Seasonal DPI Laborer-Streets

Overview

To aid streets maintenance crews in right of way infrastructure maintenance. This is accomplished by providing landscaping, tree removal, tree trimming, watering trees, equipment maintenance, and pavement maintenance that may include painting/concrete/asphalt work, sewer work, crack sealing and a variety of other tasks on the streets around the city and on city owned property. Most employees in this position will take daily directives from a superior while some may exercise more judgment in daily tasks.

Responsible for proper maintenance of streets, facilities and grounds and may include the following duties:

• Proper maintenance on all equipment at the end of the day including cleaning and returning to proper place
• Detailed equipment preventative maintenance (checking fluids, greasing, etc.)
• Set of special events – traffic control
• Watering trees
• Operate small wheel loaders
• Operate tractor with mower and bucket
• Drive 1-ton dump trucks with or without trailers

• Operation of larger motorized equipment
• Helper on sewer maintenance vehicle
• Assist crew members on the concrete and asphalt crew
• Excavation crew
• Pavement joint sealing crew
• Helper on painting crew
• Traffic control crew
• Pothole patch crew

Experience: Experience with any of the above tasks is preferred, but not required.

Certifications/Licenses: Wisconsin Driver’s License required.

Other Requirements: Must be at least 16 years of age.

Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, blueprints, government regulations and procedures manuals, ability to complete routine paperwork evaluation after completing a task, and the ability to effectively present information to other employees and supervisors. Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

This position requires the ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Must have the ability to apply situational reasoning ability by exercising good judgment in the implementation of work orders. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.