Crew Leader, Maintenance​/Cleaning

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The purpose of this class within the organization is to install, maintain, construct and repair municipal grounds and facilities. This class works under close supervision according to set procedures.

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the class as necessary. Receives work instructions from supervisor. Operates equipment; transports crew. Evaluates the quality of work performed. Assists in performing general building maintenance and repair, including rough carpentry, pouring and finishing concrete, painting and related work.

Spreads asphalt in patching and repairing streets. Sets up traffic warning devices and barricades and directs traffic around work sites. Checks and inspects barricades daily for proper placement and visibility. Performs general grounds keeping such as planting flowers, shrubs and trees; trimming shrubs and trees; watering and fertilizing lawns; raking leaves; mowing grass. Shovels snow or operates snow removal equipment to maintain streets, parking lots, and sidewalks.

Assists in making minor repairs on county buildings and facilities requiring some skill in carpentry, painting, and plumbing. Removes and cleans up debris from construction, maintenance, or repair work around buildings and grounds. Digs ditches, trenches and post holes and load dirt and construction materials. Mows Grass; sprays herbicide on city streets, sidewalks, and grounds for appearance and safety. Fixes and repairs water and sewer lines.

Performs related work as assigned.

Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations. Compares or inspects data, people, or things against a standard. People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the general public. Serves others such as customers, attends to their requests and exchanges information with them.

Asset responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization. Requires minimum responsibility for only small quantities of low cost items or supplies where opportunities for achieving economies or preventing loss are negligible. Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers and formulas to solve mathematical problems. Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percents.

Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak. Reads simple sentences, instructions or work orders; writes simple sentences and completes simple job forms; speaks simple sentences using basic grammar. Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.

Responsible for guiding others, requiring a few decisions, affecting the individual and a few co-workers; works in a stable environment with clear and uncomplicated written/oral instructions, but with some variations from the routine. Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job. Performs semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules, but with frequent problems;

requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results or occasional exposure to unusual pressure. Impact of errors is moderately serious – affects work unit and may affect other units or citizens. Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement. Performs light to medium work that involves walking or standing virtually all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or…