Maintenance Worker III- Streets

To perform a variety of semi-skilled and skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance and repair of City streets and related facilities. This is the full journey level class within the Maintenance Worker series. Employees within this class perform a full range of duties as assigned under general supervision. This levels receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise, and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit. Positions in this class are flexibly staffed and are normally filled by advancement from the II level, or when filled from outside, require directly related work experience.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions:

• Install street signs; dig hole for post; cement and hang sign; prepare work orders for street signs.
• Paint old or rusted signs; identify locations where signs are missing and replace with new sign.
• Ensure that safety apparel is worn at all times and that safety rules and regulations are observed in the performance of duties.
• Measure, lay out and paint markings for intersections, crosswalks, parking lots and curbs.
• Secure and partition off work areas with traffic signs, cones and barricades; direct traffic around work areas as necessary.
• Install and repair traffic control devices, guardrails and barricades; maintain existing signs and traffic control devices; clean site as necessary.
• Participate in street repairs; prepare holes in street surfaces for repair; apply patching material to fill hole.
• Trim and remove foliage obstructing traffic signs or signals; clean road shoulders as necessary.
• Clear storm drains of refuse and debris.
• Participate in cleaning the job site.
• Operate a variety of equipment.

Additional Duties:

• Perform related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• Operation and use of a variety of tools and equipment.
• Principles and practices of equipment maintenance and repair.
• Standard departmental procedures.
• Property techniques for applying paint to various surfaces.
• Hazards associated with the work and proper safety precautions.
• Location of various City streets and addresses.
• Procedures for patching and repairing street surfaces.
• Procedures for installing poles, pipes and traffic signs.
• Modern construction methods and practices.
• Techniques for mixing, pouring and finishing concrete.

Ability to :

• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Learn the location of various City streets and addresses.
• Learn procedures for patching and repairing street surfaces.
• Learn proper lifting techniques for minimizing physical injury.
• Learn the operation of a variety of tools, machinery and equipment relevant to work assignments.
• Perform physical requirements of the job.
• Perform work in an undesirable or hazardous environment including inclement weather, confined spaces, improper illumination and traffic.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Operate and use a variety of tools, machinery and equipment relevant to work assignments.
• Lay hot mix asphalt.

Experience and Training Guidelines:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:

Three years experience in construction or related field.

Education/Training:

Formal or informal education or training which ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for successful job performance.

License(s)/Certifications:

• Possession of a valid drivers license.
• Must have ability to obtain Class A or B CDL within six (6) months of request when requested by supervisor.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand; sit; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Regularly required to walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly works near moving mechanical parts
• Regularly exposed to vibration.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• Noise level is usually very loud.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

This job description is not an employment agreement, contact agreement, or contract. Management has exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.