Maintenance Worker - Street Services

Overview

Under direct supervision, performs routine and repetitive tasks to construct, maintain and repair the Town's streets/roads, bridges, medians, right of ways, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, alleys, drainage systems, and other public areas within the Town. Also cleans, repairs, and maintains roads, bridges, medians, right of ways, alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and other public areas within the Town.

• Performs routine and repetitive physical tasks such as hand working asphalt and concrete as it is placed; loading and unloading trucks; laying pipelines and repairing manholes; patching potholes and overlaying streets; sealing cracks in asphalt and concrete; removing and replacing concrete including form setting to finishing; reading grades and setting grade stakes; assisting in surveying; cutting brush, trees; mowing and weed-eating high grass and weeds;
  
  and maintaining and cleaning around street intersections, medians and alleys.
• Operates, repairs, and maintains vehicles and various light equipment and tools such as tractors, mowers, front end and back end loaders, heavy trenchers, bucket trucks, augers, maintainers, jackhammers, skill saws, drills, bolt cutters, pothole patchers, rollers, dump trucks, and 1 ton to 5 ton vehicles.
• Works safely when operating near high-speed vehicle traffic areas, along medians, and right-of-ways.
• Identifies and informs supervisor of potential hazards, liability exposures, problem areas, public inquiries, and the status of work activities.
• Conducts daily inspections and preventative maintenance of vehicles, equipment, and tools, including washing, checking safe and proper operation, and servicing.
• Assists other departments and performs other duties as needed.
• Adheres to departmental, personnel, and safety rules and regulations.
• Adheres to stand-by schedule as assigned for emergency repairs at night and weekends.

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) is required.
• Must have a valid state-issued driver's license, and the driving record must comply with Town policy.
• Must be able to obtain a valid Texas Class “A” Commercial Driver's License, with proper endorsements and without restrictions, within six (6) months from the date of hire. Your driving record must be in compliance with Town policy.

• Must be able to talk, read, see, walk, hear, and follow oral and written directives.
• Must have good hand/foot/eye coordination to operate equipment.
• Must be able to operate maintenance equipment and perform strenuous physical activities, including exerting up to 100 lbs. of pressure, lifting up to 100 lbs. of equipment several times a day, and lifting heavy objects; shoveling; crawling; bending; kneeling; climbing on and off equipment; and operating vibrating equipment.
• Must be able to work indoors, outdoors, in confined spaces, trenches, on level, slippery, sloping, unstable, and muddy terrain, and under noisy conditions; and in inclement weather and hazardous conditions such as street traffic, exposure to insects, noxious plants, and snakes.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• General knowledge of installation of concrete and asphalt materials used in street maintenance; skills required to operate vehicles, small power tools, and equipment in a safe and proper manner is preferred.
• Carpentry skills are preferred.
• Must be able to exercise good judgment, make competent decisions, handle multiple projects, meet deadlines, and work well under pressure and stress.
• Must work extensive hours and respond within 30 minutes to an on-call or emergency callback, as required.
• Must maintain an effective and pleasant working relationship with coworkers, supervisors, and the general public at all times.