Equipment Operator

Public Works Facility Operator

Join our crew at the City's newly built Public Works facility! This full-time, entry-level role is perfect for hardworking, hands-on individuals. You'll operate trucks and equipment, help maintain streets, and take pride in keeping our city running.

Typical Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:00pm, Year Round

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in constructing, repairing, and maintaining streets and street signs, sidewalks, culverts, drainage ditches, and storm and sanitary sewers.
• Assist with utility excavations, installations, repairs and maintenance on storm and sanitary sewer systems.
• Occasionally operate equipment and machines incidental to public works, parks, and facilities maintenance activities.
• Perform snow removal activities, including operation of equipment used in plowing and salting activities.
• Assist with pavement marking, including painting street lane markings, cross walks, etc.
• Perform sanitation functions and related work as needed.
• Cut and collect weeds, brush, etc.
• Assist with maintaining trees, flowers, and shrubs by planting, pruning, weeding, irrigating, and spraying.
• Assist in maintaining grounds and facilities such as mowing, trimming, weeding, spraying, and litter pickup, vandalism removal, grooming and lining athletic fields.
• Assist in constructing, repairing, and maintaining facilities to include minor plumbing, carpentry, masonry, painting, tasks.
• May assist the Parks Department with various tasks related to grounds and facilities maintenance.
• Perform all other related job duties as assigned.
• Report for work as scheduled and as required for emergencies.

Qualifications:

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and at least one or more years of Street, Parks, or Facilities type of maintenance work experience and/or refuse and recycling collection experience within the past five years; preferred.
• Must have the ability to provide the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
• Current working knowledge in the methods, materials, tools, and equipment commonly used in public works, facilities, parks and/or landscaping construction and maintenance work.
• Working knowledge and experience with occupational hazards and safe work practices.
• Ability to operate various types of public works light equipment.
• Current and demonstrated ability to understand and effectively carry out oral and written instructions.
• Current and demonstrated ability to perform manual labor for extended periods and to withstand exposure to variable weather conditions.
• Ability to get along well and coordinate with others.
• Must reside within twenty (20) miles of the jurisdictional boundary of the City of Menasha.
• Possession of a valid Wisconsin Class B, C and D Commercial Driver's License with air brake and tanker endorsement, and good driving record which meets the legal and medical requirements of the CDL.

Job

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and use both hands to handle, touch, grasp; reach with hands and arms, speak, and hear.
• Specific vision abilities include close and distant vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds on a frequent basis.
• Overtime and changes in scheduled shifts may be required.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• Health Insurance Choose from two plan options through Network Health, with a 10% employee premium contribution.
• Dental Insurance Self-funded coverage through Delta Dental with a 10% employee contribution and an 80/20 co-pay.
• Vision Insurance Materials-only coverage through Superior Vision with only a 10% employee contribution.
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) Annual City contributions to help cover your eligible health expenses.
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 8 paid holidays plus 5 floating holidays each year
• Vacation days— vacation starts accruing the month after hire
• Earn 1 day of sick leave per month
• Deferred Compensation (457 Plan) Save for retirement with convenient payroll deductions through a city-supported 457 plan.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Take advantage of pre-tax savings for medical and dependent care expenses.
• Retirement Security
• Membership in the highly rated Wisconsin Retirement System, one of the top 10 pension plans in the nation
• Both the City and employees contribute 7.20% in 2026 for a total contribution of 14.40%