Streets Maintenance Worker

The purpose of this position is to improve and eliminate potential hazards by maintaining the City’s right of ways, roads, and sidewalks in a safe and efficient manner.

• Maintains, installs, and/or repairs City grounds, right of ways, facilities, sidewalks, and roadways as needed.
• Operates construction equipment, including heavy equipment, hand tools, and heavy machinery or large trucks.
• Loads truck with supplies and materials needed to complete the job and performs preventative maintenance.
• Responds to emergency inclement weather such as ice, snow, and flooding.

• Performs other similar duties as required

• Machinery and hand tools of the trade
• Asphalt, concrete, and vegetation management principles
• Traffic control principles

• Valid North Carolina Driver’s License;
• Ability to obtain a North Carolina Commercial Driver’s License with Tanker Endorsement. Failure to obtain within 6 months of hire date may result in termination.

• Flagger Certification

• Positions in this class require: standing, fine dexterity, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, reaching, handling, kneeling, crawling, pushing/pulling, climbing, vision, foot controls, balancing, crouching, hearing, twisting, and talking.
• Heavy Work:
  Exerting 50 - 100 pounds occasionally, 25
  -50 pounds frequently, or from 10 up to 20 pounds constantly.
• Incumbents may be subjected to extreme temperature, wetness and/or humidity, respiratory hazards, noise and vibration, and physical demands.

• Reading and interpreting data
• Performing basic mathematical calculations
• Operating machinery and hand tools
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction

The ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines, with at least one (1) year of relevant experience; or the City may consider an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of the positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Fair Labor Standards Act (exempt/non-exempt) is designated by position. The employer actively supports Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations.