Streets Maintenance Worker

Streets Maintenance Worker –
Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County

Job Title:

Streets Maintenance Worker

Maintains City streets, drainage infrastructure, street signs, and right-of-ways.

• Fills potholes and makes repairs to city streets.
• Repairs, straightens, and replaces city street signs.
• Trims trees blocking street signs and/or hanging into street right‑of‑ways.
• Mows and maintains right‑of‑ways.
• Weeds around street signs, fire hydrants, and street light poles.
• Plows, sands streets as needed.
• Maintains drainage infrastructure.
• Assists other crews as needed.

• Responds to emergency, after‑hour, and call‑out requests as needed.
• May be required to be on stand‑by.
• Serves as a member of various committees, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Desired minimum qualifications are listed below.

• High school education or GED equivalent.
• Some experience in street maintenance, solid waste collection, water/wastewater line construction and repair.
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Some knowledge of Public Works aspects, streets maintenance, and storm sewer infrastructure maintenance.
• Basic knowledge of operating equipment listed below.
• Ability to communicate effectively.

Must possess a valid Oklahoma Driver’s license prior to employment. May be required to obtain a Class B CDL and air‑brake endorsement.

Half‑ton trucks, one‑ton trucks, dump trucks, back hoe, skid loader, tractor, snow plow attachments, sander attachments, brush hog mower attachments, mowers, weed eaters, chain saws, pole saws, hand saws, pumps, sewer jetter, compressor, portable generators, common hand and power tools, two‑way radio, telephone, and personal computer.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions, near moving mechanical parts, in high, precarious places, and may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, vibration.

The noise level is usually moderate. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed; omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. The employee may be exposed to Bloodborne Pathogens. Hepatitis B vaccination is available.

We offer a complete benefits package to full‑time employees, including health care, dental, vision, retirement, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long‑term disability, supplemental insurances, telehealth, paid holidays, vacation, PTO, and sick leave.