Public Works Maintenance Worker ; AFSCME

Position: Public Works Maintenance Worker I (AFSCME)
Salary Range: $34.87 - $40.55 / Hour

* Starting salary is dependent upon qualifications, but in most cases is no higher than the midpoint for range.

Hours of work (Schedule):
Monday - Friday 6:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

NATURE OF WORK:
This is a full-time, entry-level Public Works Maintenance Worker I position involving on-the-job training to perform various unskilled and semi-skilled maintenance work and operate various equipment within the Public Works Agency. This position will be scheduled to work weekend hours. Employees may use hand and power tools such as drills, brooms, power washers, rakes, and shovels. Tasks require employees to work outdoors for most of the workday.

Work is often performed in heavy traffic, requiring employees to be alert to avoid accidents or personal injuries. Employees may be assigned tasks of a similar or higher-level classification to gain experience and training in preparation for advancement. This position requires scheduled and unscheduled overtime for snow and ice control, emergencies, and special projects, including weekends and holidays. Personal protective equipment such as hardhat, safety glasses, reflective vests, gloves, steel-toed shoes, earplugs, and other protective equipment is worn.

This position requires 24/7; 365-day availability and coverage of scheduled and unscheduled overtime for emergencies, snow and ice control, and special projects.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (Specific assignments will include some or all of the following):

* Collects refuse and recycling within all business districts and city parks.

* Unloads hand and power equipment from vehicles.

* Uses broom or operates a vacuum machine to clean streets, curbs, and sidewalks in business districts or under viaducts and on bridges; operates gasoline-powered hand-held blowers to move leaves; rakes and shovels leaves into containers, trucks, or into piles to be picked up by front-end loaders.

* Picks up litter in public areas; loads debris into containers and empties containers, paints park benches, garbage cans, and removes graffiti.

* Plants, transplants, fertilizes, mulches, waters, and prunes City park grounds, shrubs, bushes, and trees; prunes shrubs using hand or electric pruners.

* Remove weeds around flower and shrub beds by hand or by using weed cutters, prepare soils by operating power or hand tools and equipment such as an aerator, roller, rototiller, shovel, or rake.

* Sows grass seed by hand or with mechanized equipment; unloads and lays out sod; delivers soil, compost, wood chips, and other materials to work site and shovels, rakes, and levels materials; rakes and mulches leaves.

* Safely operates public work equipment and tools of various sizes with different attachments.

* Drives a pick-up truck to plow snow and spread salt.

* Drives a dump truck to transport materials; operates controls in truck cab to dump and spread materials on surfaces.

* Operate class B commercial vehicles.

* Operate small riding mowers and other ATV-style equipment.

* Maintain sports fields by grading, lining, edging, and raking on a regular basis.

* Prepares outdoor ice rinks for use by flooding designated areas on a regular basis during the skating season, both at night and during the day.

* Assists crew leader in the maintenance of the right of way, parking lots, and other city property.

* Checks equipment and performs preventative maintenance and minor repairs.

* May assist in other divisions on an as-needed basis.

* Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF WORK:

* Must possess a high school diploma/GED.

* Must possess a valid driver's license.

* Must be able to obtain and maintain an Illinois Class B CDL driver's license with air brakes endorsement within 6 months of employment.

* Must be willing and able to obtain a State of Illinois Pesticide Operator's certification within eighteen months of employment and maintain it as a condition of employment.

KNOWLEDGE,

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

IN THE FOLLOWING AREARS:

* Basic knowledge of the safe operation of hand and power tools.

* Some knowledge of the operating instructions and safety aspects of public works equipment.

* Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions.

* Ability to read and communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

* Ability to satisfactorily complete tasks without close supervision.

* Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, co-workers, other employees, and the public.

* Ability to complete NIMS Incident training, ICS
100, ICS
200, ICS
700, and ICS
800 within 18 months

* Ability to use Executime for attendance & payroll information and other city software as required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF WORK:

* Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; ability to move heavy objects (100 pounds or more) short distances.

* Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions such as extreme cold, high winds, rain, snow, sleet, high…