Streets Maintenance Worker

The purpose of this position is to improve and eliminate potential hazards by maintaining the City's right of ways, roads, and sidewalks in a safe and efficient manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Maintains, installs, and/or repairs City grounds, right of ways, facilities, sidewalks, and roadways as needed. Operates construction equipment, including heavy equipment, hand tools, and heavy machinery or large trucks. Loads truck with supplies and materials needed to complete the job and performs preventative maintenance. Responds to emergency inclement weather such as ice, snow, and flooding.

Supplemental Functions:

Performs other similar duties as required

Job Specifications and Qualifications:

Knowledge:

Machinery and hand tools of the trade Asphalt, concrete, and vegetation management principles Traffic control principles

Licensing and Certifications :

Valid North Carolina Driver's License; Ability to obtain a North Carolina Commercial Driver's License with Tanker Endorsement. Failure to obtain within 6 months of hire date may result in termination.

Preferred Certifications :

Flagger Certification Working Conditions /

Physical Requirements:

Positions in this class require: standing, fine dexterity, walking, lifting, carrying, sitting, reaching, handling, kneeling, crawling, pushing/pulling, climbing, vision, foot controls, balancing, crouching, hearing, twisting, and talking.

Heavy Work:

Exerting 50 - 100 pounds occasionally, 25 -50 pounds frequently, or from 10 up to 20 pounds constantly. Incumbents may be subjected to extreme temperature, wetness and/or humidity, respiratory hazards, noise and vibration, and physical demands.