Equipment Operator

Position Description

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.
Hiring Salary Range: $46,762.00 - $53,373.00.
Workdays/

Hours:

Monday – Friday 6:00 am to 2:30 pm.
The General Services Department’s innovative, highly qualified, service-oriented individuals support the City we love. Building and maintaining city facilities and public spaces is what we do. Promoting our enviable quality of life and serving as a foundation of a healthy economy is why we do it. If you’re interested in applying your unique skills to meaningful work while growing in your career, our team is for you!

• Prepare grave sites for burial services at both City-owned Cemeteries.
• Operating construction equipment including, but not limited to, dump trucks, front-end loaders, and tractors.
• Provide general grounds maintenance support including, but not limited to, mowing/trimming, grave maintenance, and brush removal.
• A weekend work schedule is normally rotated among Cemetery staff.
• Work well on a team with a sense of urgency.

• High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSet, TASC).
• Three years of experience related to assignment.
• A valid North Carolina Class "B" CDL "or" obtain within 6 months of hire.

• North Carolina Pesticide Applicators License.
• MUTCD Roadside Environmental Safety Certification.
• Experience working in roadside environments.
• Experience driving a 1-ton truck with trailer or equivalent.
• Experience operating a suite of landscape equipment (zero-turn mower, edger, trimmer, blower, tractor).

• 12-13 paid holidays per year
• 13 standard work days of vacation per year
• 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
• 2 weeks paid military leave per year
• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
• State and City retirement plans
• Short and long term disability plans
• Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
• City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
• Paid funeral leave
• Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
• Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
• 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
• 4 hours parental leave each year
• Workman's Compensation Insurance
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plans

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan

• 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
• State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
• Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
• Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service