Equipment Operator II

Title: 433 - Equipment Operator II

Organization: EPW:
Beautification Mowing

Department: Beautification Mowing

Location: EPW

Rate of Pay:$15.40

The Equipment Operator II is responsible to operate medium to heavy equipment necessary in the maintenance, repair, and upkeep of city facilities. The Equipment Operator II is responsible for routine maintenance procedures under direct supervision.

• Safety Acumen
• Leadership
• Citizens Value
• Communication
• Self-Awareness
• Time Management
• Professionalism
• Flexible
• Critical Thinking
• Trust
• Responsible
• Ethical

• Must be able to read, interpret and follow work orders and procedures as necessary.
• Must be able to effectively respond to questions from Management, groups of managers, customers, and the public.
• Knowledge of more complex work routines, rules, procedures, or operations; ability to operate higher-level specialized equipment.
• Operates specialized equipment, machinery or vehicles, such as heavy construction vehicles, trucks with hydraulic pumping equipment, pressure sprayers, paving equipment, jackhammers, backhoes, or cranes.
• Operates light equipment and tools, such as blowers, edging tools, sprayers, shovels, rakes, and brooms.
• Removes debris, litter, earth, or pavement; loads material into trucks; locates and excavates underground structures or pipelines; set poles; clears land or mows grassy areas, such as parks, playgrounds, medians, roadsides and hillsides.
• Installs new structures, equipment or parts, such as pipes, fittings, meters, and hydrants.
• Inspects equipment to ensure safe operations.
• Performs preventative maintenance on all equipment and tools.
• Assembles and loads equipment, tools, materials and supplies according to daily work assignments.
• Follows established safety rules and regulations for the safe operation of equipment and machinery, reports accidents, equipment breakage and unsafe conditions to a Supervisor.
• Completes routines documents and forms, such as work orders, repairs requests, reports and logs.

High school graduation or GED plus one year of experience.

Job requires a current, valid Texas Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) as required by State Law for the operations of heavy machinery and trucks.

Skillful judgment with out-of-the ordinary situations or issues.

Greater level of knowledge when applying guidelines and interpretation of available options to non-standard situations; division goals drive priorities.

Lead person in small work group; does not specifically assign work but is looked to for guidance.

Does not deal with money.

Direct contact may be infrequent but may require considerable tact and courtesy when it does occur.

Mostly moderate and fairly steady active physical exertion; may require brief periods of heavy muscular exertion, such as standing, lifting, moving, pulling, etc. Ability to exert up to 35-50 lbs. of force occasionally or a negligible amount of energy frequently to lift, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Responsible for high-risk or valuable items, such as big, expensive equipment, including light and heavy machinery, plant equipment, multiple computers and computer networks, etc.

Frequent exposure to outdoor elements; job often (several times per week) exposes person to physical danger; serious space problems; frequent situations that cause stress and tension in the execution of regular duties.

The City of Brownsville requires all employees to successfully pass a Drug & Alcohol and a physical examination and a Background Check.

The City of Brownsville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

The City of Brownsville participates in a generous retirement plan with retirement opportunities available at 5…