Street Maintenance Technicain

Overview

Are you ready to hit the streets and make a tangible impact on your community? We are seeking a Street Maintenance Technician to join our dedicated team. As a Street Maintenance Technician, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safety and functionality of the city’s roadways, sidewalks, and infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your expertise while contributing to the overall improvement of our urban landscape by maintaining and repairing the City properties and right‑of‑ways.

• Receive written work orders or verbal instructions from the crew supervisor.
• Cut and trim trees, grass and weeds on right‑of‑ways.
• Remove litter from city streets and medians.
• Repair streets and sidewalks with asphalt, cold patching materials, and concrete.
• Remove and replace damaged traffic signs.
• Operate lawn equipment.
• Respond to animal control calls and handle pets and wildlife.
• Replace worn or damaged parts such as hoses, wiring, and belts in machines and equipment.
• Assist with city holiday decoration set‑up and take‑down.
• Assist with demolitions and carpentry as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships with others.

• Problem Solving:
  Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Customer Service:
  Manage difficult or emotional customer situations and respond promptly to customer needs.
• Teamwork:
  Exhibit objectivity and openness to others' views and contribute to building a positive team spirit.
• Leadership:
  Inspire respect and trust.
• Ethics:
  Work with integrity and uphold organizational values.
• Organizational Support:
  Follow policies and procedures.
• Accountability:
  Take responsibility for own actions.
• Professionalism:
  Treat others with respect and consideration regardless of status or position.
• Quality:
  Seek ways to improve and promote quality.

Education/Experience
High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Language Ability
Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.

Reasoning Ability
Apply common sense to carry out detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions; handle problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills
No computer skills required.

Certificates & Licenses
Valid Alabama Driver’s License required.

The work environment includes exposure to moving mechanical parts, outdoor weather conditions, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, vibration, and occasional electrical shock. Noise level is usually moderate.

Frequent lifting or moving of up to 80 pounds. Specific vision requirements: close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Duties include standing, walking, using hands to handle, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear regularly; occasional sitting and tasting or smelling.

The City of Pelham, Alabama, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy), color, age, national origin, disability, or any other protected status. We base our hiring decisions on a variety of factors, including skills and ability to perform the job, prior employment experience, employment references as to character and willingness to work, willingness to accept the offered salary and personal interviews.

The City of Pelham, Alabama, is an equal‑opportunity employer.

• Health Insurance Benefits Overview Flyer
• Group Health Benefits – Local Government Health Insurance Board/BCBS
• Group Dental Benefits – Local Government Health Insurance Board/BCBS
• Vision Insurance through Humana
• AFLAC
• Flexible Spending Account

• Group Life Insurance – Provided by the City of Pelham for employee
• AFLAC
• Supplemental Benefits Plans
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• Long Term Disability

• Retirement through the Retirement Systems of Alabama
• Deferred Compensation
• College Counts 529
• Dis…