What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seasonal Public Works - Sanitary Landfill position at City of Janesville Wisconsin?
CITY OF JANESVILLE DIVERSITY STATEMENT:
The residents of Janesville choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a place to realize life’s opportunities. We strive to sustain a community culture where differences are recognized, understood, and appreciated. As such, the City of Janesville recognizes the importance of developing an environment where diversity is not merely accepted but embraced and celebrated. As public servants, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. To this end, we will diligently recruit and retain the most talented employees in an environment that fosters maximizing one’s potential. Therefore, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to consider employment with the City of Janesville and serve the residents of “Wisconsin’s Park Place”.
OBJECTIVE:
Under the direct supervision of the Assistant Operations Director, this position is responsible for assisting with landfill maintenance and repair activities, including grounds and landscape maintenance.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports directly to the Assistant Operations Director - Solid Waste and indirectly to the Solid Waste Crew Leader.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:The residents of Janesville choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a place to realize life’s opportunities. We strive to sustain a community culture where differences are recognized, understood, and appreciated. As such, the City of Janesville recognizes the importance of developing an environment where diversity is not merely accepted but embraced and celebrated. As public servants, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. To this end, we will diligently recruit and retain the most talented employees in an environment that fosters maximizing one’s potential. Therefore, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to consider employment with the City of Janesville and serve the residents of “Wisconsin’s Park Place”.
OBJECTIVE:
Under the direct supervision of the Assistant Operations Director, this position is responsible for assisting with landfill maintenance and repair activities, including grounds and landscape maintenance.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports directly to the Assistant Operations Director - Solid Waste and indirectly to the Solid Waste Crew Leader.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by the incumbent. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Assists with grounds and landscape maintenance and repair activities for the sanitary landfill.
- Operates City trucks, vehicles, and equipment on and off the public roadways in a safe manner.
- Reports to supervisor daily assignments completed, work activities, and records.
- Reports any incident, problem, or question to appropriate supervisor.
- Follows all safety regulations, policies, and procedures; reports all unsafe conditions and acts to supervisor; reports all accidents to the supervisor immediately whenever possible; follows recognized safe work practices.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Performs other special projects and other job duties as assigned or required during regular[ST1] and non-business hours.
- All employees may be assigned by the City Manager or their designee to perform duties and[ST2] assume responsibilities that are outside the scope of their work duties when the City Manager has declared a City disaster or the City Emergency Operations Center has been initiated.
Minimum education and experience required to perform essential duties of the position.
- 18 years of age or older is required.
- Valid state-issued driver's license at time of hire is required.
For successful performance in this position, the incumbent will need to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Skills
- Organizational and time management skills to prioritize duties and accomplish a high volume of work product while adapting to constant changes in priority.
- Exceptional communication skills, paired with a strong customer service background, and effective interpersonal skills.
- Collaboration skills to effectively work with others to achieve common goals through communication, teamwork, and problem-solving.
- Basiclevel of technical proficiency skills, including computer applications and software such as Microsoft Office.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to follow verbal or written direction/instruction to complete assigned tasks.
- Ability to interact/respond to resident inquires or guide them to the appropriate service.
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude and professional demeanor at all times; address resident and customer concerns in a helpful, courteous manner.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, adapt to changing priorities, and to work smoothly and cooperatively on a variety of projects.
- Ability to make decisions according to applicable laws, regulations, established procedures, and the directives of the City Manager and City Council.
- Ability to comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures, and report all unsafe activities, equipment, or conditions to supervisor.
- Ability to maintain a valid, state-issued driver’s license.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with City appointed and elected officials, Department, Division, and Office heads, City employees, consultants, developers, architects, engineers, realtors, surveyors, community interest groups, other governmental agencies, and the general public.
- Exhibit exceptional professionalism, tact, and decorum in all areas of work duties.
- Strong ethics base built upon integrity, honesty, initiative, and respect; maintain strict confidentiality.
- Interact positively with a diverse group of individuals, and work effectively both as part of a team and independently.
- Embrace and actively promote an inclusive and equitable work environment.
- Conduct all business and working relationships in an accurate, fair, equitable and highly ethical manner.
- Work with the public in a fair and consistent manner, maintaining objectivity and excluding personal bias while performing job duties
- Reliable, timely, and proactive in the completion of duties, meeting deadlines and responding to inquiries.
- Work with others in a positive and supportive manner to solve problems, generate ideas, and accomplish division and City goals.
EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES:
Machinery and equipment including pick-up trucks, multi-function tractors, trailers, lawn mowers, gas-powered trimmer and blower, common hand and power tools, and cell phones.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an outdoor environment and may, on occasion, be exposed to adverse weather conditions, including extreme heat, high winds, and wet/humid conditions. The employee may work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, dust, and vibration. On occasion, the employee is exposed to situations which could involve an element of personal risk, requiring compliance with necessary safety procedures. The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy.
This position frequently walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls and exerts up to 50 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance. Use of protective equipment is required
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.
A regular, Monday – Friday, 40-hour work schedule is required for this position, work hours are generally 7:00am to 3:00pm.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
Machinery and equipment including pick-up trucks, multi-function tractors, trailers, lawn mowers, gas-powered trimmer and blower, common hand and power tools, and cell phones.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an outdoor environment and may, on occasion, be exposed to adverse weather conditions, including extreme heat, high winds, and wet/humid conditions. The employee may work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, dust, and vibration. On occasion, the employee is exposed to situations which could involve an element of personal risk, requiring compliance with necessary safety procedures. The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy.
This position frequently walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls and exerts up to 50 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance. Use of protective equipment is required
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.
A regular, Monday – Friday, 40-hour work schedule is required for this position, work hours are generally 7:00am to 3:00pm.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
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