sewer and drain world, solving all the problems of our friends and neighbors with the best possible outcome. We are the ones you call when all other options have failed.

We are family-owned and operated, with four generations of Alaskans serving our community and state. We are also proudly Veteran-owned and operated! We serve not only our community but have served our nation.

Our team is looking for qualified motivated candidates who are looking for a challenging and exceptionally rewarding career! 

Are You A Fit?

Never look for a job again because we're not a pit stop in your career – We want to be the last place you'll ever want to work!

If you're a hard-working professional with an inner drive to improve yourself and help others then you might be a fit for us…We expect nothing but the best, and we give the best.

Along with the job-specific qualifications (below) here are the qualities we're looking for in our perfect candidate:

• You work hard

• You love working with a team

• You're detail-oriented and a great problem solver

• You love to help and serve others

• You love to challenge yourself and you want to learn, and are interested in being cross-trained

• You understand the importance of serving others (your team members and our customers) and the impact you make.

• You understand and are willing to follow our Core Values: 

  • Integrity- Do what's right even when no one is looking.

  • Determination- Never give up, never give in, even on the hardest of days.

  • Ingenuity- Complex problems require creative solutions; be a problem solver

  • Safety- The foundation of what we do begins with proper safety practices at all times.

As an equal opportunity employer, candidates will receive consideration without discrimination against race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, handicap (handicapable) status, or veteran status. 

*** We hire Americans plain and simple!

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

• Diagnose and repair drain issues, then lead customers to informed and confident buying decisions for the future

• Power snaking and auguring sewer/drain lines

• Camera diagnoses of sewer and storm lines, with mapping and locations

• Cleaning of lift stations, grease traps, and grease interceptors

• Steam thawing frozen sewer lines

• Hydro-jet cleaning

• Residential and commercial septic pumping of tanks, lift stations, and leach fields

• Grease trap and grease interceptor pumping

Qualifications and Skills:

• Mechanical background - The candidate must be familiar with a wide variety of hand tools and power tools

• GED/high school diploma (required)

• Must be able to pass a background check, drug test, and Fit-For-Duty pre-employment physical

• Must have a driving record

• Must have excellent customer service and interpersonal skills and be able to work well both in a team and independently

• Must be punctual and reliable (workday starts at 8 AM) 

• Strong writing skills for job summary reports and logbooks - The candidate will be required to provide a writing sample

• Comfortable working with technology, especially tablets and smartphones operating on iOS (apple devices)

• Must be able to lift heavy equipment (up to 100lbs) regularly and adhere to proper safety standards

• If located outside of our standard service areas (Anchorage and the Valley), be willing to relocate to one of those areas

• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 

What we offer our Employees:

• Upward mobility in a family-run company

• Excellent pay and uncapped earning potential 

• Opportunities for technical schools, e.g., CDL school for Class A or B CDL

• Annual raises

• Semi-flexible schedule (8-5 PM regular day shift rotating on-call/overtime shift schedule)

• Paid time off

• Weekly payroll every Friday

• Year-round work 

• Company van, company phone, uniforms

• Retirement account with 3% match

• Veteran-friendly (veteran owned and operated)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay:Service Expert: $25.00-$30.00/hr STARTING DOE  per year benifits

NOTE: TRAINING PAY IS $20.00/hr for the first 3-6 months.

COVID-19 considerations:

All of our Service Experts are vaccinated against COVID-19. We provide masks, gloves, protective eyewear, uniforms, hand sanitizer, and disinfectant wipes to everyone and offer no-contact services for our customers.