Streets and Drainage Technician I

The City of Pilot Point  is seeking a Street/Drainage Technician to join our team. Essential functions described below are intended to demonstrate key responsibilities but are not all inclusive and are subject to change.

The purpose of this position is to perform and execute a variety of maintenance tasks essential for the upkeep and improvement of our city's streets. As a Street Technician, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the safety and functionality of our road infrastructure while contributing to the overall quality of life in our community. Join us and be part of a dedicated team committed to maintaining essential infrastructure and fostering a safe environment for all.

Other duties include serving as a primary source of contact between the city and the contractor, citizens, and other agencies; maintaining daily reports; and interacting with other City employees and citizens.GENERAL EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES 
 In order for the City to continue to achieve our primary function to provide world class service to Pilot Point Community and provide excellence quality to live, work, and raise a family, we hold these expectations for all employees. 

• Demonstrates competence related to the understanding and application of City of Pilot Point Core Values.

• Learn and demonstrate an understanding of how team, department, and City goals are interconnected.
• Contribute to a positive work culture.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to assess his/her work performance or the work performance of the team.
• Contribute to the development of others and/or the working unit or overall organization.
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team, to demonstrate team skills, and to perform a fair share of team responsibilities.
• Ability to continuously learn and develop through a mix of internal and external training opportunities, and if applicable, encourage subordinates to do the same.

• Must demonstrate safety consciousness for self and others while driving and working.
• Required to work on-call, evenings or weekends
• Travels to attend meetings and training
• Performs all other related duties as assigned
• Demonstrate a willingness to perform duties in a team environment.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.
• Regular and consistent attendance for the assigned work hours
• Assist other departments throughout the city as well as other internal departments in Public Works.
• Proficient with working as an individual or as a team member
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds
• Willingness to cross train as needed for meeting departmental objectives.
• Prepares for severe weather, ice control, and storm damage.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Must demonstrate safety consciousness for self and others while driving and working.
• Required to work on-call, evenings or weekends
• Travels to attend meetings and training
• Performs all other related duties as assigned
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.
• Organizes tools, equipment and supplies necessary to complete assignments.
• Inspects, cleans and maintains equipment, vehicles, and tools in safe operating order.
• Performs routine inspections of assigned areas to detect any necessary repairs or hazardous conditions.
• Maintains safety regulations including wearing appropriate clothing and using proper equipment and tools.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Functional Area Essential Duties:
Street Technician

• Repairs and maintains City's streets, sidewalks, and curbs; prepares streets for concrete and asphalt patches; sets up proper barricades and traffic control at work sites to warn traffic of work hazards.
• Operates trucks (heavy equipment); loads, hauls, and unloads dirt, sand, asphalt, and other materials.
• Cuts, collects, and disposes of tree limbs, weeds, trash, litter, debris, and bulk items.
• Assists with sidewalk markings, street signs, and streetlights.
• Sands streets and participate in ice control activities.
• Inspects work in progress and at completion for compliance with applicable policies, procedures, plans, specifications, and standards of quality and safety.
• Monitors employees operating equipment to prevent damage to other utility lines while digging.
• Assist with crack seal operations.
• Assist with all asphalt finishing hand tools.
• Assist with filling potholes with hot mix asphalt.
• Assist with pavement reconstruction and repairs.
• Assist with setting up forms and rebar.
• Assists crew members with small hand tools like shovels and concrete rakes.  
• Answers emergency calls from the public and other agencies taking appropriate action such as storm drain blockage, pavement failure, and other repairs to the components of the roadway system.
• Collect debris from streets, greenbelts, right of ways, underpasses/overpasses and remove graffiti within City's limits.
• Completes work orders on daily work assignments and activities as required.

Drainage Technician

• Assist with shooting elevations.
• Assist with setting up forms and rebar.
• Assist crew members with small hand tools.
• Carries small debris from areas like creeks and lakes. 

• Answers emergency calls from the public and other agencies taking appropriate action such as storm drain blockage, pavement failure, and other repairs to the components of the roadway system.
• Collect debris from streets, greenbelts, right of ways, underpasses/overpasses and remove graffiti within City's limits.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities:

• Knowledge of general maintenance and repair techniques for common tools and equipment used in general construction and maintenance work, and their basic safety precautions and procedures.
• Knowledge of the operation and maintenance of power and hand tools.
• Knowledge of safe handling techniques of hazardous chemicals and materials.
• Knowledge of City policies and procedures.
• Skill in following oral and written communications and directions.
• Skill in planning and organizing materials and supplies necessary to complete work orders or daily assignments.
• Skill in operating assigned equipment, tools and vehicles
• Skill in resolving customer complaints and concerns.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to follow all City policies and procedures.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished by leadership team in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Self-motivated and positive attitude.
• Ability to establish and meet deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen and a criminal background check
• Texas Class C Driver License

Preferences:

• Streets Maintenance Worker Qualifications:
• Entry Level and No Experience Required.
• Texas Class C driver's license

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an outdoor environment.
• May be subject to repetitive motion and heavy manual labor such as digging, repairing water/sewer lines, transporting, delivering and picking up debris, or other required equipment.
• Daily physical labor that includes extended periods of sitting, standing, bending, reaching, kneeling, entering enclosed spaces, climbing ladders, lifting heavy equipment, digging potholes, swinging a sledgehammer, driving a dump truck, operating other equipment and other similar physically exerting activities on a daily basis.
• May be exposed to moving traffic, extreme weather conditions, hazardous chemicals, fumes, heights, confined spaces, trenches, air and water borne pathogens, body fluids, infectious diseases, rodents and insects.
• May be confined to small spaces

Equipment And Tools Utilized:

• Equipment utilized includes personal computer, (Microsoft Office), copier, calculator, fax machine, and telephone and City vehicles.
• Other equipment utilized includes sledgehammer, shovel, dump truck, hand/power tools and equipment specific to area of assignment, ladders, testing equipment, generators, water pumps, and other industry related tools and equipment.

Must pass all relevant pre-employment screening/tests/examinations.

Note: This job description outlines primary responsibilities and working conditions associated with the position. However, it is not intended to encompass every duty or task that may be required. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as deemed necessary by management.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Salary : $35,277