Public Works Specialist
$37,440–$62,400 year
On-siteLucas, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Manage, coordinate, and evaluate construction and maintenance tasks for municipal infrastructure including water, wastewater, streets, drainage, and parks facilities. Assure compliance with work methods, materials, policies, and regulations while diagnosing and repairing failures in public infrastructure. Load and unload materials, collect and deliver water samples for testing, and maintain tools and equipment. Work outdoors in changing weather conditions, frequently lifting up to 80 pounds, and adhere to strict safety protocols for employees and the public. Perform other duties as assigned, including budget assistance and traffic control implementation.
Required Qualifications
- Must have the ability to pass accredited courses in construction and in maintenance
- Ability to read and interprets technical procedures and regulations
- Ability to write reports and correspondence
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from co-workers
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts: fractions, percentages, and ratios
- Ability to solve practical problems where only limited standardization exists
- Diagnose and repair failures in public infrastructure
- Ability to repair, operation, and maintenance of public infrastructure and facilities
- Interpret maps, drawings, plans, and specifications
- Keep daily logs of time, material, and constructions equipment
- Responsible for implementation of construction traffic control devises and safety rules and regulations for protection of employees and public
- Exercise good judgment to work safely, use equipment properly, and encourage others to use safety equipment
- Encourage proper placement of others when working in trenches
- Encourage others to observe all safety rules and regulations
- Draw water samples for testing
- Ability to achieve objectives of assignments and to operate within specific policy guidelines
- Is expected to make every effort to work overtime during emergencies, adverse weather, or any other occasion that threatens the health, safety, and welfare of the general public
- Ability to perform repetitive tasks
- Ability to care for fields, grounds, playgrounds, etc
- Must be able to obtain a Class D Water License or Wastewater License within twelve (12) months
- A valid Texas Driver License and an acceptable driving record
- Minimum of six (6) months of experience and/or training in related fields
- Occasionally required to comfortably lift and carry objects weighing up to eighty (80) pounds
- Frequently required to comfortably lift and carry objects weighing up to fifty (50) pounds
- Frequently required to stand, walk, reach, talk, hear, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl for prolonged periods
- Work will take place outdoors with exposure to changing and extreme weather conditions such as rain, sun, snow, wind, etc
- Work will take place in poorly lighted, awkward, confined, and hazardous areas
- Exposure to non-weather-related humidity or wet conditions, fumes, airborne particles, electric shock, vibration, and moving mechanical parts will take place on a regular and daily basis
- The employee will be exposed to high speed vehicular traffic within a roadway
- Fitness for duty medical and physical examinations will be conducted
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