Senior 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 way, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, alleys, drainage systems, and other public areas within the Town.

• 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 and 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. Primary responsibility is the operation, repair and maintenance of light equipment in the absence of an equipment operator.
• Works safely when working in close proximity to 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 measures of vehicles, equipment, and tools, including washing, checking for 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.
• Trains other employees in operation, repair and safety techniques of standard construction equipment and in daily job duties and responsibilities.
• Assists other coworkers as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) is required.
• Must have a valid state issued Class “C” Driver's License.
• 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.
• Street maintenance (concrete and asphalt) repair or construction work experience is required.
• Light to heavy construction equipment operation experience is required.

The physical abilities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• 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; perform strenuous physical activities including exerting up to 100 lbs. of force, 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, underground, outdoors, in confined spaces, in trenches, on level, slippery, sloping, unstable, and muddy terrain, and under constantly noisy conditions; and work in adverse environmental conditions including inclement weather and exposure to street traffic, insects, noxious plants, and snakes.

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must have knowledge of installation of concrete and asphalt materials used in street maintenance; and skills required to operate heavy to light construction equipment, vehicles, small power tools, and equipment in a safe and proper manner.
• 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.