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POSITION: Senior Streets Operator
WHAT YOU'LL DO IN THIS ROLE: The Streets Division is hiring a Senior Streets Operator to join their team in maintaining 83 miles of roadway.
The Senior Streets Operator is a lead worker who has the technical ability to operate light and heavy construction and maintenance equipment ranging from weed cutters to cement mixers, forklifts to boom trucks, snowplows, skid loaders, street sweepers, and more. In this role, you will be responsible for performing maintenance activities involving landscaping and street repair, including loading, hauling, scraping, sweeping, mowing, and related operations. Additionally, you will assign tasks and train coworkers in safe and effective work methods. Your expertise will be vital to our commitment to maintaining a well-functioning and efficient environ Get compensated for your commitment! To acknowledge the standby requirements and their impact on our workers' lives, we provide Senior Streets Operators with a supplemental $3.00/hour added to their pay rates. This position is also eligible for a $500/month snowplow bonus between November 1st and April 31st each year per Public Works' Incentive and Retention Policy & Snowplow Bonus Program policy.
DUTIES: Operate light to heavy construction and maintenance equipment. Participate in landscaping and street repair maintenance activities. Maintain production logs and records. Identify, pick up, and deliver equipment from construction sites for each assigned project. Install street barricades and cones prior to performance of street repair activities; direct and control traffic around work sites; and clean storm drains. Remove ice and snow from roadways and parks as directed. Construct forms, lay cement and finish cement on curb, gutter, sidewalk, street, alley and other related areas; dig ditches; backfill trenches and holes; install storm drainpipes. Assign work and instruct coworkers in work methods.
REQUIREMENTS: High school diploma or GED. Three years of experience performing maintenance and construction work. Ability to maintain a valid CDL license during employment. Skill in operating and maintaining all assigned vehicles and light to heavy power-driven equipment. Knowledge of traffic and ordinance laws. Commitment to following standard safety practices. Basic knowledge of irrigation system operation.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS: This work requires the frequent exertion of up to 50 pounds of lifting/moving or force and occasional lift, move or drag 75 pounds or more while performing essential functions of the job. Work regularly requires the ability to stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; balance, stoop, kneel crouch or crawl; and speak and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus. Acceptable verbal and conversation skills to effectively communicate with others in English. Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions. Ability to read and write English and interpret documents such as safety rules, material safety data sheets, operation and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and so forth. Ability to recognize occupational hazards in work activities and take safety precautions. Maintain mental capacity which allows the capability of making sound decisions and following directions.
WAGES: $22.54 - $28.15 Hourly.
SHIFTS: Monday through Friday 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
JOBS SITE: Durango, CO.
BENEFITS: Free pass to the Durango Community Recreation Center and Chapman Hill Ice Rink and Ski Area. Free Transit pass. Eligibility to participate in the City's Annual Wellness Challenge and a chance to receive prizes and cash rewards. We believe in creating an inclusive workforce that welcomes diversity of thoughts, viewpoints, and experiences.
We are dedicated to th principles of equal employment opportunity. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age 40 and over, race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and length, projective hairstyles), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, color, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.
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