EQUIPMENT OPERATOR - STREETS

• Operates simply to moderately complex equipment, i.e., backhoes, paving machines, power brooms, front-end loaders, jackhammers, concrete/asphalt cutters.
• Operates various types of trucks in the hauling and distribution of materials, i.e., dump trucks, sand trucks, tar trucks, water trucks.
• Prepares assigned equipment for safe and efficient operating condition by inspecting prior to and after use.
• Maintains and repairs culverts.
• Locates and patches potholes.
• Cuts and removes brush from City streets and rights-of-way.
• Performs regular and preventive maintenance, and minor repair on assigned equipment.
• Participates in setting-up traffic control devices such as signs, barricades, and cones.
• Completes work orders and pothole location logs.
• Functions on call for emergency stand-by duties and repairs.
• Required to report for work punctually, work all scheduled hours, and any required overtime as deemed necessary. Must maintain a physical condition and standards necessary for the proper performance of duties, with or without accommodation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Considerable knowledge of the various types of semi-skilled manual work performed in maintenance and repair of municipal streets, roadways, and right-of-ways.
• Considerable knowledge of the various types of manual, gas, or diesel-powered equipment employed in maintenance and repair of municipal streets, roadways, and right-of-ways.
• Considerable knowledge of potential hazards of the materials and equipment used in performing assigned tasks.
• Considerable knowledge of occupational safety rules and practices associated with performing duties in traffic and adverse weather conditions.
• Skill in operating assigned equipment.
• Ability to perform manipulative tasks requiring eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Ability to perform heavy manual tasks.
• Ability to follow oral and/or written directions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisor, fellow employees, and the public.
• Ability to work in a variety of adverse environmental conditions.
• Ability to estimate materials and supplies necessary to perform specific tasks
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. 

• Tasks involve frequent walking, standing; some lifting and carrying of moderate weight (12-20 pounds); and/or the operation of vehicles, office, shop, or hand tools in which manipulative skills and hand-eye coordination are important ingredients of safe and/or productive operations.
• Tasks involve the regular, and at times sustained, performance of heavier physical tasks such as walking over rough or uneven surfaces, bending, stooping, working in confined spaces, and lifting or carrying moderately heavy (20-50 pounds) items and occasionally very heavy (100 pounds or over) items.
• Tasks involve the frequent use of coordination and manipulative skills in performing a variety of tasks with the full range of hand and power tools and shop equipment; or the skilled and complex operation of equipment calling for adherence to exacting standards of depth, grade, dimensions, and contours.

•  Tasks require exposure to adverse environmental conditions (e.g. dirt, cold, rain, fumes).
• Tasks require exposure to extreme heat/cold or extreme weather conditions.
• Tasks require exposure to strong odors and/or smoke, toxic chemicals, dust or pollen. 

• Tasks require sound, depth and visual perception and discrimination.

HIPAA Compliance Statement
 
All employees who have access to health information whose confidentiality is protected by the HIPAA Privacy Rule must have an understanding and knowledge of the Privacy Rule that corresponds to their job responsibilities.  Employees who violate the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.

Salary : $21 - $28