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.

• 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.

• Performs other similar duties as required

Knowledge:

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

• 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.

• Flagger Certification

• 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.