Street Maintenance Worker

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •High school diploma or GED
• •Valid Texas Driver's License
• •Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently
• •Ability to respond respectfully to common inquiries or complaints from customers and community
• •Good written and verbal communication skills
• •A great attitude and willingness to learn
• •Self-motivated with good verbal and written communication skills
• •Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with supervisors and other personnel
• •Demonstrate a willingness to perform duties in a team environment
• •Skills in performing multiple projects and/or assignments
• •Ability to communicate effectively with insightful verbal and written communication with Town staff, supervisors, residents, and vendors
• •Ability to perform tasks under pressure, with short deadlines and the ability to work overtime and flexible hours as necessary
• •Use tact and diplomacy with public, and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers
• •Must possess strong organization skills and be entrepreneurial, energetic, and imaginative
• •Good verbal and written communications skills
• •Skilled in the use of a variety of machines, including, but not limited to, power tools, basic lawn care power tools, chainsaws, radio, laptop computers, telephone, calculators, copiers and smart phones
• •Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished by management in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• •Must have the ability to comprehend policies, procedures, regulations, organizational structures, etc. (verbal or written)
• •Must be able to lift and/or move up to (80) eighty pounds
• •Must be able to stand
• •Must be able to walk
• •Must be able to sit
• •Must be able to use hands to operate various machines, drive vehicles and/or equipment
• •Must be able to reach with hands and arms
• •Must be able to talk and hear
• •Must be able to stoop
• •Must be able to kneel
• •Must be able to crouch
• •Must be able to crawl
• •Must have close vision
• •Must have distance vision
• •Must have color vision
• •Must have peripheral vision
• •Must have depth perception
• •Must be able to adjust focus
• •Must be able to drive and maneuver equipment
• •Must be able to move levers, push pedals, or turn valves to activate power equipment
• •Must be able to coordinate machine actions with crew members in response to hand or audio signals
• •Must be able to clean, repair, and maintain curbs, gutters, inlets, outfalls, debris-separators, storm-water, manholes, ditches, drainage systems, and other related public infrastructure
• •Must be able to use basic hand tools such as shovels, rakes or machetes
• •Must be able to operate various equipment to clean storm-water structures; lay pipelines and sets manholes; remove brush and mow high grass and weeds; picks up litter and debris; cleans in and around storm-water structures and reports and repairs erosion near and around stormwater infrastructure
• •Must be able to work safely when working in close proximity to high-speed vehicle traffic areas; along medians, right of ways
• •Must be able to prepare for daily tasks promptly through loading tools and materials each morning; cleaning each after use and returning tools and materials to their assigned storage area(s)
• •Must be able to work with crew-leader and supervisor to eliminate potential hazards, liability exposures, problem areas, inquiries of the general public, and the status of work activities
• •Must be able to conduct daily inspections and preventative maintenance measures of vehicles, equipment, and tools such as checking fluid levels, cleaning, checking safe and proper operation, and servicing
• •Must be able to adhere to departmental, personnel and safety rules and regulations
• •Must be able to help set up proper work zones using cones and barricades to ensure public safety at all times
• •Must be able to create and/or update manual or online work order system as directed by Crew Leader or supervisor
• •Must be able to be on-call during certain periods including Winter Operation activities and any event requiring Essential Personnel such as street sanding or brining and respond to work orders and requests after hours and on weekends when on-call
• •Six (6) months of previous experience that demonstrates ability to fulfill the physical requirements of the essential functions; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• •Obtain a CDL B within 1 year of hire