Medium Equipment Operator - Sewer Maintenance

This position operates medium equipment for the assigned department.

• Maintains assigned equipment; completes minor repairs; washes and greases equipment.
• Inspects equipment before use.
• Transports equipment to job sites.
• Ensures that work sites are compliant with safety guidelines.
• Informs surrounding residents of work in progress.
• Operates jackhammer, backhoe, and hand tools to excavate water lines.
• Operates the tapping machine.
• Digs trenches.
• Measures and cuts tubing and wire.
• Excavates and cleans meter boxes.
• Repairs the line and main breaks.
• Assists in the installation, repair, and maintenance of fire hydrants.
• Mows the city's canals and ditches with a boom mower or bush hog.
• Operates a tandem dump truck.
• Operates a backhoe.
• Repairs or replaces underground stormwater pipes; replaces or repairs manhole rings or tops; repairs erosion problems.
• Transports equipment to job sites.
• Performs or assists with street construction and maintenance activities.
• Maintains rights-of-way, streets, and sidewalks.
• Maintains, inspects, and operates various hand and power tools and small equipment, such as weed trimmers, chainsaws, mowers, aerial lift devices, and asphalt and cement demolition and finishing equipment.
• Sets up traffic control devices around work sites.
• Loads construction debris onto trucks.
• Moves dirt, gravel, rock, sand, and other heavy materials.
• Performs general landscape maintenance, including blowing, weed eating, and spreading mulch.
• Repairs facility equipment, including fences and benches.
• Removes litter, debris, weeds, and wild growth; cleans waste and empties trash receptacles; shovels soil, rock, mulch, leaves, and debris; loads materials on trucks.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Requires a High School Diploma or GED equivalent; with one to three years of medium equipment operation and maintenance experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license with an acceptable driving history.

• Background investigation, including supervised drug screen, post offer/pre-employment medical screen, and verification of education, certifications, and licenses required prior to employment.

• Knowledge of landscape maintenance techniques.
• Knowledge of safety practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of turf maintenance techniques.
• Knowledge of department policies and procedures.
• Skill in the operation of work-related equipment, including tractors, flatbed trucks, dump trucks, backhoes, trimmers, blowers, and front-end loaders.
• Skill in performing maintenance checks of equipment.
• Skill in lining playing fields.
• Skill in oral and written communication.