Truck Driver

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

This is the first of five levels in the Equipment Operations series. Incumbents operate dump trucks, snowplows and similar vehicles requiring a commercial driver's license. Responsibilities may include operating various vehicles, flagging traffic, and performing manual labor.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS POSITION WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2025, OR UNTIL FILLED.

Essential Functions:

• Operates heavy, specialized equipment, which may include dump trucks, snowplows, tractors, street sweepers, and/or related equipment.
• Transport equipment and/or materials to designated job site(s).
• Inspects, maintains, and performs basic repairs to equipment.
• Operates a variety of small motorized and/or hand tools to perform manual labor activities.
• Performs various duties requiring manual labor including flagging traffic, picking up debris, and/or other related duties.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.
• Performs other related work as required.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• No experience required.

License and Certifications

• Possession of a valid Class B Commercial Driver's License.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Applicable tools and equipment.
• Manual labor practices.
• Equipment maintenance and repair principles and practices.
• Occupational hazards and safety precautions.
• Safe driving practices.
• Applicable traffic laws, ordinances, and rules.

Skill in:

• Operating motor vehicles and applicable equipment.
• Performing preventive maintenance to applicable equipment.
• Conducting vehicle inspections and recognizing defects.
• Performing manual labor.
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Physical Requirements

The work is heavy work which requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Balancing:
  Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing:
  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Crawling:
  Moving about on hands, knees, hands, and feet.
• Crouching:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Feeling:
  Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering:
  Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling:
  Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity:
  Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Pulling:
  Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Pushing:
  Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion:
  Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
• Speaking:
  Expressing or exchanging…