Street Maintenance Worker

The Public Works Department, Field Operations Division is seeking to fill the position of Street Maintenance Worker for the Street and Sewer Division. The selected person will be assigned to the asphalt and concrete crew and engage in breaking out concrete, building forms and finishing concrete in the construction, maintenance and repair of pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, alleys, and streets. The selected person will operate concrete saws and pavement breakers, spread and rake asphalt, patch utility cuts and apply sealing materials to streets, and transport, load, and unload a variety of construction materials such as stone, gravel, asphalt, and slurry materials.

Experience and expertise in this area of work is mandatory for this recruitment.

Under general supervision, to perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, sanitary sewers and storm drains; to assist in the trimming and removal of trees; to assist in traffic painting and signing work; to assists in the clean-up of homeless encampments; operate a variety of heavy equipment in performing such work;

assists in the removal of illegally dumped items, handles waste, debris, trash, and weed abatement and to perform related work as required.

The Street Maintenance Worker is a single classification, which performs the more routine street maintenance functions.

Works under the direct supervision of the Street Foreman, Street Superintendent and/or Operations Manager.

Does not supervise.

Essential functions may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Performs heavy manual labor in the maintenance of the following: trees and landscapes, concrete and asphalt concrete, flood control facilities, sanitary sewers, traffic signage and any other facilities on public rights-of-ways.

Works in crews engaged in breaking out concrete, building forms and finishing concrete in the construction, maintenance and repair of pavement, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, alleys and streets;

May operate concrete saws and pavement breakers; spreads and rakes asphalt; patches utility cuts and applies sealing materials to streets. Transports, loads, and unloads a variety of construction materials such as stone, gravel, asphalt, slurry materials.

Sweeps and cleans debris from streets, alleys, parking lots, culverts, and other City structures. Collects, loads and unloads debris into any accompanying truck.

Participates in the maintenance and construction of sewer mains, and cleans and repairs existing sewers and storm drains; troubleshoots sewer blockages; reads and interprets sewer system asbuilts, blueprints and diagrams; digs ditches and holes using power and manual equipment; and operates CCTV video camera systems.

Performs regular and emergency tree maintenance, such as trimming, thinning, balancing, and removing trees, using ladders and aerial buckets; operates chipper machine for disposing of waste from tree trimming operations.

Participates in painting street traffic directional signs, crosswalks, stop bars, letters, curbs, center and lane lines and striping of parking lots; rides on self-propelled line marker to place traffic cones in the street; assists in the installation of traffic and street name signs. Participates in removal of graffiti from roadway signs and illegal advertising; sets…