Street Equipment Specialist I​/II​/III

Street Equipment Specialist I/II/III

Join our Team! The Town of Estes Park seeks interested and qualified applicants for the position of Street Equipment Specialist I/II/III. This position is open until filled and the vacancy may close without notice after the first review date of May 5, 2026. To ensure your application is reviewed, it is highly recommended that you apply on or before close of business on the first review date.

The Street Equipment Specialist positions provide a variety of unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled laboring and equipment operations tasks in support of the operation and maintenance of Town streets, sidewalks, trails, bridges, stormwater system, rights of way, and other Town transportation and drainage infrastructure.

The list below is intended to be illustrative of the responsibilities of the position and not all encompassing. The Town may change these duties at any time.

• Performs routine safety checks, minor maintenance, and activity log updates on vehicles.
• Operates safely and performs routine maintenance on a variety of heavy and light duty equipment such as, but not limited to, loader, grader, service truck, excavator, crusher, jet trailer, air compressor, dump trucks, and street sweeper.
• Performs routine maintenance on streets, trails, and bridges including patching potholes, repairing signs, culverts, inlets, drainage ditches, bridges, painting parking stalls, and crosswalks.
• Operate and perform routine maintenance on a Rosco Spray Patcher truck
• Performs installation and maintenance of underground stormwater pipes, inlets, and manholes.
• Performs manual labor including the use of hand tools necessary in maintenance and construction projects.
• Assist with special events and work zone traffic control as needed.
• Performs data entry of information, maintenance logs and other data. Ability to work with work order system such as Lucity.
• Ability to safely trim tree branches which interfere with line of sight of traffic, sweeping, or snow removal operations.
• Maintains a safe working environment to include working in traffic, congested areas, ditches, and confined spaces.
• Responds to customer inquiries and complaints in a professional manner.
• Performs snow removal activities either by hand, utilizing small equipment, or heavy equipment as assigned.
• Stocks and cleans trucks and equipment with proper tools for the job and changes snow plow blades when necessary.
• Performs other related work as required or assigned.

• High school diploma or general education diploma (GED).
• Level I:
  Entry level position. Experience in general construction or municipal government is preferred.
• Level II:
  Two years of heavy equipment operation experience in streets maintenance or a related field of construction. Technical Capabilities:
  Ability to navigate Arc Map and Lucity to identify Town assets at a given location.
• Level III:
  Four years of heavy equipment operation experience in streets maintenance or a related construction field. Meet Technical Capabilities of Level II.

In accordance with Policy 897 Street Division Career Development:

• Level I:
  Valid Colorado Class B Driver's License and satisfactory driving record. Out of state candidates must obtain Colorado Class B License within 6 months of hire. Employees with a CDL requirement as part of their job description are subject to random drug screening.
• Flagger certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire.
• Level II:
  Must meet requirements for Level I. Equipment Operator Proficiency Certification and field test on Dump Truck and Wheel Loader.
• Level III:
  Must meet requirements for Level II. Equipment Operator Proficiency Certification and field test on Excavator, Mini-Excavator, and Street Sweeper. Colorado Local Technical Assistance Program Roads Scholar I certificate preferred.

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT:
Must establish and maintain residency within 60 minute commute time of duty location. Residency requirements must be met within 6 months of hire.

REMOTE WORK ELIGIBLE:
No CELL PHONE ALLOWANCE:
Job Critical Allowance

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

• Knowledge and ability to use safely and maintain hand tools, light duty, and heavy equipment such as backhoe, dump truck, bobcat, snow plow, skid steer, loader, excavator, jet trailer, spray patcher truck, and grader.
• Ability to understand complex written and oral instructions and ability to solve basic mathematical problems.
• Ability to perform strenuous physical labor for extended periods of time, including:
• Operating various types of tools and equipment associated with street, stormwater, park, or grounds maintenance.
• Lifting,…