Utility​/General Services; Street Department

Overview

This is a semi skilled manual labor position, in connection with various construction and maintenance activities of the city departments.

• Performs rough carpentry work such as building concrete forms, wooden fences, shipping crates and other work in connection with the construction and maintenance of water and sewer utilities, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, bridges, and buildings.
• Performs such tasks as finishing concrete and setting forms for curbs and gutters.
• Performs rough sign and other brush and spray-painting work not involving difficult or original lettering, repairs, fabricates, and erects metal and wooden street signs; lays out and paints center lines and lane lines in streets, crosswalks and parking spaces.
• Operates light truck and other automotive and related equipment.
• Operates mechanical saws, cuts trees and branches, while observing precautions against personal injury or property damage.
• Performs miscellaneous mechanical and maintenance repair tasks requiring familiarity with basic trade practices in carpentry, painting, masonry, plumbing or similar operations.
• Performs related work as required.
• Any other task deemed necessary by the immediate supervisor.

Experience in semi-skilled work in building or mechanical trades or equipment maintenance and operation.

Employees in this class perform physical tasks requiring some acquired skills in the use of hand or power tools or the operation of mechanical or related equipment. Instructions are usually received orally and routine tasks are performed with considerable independence, but more difficult work is performed under the direct supervision of a foreman or skilled workman. Work is subject to inspection during its progress and upon completion.

• Knowledge of basic construction practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of common hand and power tools.
• Knowledge of machinery, equipment, and tools necessary for the maintenance of public utilities.
• Knowledge of basic preventive maintenance on assigned equipment.
• Skill in operating and working around traffic and moving equipment.
• Skill in following safety practices and recognizing safety hazards.
• Ability to perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks in standard trades.
• Ability to perform tasks such as, but not limited to: repairs to water utilities, sewer utilities, roads, landscaping, etc.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.

• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Air Med Care Network (free membership for full time employees and their dependents)
• Cullman Wellness and Aquatic Center (free membership for all full time employees)
• RSA (Retirement Systems of Alabama) Retirement Benefits
• Paid Life Insurance Coverage
• Education Incentives
• Earned Vacation and Sick Leave
• Paid Time Off For Jury Duty
• Paid Holidays
  • New Year s Day
  • MLK
  • Memorial Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Veteran s Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Friday after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Day