Street Maintenance Technician

Salary and Benefits:
The anticipated starting salary range for this position is $47,584.06 - $54,603.81 depending on qualifications and experience. Full salary range is $47,584.06 - $64,852.20. This position is eligible for full benefits beginning on the employee's first day, including medical/dental/vision, PERSI Retirement, sick leave, vacation accrual, holiday pay, and more.

This position is open until filled and applications will be reviewed as they are received. Please note, this position is considered safety sensitive and requires a pre‑employment drug test.

The principal function of an employee in this class is to perform a variety of semi‑skilled and skilled work in the construction, maintenance, and repair of City Streets and/or Traffic infrastructure. The work is performed under the supervision and direction of an assigned supervisor, but considerable leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgment and initiative. An employee in this class may act as a lead worker over seasonal work crews.

The nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain effective working relationships with assigned supervisors, other City employees, and the general public. The principal duties of this class are performed in an outdoors environment with possible exposure to a variety of terrains, weather conditions, hazardous waste, and airborne pathogens.

• Observes safe work methods and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment as required. Follows Federal (OSHA), State regulations, and City policies regarding safe work practices;
• Operates and maintains City equipment and trucks appropriate to the functional area of assignment, including backhoes, front‑end loaders, dump trucks, street sweepers, pickups, snow plows, graders, skid steers, brush chippers, utility lift truck, and other related equipment; operates a wide variety of hand and power tools and equipment related to work assignment as instructed;
• M sustains and repairs City streets and roadways, including preparation of road surfaces for patching or overlay, paving, and repairing potholes, slide spots, and sink holes as necessary; digs, shovels, hauls, and unloads soils, backfill, and other materials;
• Constructs, maintains, and repairs City streets and alley right‑of‑ways as necessary including trimming, collecting and hauling brush, compost, or recyclables; cleans, installs, and repairs storm drains, manholes, lines, and intakes including flushing out silt and garbage from storm manholes, digging up damaged storm lines and replacing pipe as necessary;
• M sustains City streets in the winter months to ensure safe and efficient traveling conditions for both pedestrians and vehicles including plowing, deicing, and sanding streets. Operates heavy equipment and/or vehicles to remove snow from sidewalks on public property and other snow removal efforts; assists with street closures for Street Maintenance work and/or parades/public assemblies;
• Provides year‑round creek maintenance to ensure the maintenance of safe water levels. This also entails keeping creek free of debris in the winter months as necessary; participates as required for response to emergency situations such as winter storm events, flooding, road obstructions, and pavement damage;
• Maintains all departmental equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation, including securing equipment at the close of the work day; maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition; enters data into the City’s computerized maintenance management systems;
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems; attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio‑visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas;
• Responds to citizen’s questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner. Provides outstanding customer service to City of Lewiston residents, employees,…