Street Maintenance Worker Trainee/I/II/III

Description

Examples of Duties

MAJOR DUTIES
All Street Maintenance Workers

• Performs general maintenance along streets and within the public rights-of-way in both CRA and non-CRA areas; and other areas as assigned.
• Picks up trash, garbage spills, and other debris on roadways, public parks, beaches, etc.
• Clears, cuts, edges grass, and weeds with hand tools; gives general care to lawns and grounds; removes dirt, rubbish, weeds, leaves, and other refuse from grounds.
• Perform general lawn and grounds maintenance; removes dirt, rubbish, weeds, leaves and other refuse from grounds.
• Plants trees, shrubs, flowers, and spreads mulch.
• Performs asphalt and concrete construction and repairs.
• Clears and digs ditches with shovels, places sandbags, and performs related work in trenches.
• Installs and maintains street signs.
• Operates various automotive vehicles, trucks and side-by-sides.
• Performs heavy manual labor such as: digging, lifting, hauling, etc.
• Washes, fuels, performs light service repairs, lubricates, and makes minor inspections and corrections on vehicles and equipment, in a shop or in the field.
• Maintains assigned facility parking and service areas, including outdoor parking.
• Maintains accurate, detailed work logs.
• Conducts themselves in a safe and professional manner.
• May work a varying schedule and/or shift.
• May be required to work overtime.
• Performs other duties and tasks as assigned.

• Clears, cuts, edges grass, and weeds with power operated machines (commercial mowers and bush-hogging).
• Performs skilled tasks of one or more of the skilled trades; or on a regular basis, may assist higher level maintenance workers.
• Set up and operate pumps, compressors, generators, concrete mixers, etc.
• Operates a tractor, skid steer, excavator, roller, tac tank, and other various light duty equipment.
• Performs signage installation, maintenance and repair.
• May perform irrigation installation and repairs.

• Performs road striping with thermoplastic.
• Transports materials and equipment to the jobsite.
• Operates dump trucks, loaders, batwing bush-hogs, backhoes, asphalt paving machine, and other various heavy-duty equipment.
• Sprays rights-of-way with herbicide.

• Operates grapple (knuckle-boom) truck, boom-axe, etc.
• Transports lowboy trailer (with Class A CDL License).
• Operates sign manufacturing process.

Typical Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Street Maintenance Worker Trainee

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Florida Driver’s License with Acceptable Driving Record.

• Two Years (2) Years Experience in Street Maintenance and successfully pass hands-on qualifications test issued by Field Operation Manager within six (6) months of employment.

• Six (6) months as PCB Street Maintenance Trainee and successfully pass hands-on qualifications test issued by Field Operations Manager.
• One Year (1) Experience Light Equipment Operation.
• Possession of or ability to obtain within one (1) year:
  • FDOT MOT Intermediate
• Flexibility to Perform All Street Related Duties.

• Four Years (4) Years Experience in Street Maintenance, including Three Years (3) Experience Heavy Equipment Operation.
• Successfully Pass Hands-on Qualifications Test issued by Field Operations Manager.
• Possession or ability to obtain within one (1) year:
  • Class B CDL (Class A Preferred)
  • ROW Herbicide Spray License

• Five Years (5) Years Experience in Street Maintenance, including Four Years (4) Experience Heavy Equipment Operation.
• Successfully Pass Hands-on Qualifications Test issued by Field Operations Manager.
• Possession of a Class B CDL (Class A Significantly Preferred).

Supplemental Information

KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED BY THE POSITION
All Street Maintenance Workers:

• Knowledge of city and departmental safety policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of the geography of the city, including street names and locations.
• Skill in the operation of assigned vehicles, trucks, tools, and equipment.
• Skill in prioritizing and organizing work.
• Skill in the use of hand and power tools.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other employees and the public.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor.
• Ability to safely operate various automotive vehicles, trucks and side-by-sides.

• Ability to safely operate a tractor, skid steer, excavator, roller, tac tank, and other various light duty equipment.
• Ability to perform the following tasks:
  • Concrete Flat Work
  • Asphalt (Hot Mix & Cold)
  • General Maintenance
  • Hand and Power Tools
  • Light Equipment Operator
  • Street Signage

• Ability to perform the following tasks:
  • Heavy Equipment Operator
  • Street Striping and Signage

• Ability to safely operate grapple (knuckle-boom) truck, boom-axe, etc.
• Ability to perform the following tasks:
  • Operate Sign Manufacturing
  • Operate Grapple (Knuckle-Boom) Truck, Boom Axe, etc.

• The work consists of related construction, maintenance, repair and operations duties. Inclement weather and heavy traffic contribute to the complexity of the position.
• The purpose of this position is to participate in the construction, maintenance, repair and operation of city streets and related infrastructure. Successful performance contributes to the provision of safe and well-maintained city streets and related infrastructure.

• Contacts are typically with coworkers, other city employees and the general public.
• Contacts are typically to exchange information, resolve problems, and provide services.

• While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is required to talk, hear, see, walk, sit, and stand. The work is typically performed while intermittently bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and stooping. The employee frequently pushes, pulls, lifts light, medium, and heavy objects, reaches, grasps, climbs ladders, balances, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, performs repetitive motion, has good depth perception, distinguishes between shades of color, and utilizes the sense of smell.
• The work is typically performed outdoors and occasionally indoors, in extreme heat, occasionally in cold or inclement weather. The employee is exposed to sun, noise, vibration, fumes, dust, dirt, grease, chemicals, traffic, machinery with moving parts and other hazards. The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, gloves, etc.

PTO Leave: Leave begins accruing immediately. The schedule varies slighter for Fire Fighters.

Years Of Service Completed Annual Leave Cap Available
less than 5 years: 152 hours
5 to 9 years: 176 hours
10 to 14 years: 200 hours
15 to 19 years: 224 hours
20 years: 248 hours

PTO begins accruing immediately. At the end of the year, any unused annual leave will roll over to the next year. Time will be accrued bi-weekly and shown on each paycheck.

RETIREMENT: General employees are fully vested after 10 years of employment. Employees can become partially vested at five (5) years of service. Partial vesting at five (5) years is 50%, six (6) years 60%, seven (7) years 70%, eight (8) years 80%, and nine (9) years 90%. General Employees are eligible for normal retirement upon the earlier of reaching age 55 and the completion of 10 years of credited service or reaching age 50 and the completion of 20 years of credited service. The amount of normal retirement benefit is based on your credited service and average final compensation. See General Employees’ Pension Plan Summary for more details.

HOLIDAYS: Employees receive 14 holidays per year. The holidays are:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Presidents' Day
• Memorial Day
• Juneteenth
• July 4th
• Labor Day
• Veterans' Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Friday After Thanksgiving
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day
• New Year's Eve
• Employee's Birthday

• Rough estimates are not necessarily exact.