Driver Ii -Water​/Wastewater

CITY OF BARTLETT PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WATER/WASTEWATER DRIVER II $56,326.00 ANNUALLY / $27.08 HOURLY Join our team in this full-time role offering exceptional benefits, including comprehensive health and life insurance, a strong retirement plan, and competitive pay.

• Must be able to drive and operate one or more of a variety of equipment including but not limited to, a backhoe, track hoe, telescopic boom excavator, motor grader, bulldozer, and front-end loader with a high degree of skill and proficiency.
• Operates power equipment including tapping machines, pumps, sewer flush truck, power saw, chain saw, air hammer, and soil tampers.
• Loads, transports, and dumps various materials such as sand, pavement, dirt, and gravel.
  
  Operates trucks pulling heavy loaded trailers ensuring proper securement of load.
• Cleans, adjusts, lubricates, and makes minor repairs on equipment.
• Engages and disengages attachments to equipment using construction tools and proper changing techniques.
• Performs deep excavations, exercising care to avoid damage to nearby utility lines; reads survey stakes to lay pipe to specified grade.
• Set up barricades and flag traffic around the work site.
• Uses various hand tools to dig, spread, level, and move materials such as dirt, concrete, gravel, and sand.
• Inspect sewer lift stations to ensure proper operation and make repairs as needed.
• Locates water service and sewer lateral lines; opens and closes valves.
• Performs fire hydrant, water meter, and manhole maintenance.
• Transports equipment to other agencies and vendors outside of city limits as needed and as required per the City’s mutual aid agreements.
• May act as a crew leader in the crew in absence of a foreman.
• May perform manual labor in addition to operating equipment.
• Assists with setting forms around the area to be repaired, pouring concrete, and finishing surfaces of poured concrete for various maintenance projects.

• Working knowledge of construction safety rules, regulations, and practices including safe and proper use of equipment.
• Proficient skill in operating construction equipment.
• Proficient skill in reading grades from construction stakes to determine grade specifications and use both standard and engineering rules to take accurate measurements.
• Ability to properly rig items for lifting and transporting safely.
• Ability to read and understand operation manuals
• Ability to follow oral/written instructions.
• Ability to communicate instructions and warnings to co-workers.
• Ability to feel levers and listen to the sound of the engine to determine the depth of cut.
• Ability to hear and interpret equipment sounds to detect equipment malfunction or obstructions.
• Physical ability to perform essential job duties.

• High School Diploma or GED. Plus three years of experience operating various types of construction equipment with a high degree of skill and proficiency.

• Must pass a background screen, driver’s license verification and physical exam, including a drug test.
• Must be able to drive and have a valid Class “B” Commercial Driver’s License with air brakes and tanker endorsement and maintain it as a condition of continued employment or qualified to obtain within one year.
• Must register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Clearinghouse.

All applicants with a CDL must also register with the FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CLEARINGHOUSE. This can be done by going to https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/register and click Go to login. This is a federal requirement for all CDL holders and this registration must be completed before the hiring process. We will run a full query with the FMCSA Clearinghouse. Query results must be 'Not…