Equipment Operator – Street Maintenance
Job Description
Impactful Role
Position: Equipment Operator – Street Maintenance
Company: City of Prescott
Company: City of Prescott
Job Brief
Announcement of employment opportunity equipment operator – street maintenance public works department hiring range: $23.
Salary Detail
$23.18 – $28.97 an hour
Experience
Job History is required
Qualifications
Diploma or Equivalent Required.
Job Detail
- A diverse range of complimentary mental health and wellness services is available, including an Employee Assistance Program, a free subscription to Calm, and health coaching
- Paid time off up to 20 days in first year of employment
- 10 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per year
- Free employee only coverage for medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance
- Free family coverage for select medical and dental plans
- Pension and long-term disability through Arizona State Retirement System, click here for more details
- Supplemental benefits such as deferred compensation plans and additional life insurance Position Summary:
- Operates vehicles and other equipment for the Public Works Department in performing construction, and/or right-of-way and street maintenance.
- Essential Duties: Operates a motor vehicles and other equipment for the City to perform a variety of construction, public roads maintenance, street sweeping, vegetation management duties, and drain installation/repairs
- Operates City vehicles and equipment such as, a backhoe, an articulated loader, and a stationary boom crane.
- Performs basic repairs for vehicles and equipment used during the course of business.
- Performs daily pre-trip and post-trip DOT inspection checks for assigned vehicles and equipment
- Perform basic maintenance on vehicles and equipment including greasing key components, washing and cleaning interior and exterior of vehicles, and cleaning air filter and radiator.
- Maintains, removes, and lays asphalt. patches potholes. and grades roads and alleys.
- Performs miscellaneous concrete repairs and installation.
- Assists in the setup, preparation, and cleanup of special events.
- Performs shouldering and erosion control.
- Sweeps streets. picks up debris/trash.
- Digs/grades/cleans ditches and culverts. cleans catch basins.
- Performs street maintenance and rights-of-way work with crews or individually. mows rights-of ways.
- Plows snow from roads and parking lots. spreads cinders on roads.
- Sets up traffic controls for both daily tasks and special events.
- Adheres to safety rules. watches out for hazards while performing job, such as power lines, other vehicles, dogs, fire hydrants, and people.
- Logs duties performed at end of day depending on job assignments.
- Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications:
- Education and/or Experience:
- Highschool Diploma or Equivalent Required. Prefer some prior heavy or motorized equipment operator experience such as collection vehicles, backhoe, loader, 10-wheel dump truck, snow plow, and other construction related equipment.
- Licensing, Certification, and Other Requirements: Street Maintenance- Must possess or obtain a Class A commercial driver’s license with tanker endorsement within 6(6) months of hire. Depending on assigned area. obtain certifications such a Flagger and/or Bucket Truck depending on assignment. complete required OSHA and ADOSH training. May be required to obtain an Arizona Department of Agriculture PMD Applicator Certificate.
- Employee Core Beliefs
- City of Prescott employees should seek to uphold the City’s core beliefs throughout their day-to-day business and with every customer they come in contact with, both internal and external. Our core beliefs are: Act with Integrity, Work as a Team, Have Personal Commitment and Loyalty, Solve Problems, Take Pride In Excellent Results, High Level of Productivity and Being Nice.
- Knowledge, Skill and Abilities: Knowledge of operation of assigned vehicles such as side-load, front-load, and roll-off refuse collection vehicles.
- Knowledge of the proper placement of barricades and signage for road and lane closures needed for the protection of workers, vehicles and pedestrians.
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions.
- Knowledge of operation of backhoe, articulated loaders, and stationary boom crane.
- Skill in safely operating miscellaneous construction equipment.
- Skill in utilizing customer service techniques when responding to inquiries and complaints.
- Skill in using a variety of computer and tablet software including maintenance management software, time entry software, and Windows computer applications such as Outlook.
- Skill in operating backhoe, loader, motor grader, paving equipment, mowers, large brush chipper, and small tools, (jack hammer, target saw, chainsaw, weed eater, and blower).
- Skill in operating and working around moving vehicles and equipment.
- Ability to direct moving vehicles and pedestrians with authority in a polite and professional manner.
- Ability to follow verbal and writ10instructions. Physical Demands And Working Conditions: Work is performed in the field.
- Safely operates required vehicles and equipment necessary in performance of required duties.
- Requires working Tuesday through Saturday or any combination of days to meet the Divisions needs.
- Requires working a rotational scheduling including nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Safely lifts, pushes, pulls, and carry 50 pounds and 75 pounds with assistance.
- Safely sees clearly, with correction if necessary, during both day and evening hours and in potentially adverse weather conditions
- Clearly, concisely, and effectively communicates (reading, writing, speaking) in person and over the teleph1and radio in English. bilingual skills beneficial.
- Work is performed in an environment with heavy equipment and machinery that could result in bodily harm to self or others. Successful candidate will receive a post-offer, pre-employment background screening to include: Drug screening
- Motor vehicle records check
- Criminal background screening
- City of Prescott Contact Information
- 201 N. Montezuma Street, Suite 207
- Prescott, AZ 86301
- Email: hr@prescott-az.gov
- Website: www.prescott-az.gov
- Phone: 928-777-1410 / Fax: 928-832-1222
- When advised, reasonable accommodations will be made in order for an “otherwise qualified applicant” with a disability to participate in any phase of the selection process. In accordance with A.R.S. 23 – 493, this position has been identified as “Safety Sensitive”. The City of Prescott is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
