What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Works Solid Waste Maintenance Worker position at Charlotte County, FL?
Salary : $16.43 Hourly
Location : Punta Gorda 33952, FL
Job Type : Full-time
Job Number : 2024-00278
Department : Public Works
Division : Solid Waste
Opening Date : 01 / 31 / 2025
Closing Date : 2 / 7 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Eastern
FLSA : Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit : IUPAT
General Summary & Essential Responsibilities
Performs general labor in roadway drainage construction, asphalt placement, and other public works maintenance activities. Work includes manual tasks that do not require any particular degree of manipulative skill or previous experience. Work is usually performed under immediate supervision. Assignments will become progressively more difficult and less routine with training and experience.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Performs routine work assisting in building, rebuilding, and repairing manholes, catch basins, sand traps, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and other general cement and brick work as needed.
- Performs general labor in street construction and maintenance work; breaks pavement; pours and shovels asphalt and concrete; digs holes; lays sod; assists in carpentry, painting and other incidental construction work.
- Cleans streets and gutters : cleans bush from roadside, cuts branches, and picks up fallen tree limbs; collects trash and other refuse, and loads into a truck; and assists driver in unloading at dump areas.
- Lays pipes and operates pipe handling equipment; digs and back fills trenches; lays sewer pipes; and cleans drainage ditches.
- Utilizes safety equipment, monitors work environment, and directs traffic to ensure safety of employees and other individuals.
- Loads and off-loads materials, supplies, or equipment.
- Operates hand and power tools, standard maintenance equipment, lawn mowers and other small power equipment, and County vehicles as required.
- Provides exceptional customer assistance, problem-solving, and / or complaint resolution by all forms of communication.
Min. Education, Licenses and Certifications
Education and Experience :
An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience :
Licenses and / or Certificates :
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Supplemental Information
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, climbing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting over 50 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work requires moderate exposure to one or more disagreeable conditions (i.e., irate customers, outdoors weather conditions, excessive noise, extreme heat, odors, or dust).
RISK / SAFETY CONDITIONS
The position requires moderate exposure or risk to physical health and / or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.).
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.
Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action / ADA / Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer.
Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners offers a comprehensive benefits package to regular full-time employees. Please click on the link below to view information about our benefits.
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