DPI Laborer

Overview

This is a skilled labor and equipment operator position performing work required to maintain and operate the streets and sanitation, parks and cemetery subdivisions of the Department of Public Infrastructure. Employees assigned to one subdivision may be required to perform tasks in the other two seasonally. Employee must be available for emergency work 24/7. The employee must possess the ability to get along well with the public, with employees and management.

General assignments are received from a superior. Work is performed under the supervision of Subdivision Team Leaders and the Operations Division Manager, who inspect work in progress and upon completion for conformance with specifications.

• Operate various pieces of equipment including but not limited to trucks with air brakes (with and without plowing attachments), heavy equipment, compressors, backhoes, road graders, tractors, concrete saws, hand saws, mowers, leaf loaders, skid-steer, tractors, landscaping equipment and snow removal equipment.
• Perform maintenance and custodial work in the care of department facilities.
• Be available for emergency work and for salting and/or snow plowing operations.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions; demonstrate dependability.
• Read blueprints and perform minor repairs to equipment; clean trucks and equipment.
• Supervise seasonal employees and potentially assume Team Leader duties in the Team Leader's absence.

• Knowledge of sewer systems and/or sanitary lift stations.
• Confined space entry experience or knowledge.
• Knowledge of all types of pavement maintenance including concrete forming, placement and finishing; hot and cold asphalt preparation and placement; catch basin reconstruction and maintenance.
• Ability to perform CRAFCO asphalt crack sealing.
• Perform spring cleanup and fall leaf pickup.
• Install and repair guard rails; skilled excavating, backhoe, and road grader operations.

• Perform plumbing, carpentry, and welding on equipment and facilities.
• Perform city refuse collection at parks and city buildings.
• Setup, delivery, and cleanup of special events.
• Perform minor repair work on facilities; mark recreational and sports facilities using a paint machine.
• Repair equipment, picnic tables, park benches, and other facility-related damages.
• Perform ball field maintenance with tractor and landscaping equipment; assist in maintaining ice skating rink(s).
• Install, inspect, and maintain playground units and hiking/biking trails; perform duties related to city grass cutting.
• Follow up on acts of vandalism including notifying the Team Leader or Operations Division Manager and performing necessary repairs.

• Knowledge of grass cutting, leaf collection and removal, snow removal, cemetery grounds cultivation and watering, and related tasks.
• Excavation and back filling graves; knowledge of concrete placement, forming and finishing.
• Assist in maintaining cemetery roads; prepare graves for spring sodding.
• Install new water lines and repair existing water lines in cemetery areas.
• Follow up on vandalism and perform necessary repairs; assist the public with questions, transactions, and addressing grieving families.
• Subject to standby responsibility on weekends and holidays, as assigned by the Cemetery Team Leader or Operations Division Manager.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

High school diploma or equivalent; apprenticeship or technical training relative to the positions. An equivalent combination of training and experience may be acceptable only if the City determines that the applicant's previous background provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.

Experience in construction, cemetery, or parks industry; roads and sewers, and working with blacktop, concrete and pipe-laying. Experience in operating equipment involved in road construction, cemeteries, or park maintenance, operating large pieces of equipment and general outdoor maintenance. Grounds keeping, landscaping, construction, water main construction, small equipment, and prior training in confined space entry procedures preferred.