Streets - Heavy Equipment Op

Overview

City of Nampa

Position:
Heavy Equipment Operator

Hiring Salary: $20.00-$25.39 DOE

Reports to (Role):
Street Maintenance Lead

Department/Group:
Streets

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Travel Required:

None

Position Type:
Full-Time

Job Family / Business Unit:
Streets

Benefits Eligible:
Yes

EEO Category:
Skilled Craft

PERSI Eligible:
Yes

Work Schedule:

Varies

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE!

The City of Nampa offers competitive benefits and growth opportunities, including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PERSI Retirement Plan, with 11.18% employer contribution
• 401k & 457 Retirement Plans
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (at least 4 weeks per year)
• Life Insurance with AD&D
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employer-Funded HRA VEBA Health Savings
• Wellness Program & Rewards
• Opportunity for student Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Harward Recreation Center Membership Discount
• Other Great Benefits!

Performs skilled work in the operation of light, medium, and heavy-duty maintenance and construction equipment for city street construction and maintenance activities; performs other job-related duties, as required.

• Operate light, medium, and heavy-duty maintenance and construction equipment such as dump trucks, water trucks, rollers, sweepers, front-end loaders, backhoes, paint stripers, skid steer, road grader, and other equipment as required in the maintenance and repair of city streets and roadways.
• Perform a variety of heavy manual work in connection with the construction, maintenance, and repair of structures, devices, and systems in the right of way to include sidewalks, curbs, streets, storm drains, and concrete structures.
• Conduct Winter Maintenance Operations to include applying sand, salt, and brine to road surfaces and snow removal.
• Respond to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner.
• Provide for the maintenance and repairs of city streets and roadways, including preparing road surfaces for patching, painting, chip sealing, and other repairs as needed. Install and maintain roadway and right-of-way markings, delineators, and paint schemes.
• Responds to work orders and emergencies on the roadway, right of way, or to ancillary structures that require repair, debris removal, or cleanup, and manages vegetation in the right of way.
• Responds to emergency calls, including reading maps, locating storm drains, and diagnosing storm drain problems.
• Operates a variety of hand/portable powered and unpowered tools such as air tools, grease guns, drills, wrenches, and equipment related to work assignments as instructed.
• Observes safe work methods and uses safety equipment in the maintenance and repair of City streets and roadsides, including placing barriers, cones, and warning signs to secure work sites from traffic hazards as necessary.
• Provides routine maintenance of city vehicles and related tools and equipment, including washing trucks and checking oil, fuel, and fluid levels as needed.
• Performs other directly related duties consistent with the role and function of the classification.
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities.
• Is punctual and timely in meeting requirements of performance, including attendance standards and work deadlines.
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems.
• Assumes responsibility for other duties as required or assigned.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas.
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities.
• Is punctual and timely in meeting requirements of performance, including attendance standards and work deadlines.
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems.
• Assumes responsibility for other duties as required or assigned.
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas.

• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems.
• Responds to citizens' questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner.
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of…