Street Maint Worker

The purpose of this safety sensitive (SS) position is to assist with repair and maintaining city streets.

1. Collects leftover and broken asphalt for transport to the landfill. This duty is performed as needed.

2. Uses a concrete saw to cut asphalt. This duty is performed as needed.

3. Shovels asphalt behind roller. This duty is performed as needed.

4. Patches potholes. This duty is performed as needed.

5. Mows and weed-eats rights-of-way areas. This duty is performed as needed.

6. Cleans right-of-way areas with chain saws and hand tools; picks up litter and debris after storms and special events. This duty is performed as needed.

7. Assists with right-of-way and drainage system maintenance; performs masonry duties and clears catch basins. This duty is performed as needed.

8. Places signs to reroute traffic around work sites; flags traffic. This duty is performed as needed.

9. Operating a city vehicle is required for the essential functions. This duty is performed as needed.

10. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily.The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Minimum requirement; general educational background without high school completion, plus 0 to 6 months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to read a limited number of words and recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers; ability to write and speak simple sentences as a means for basic communication.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers. Ability to perform these mathematical skills using money and other forms of measurement.

Ability to use common sense understanding in order to carry out simple multi-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with limited variables.

Valid driver’s license

Not indicated.

Not indicated.

Under immediate supervision, performs general assignments of work, with periodic check of performance by supervisor.

Limited responsibility with regard to specific assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work operations.

Performs work operations which permit infrequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and which would only affect the operating efficiency of the individual involved to a slight degree.

Moderate mental demand. Operations requiring almost continuous attention, but work is sufficiently repetitive that a habit cycle is formed; operations requiring intermittent directed thinking to determine or select materials, equipment or operations where variable sequences may be selected by the employee.

Repetitive. Activities or duties using a pre-determined set of processes or directions coupled with nearby supervision. Learned things in situations where choice is simple or patterned.

Responsibility for work of others: Not indicated.

No responsibility for this factor.

Probable errors of internal scope readily detected in normal course of work by standard check or routine crosscheck within a single department or office. Errors resulting from inaccuracy would create minor confusion, delay or expense to correct the situation.

Defined. Semi-repetitive prescribed processes and procedures with nearby supervision.

The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, and savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower.

None. Job does not create any dollar monetary impact for the organization.

Minimal impact. Job is focused on non-supervisory decision making activities and has minor impact on the organization's end results.

Occasional routine contacts with persons outside the organization. This would include contacts with suppliers, mail service, etc.

Contacts of little importance and usually with immediate associates only. Requires only ordinary courtesy to avoid friction in relationship incidental to working with others.

Occasional use of complex machines and equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software, road and production machines and equipment, etc.)

Outside working environment, wherein there are extremely disagreeable working conditions most of the time (e.g. hot mix paving in constant sun).

The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously exposed to outdoor weather conditions; regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, vibration; occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.

Highly repetitive, highly physical. Highly repetitive type work which requires the concentrated and non-diversified physical demands of the employee.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms; and frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk or hear; occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.

Not indicated.