Code Compliance Field Worker

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Under general supervision of the Code Enforcement Supervisor, performs field maintenance, property abatement, and code compliance support activities throughout the City. This position assists the Code Enforcement Department in maintaining safe, clean, and orderly public areas and in addressing conditions that are in violation of City ordinances. Work requires the safe operation of vehicles, grounds maintenance equipment, hand tools, and power equipment, as well as the ability to work independently while following established policies, procedures, and safety requirements.

The position responds to public service requests and complaints in a courteous and professional manner and assists with documenting abatement activities through photographs, reports, and other required records. The employee is expected to exercise sound judgment, provide courteous and professional customer service, maintain accurate documentation, and work cooperatively with Code Enforcement and other City departments.

• Patrols assigned areas, streets, rights-of-way, medians, open spaces, and other City properties to identify and remove litter, trash, debris, illegal dumping, and other nuisance materials.
• Responds to complaints and service requests involving illegal dumping, overgrown vegetation, trash, debris, illegal signs, and other code-related property conditions; reports findings to the Code Enforcement Supervisor.
• Assists Code Enforcement Officers with property abatement activities by removing trash, garbage, construction debris, furniture, appliances, tires, vegetation, and other nuisance materials from public and private properties as authorized.
• Mows, trims, cuts, and clears overgrown grass, weeds, brush, limbs, shrubs, and other vegetation on City property and at properties subject to authorized code enforcement abatement.
• Performs weed abatement and general grounds maintenance activities in medians, rights-of-way, open spaces, alleyways, and other assigned areas.
• Removes illegal signs and other unauthorized materials in accordance with applicable City ordinances, policies, and procedures.
• Operates trucks, trailers, and other assigned vehicles to transport personnel, equipment, supplies, trash, debris, and materials to and from work sites and disposal facilities.
• Operates a variety of hand and power tools and grounds maintenance equipment, including zero-turn and push mowers, weed eaters, chainsaws, leaf blowers, brush cutters, hedge trimmers, edgers, rakes, shovels, hoes, brooms, pressure washers, water pumps, long-handled clippers, and related equipment.
• Performs basic inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of assigned vehicles, equipment, hand tools, and power equipment; reports mechanical problems or equipment deficiencies to the appropriate supervisor.
• Loads, unloads, lifts, carries, pushes, and pulls materials, equipment, trash, debris, dirt, gravel, vegetation, and other materials associated with maintenance and abatement activities.
• Assists with the documentation of code enforcement and abatement activities, including photographs, work records, service requests, reports, and other required documentation using computers, mobile devices, or other technology.
• Maintains records and provides information regarding completed work, property conditions, abatement activities, materials removed, and other assigned activities.
• Interacts with property owners, residents, businesses, vendors, City employees, and members of the public in a courteous,…