Qualifications
- A Hoisting Engineer’s License Class 2B is required
- Hoisting Engineer’s License Class 4E and 4G within 18 months of start of employment
- If operating a combination tractor-trailer, a Class A Commercial Driver’s License is required
Benefits
- Pay: $22.65 - $25.00 per hour
- Expected hours: 40 per week
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Union benefits
- Vision insurance
- 8 hour shift
Responsibilities
- Work requires careful operation of assigned equipment pursuant to prescribed procedures in order to avoid breakdowns or to avoid damage to public or private property; intermittent execution of independent judgment is required when operating equipment
- Performs a variety of routine repetitive laboring tasks as a member of a crew on assigned location; functions are generally well defined and limited in scope, but may involve a choice of two or more alternative approaches to well-described problems
- Operates assigned heavy motor equipment in the performance of the particular tasks assigned; operates equipment which may include, but is not limited to, riding lawn mowers, dump trucks, snow plows, street sweeper, catch basin cleaner, road roller, front-end loaders, backhoes, any unit assigned to Heavy Equipment Operator/Laborer
- May be required to operate certain special motor equipment such as tractor-trailer
- Operates associated power and hand tools, such as jackhammers and chainsaws
- Inspects equipment according to prescribed checklist prior to operation to assure that all controls and safety devices are functioning properly; lubricates and makes minor adjustments to the equipment as necessary; reports major problems to supervisor so that repairs can be made
- Operates vehicles and equipment for snow and ice control, plows sidewalks, municipal parking lots and school yards; repairs water mains and drainage systems; performs manual labor incidental to the work of operating assigned equipment; services and maintains trucks and equipment
- Assists with all highway projects, including building and repairing streets, installing and repairing culverts, cleaning and repairing catch basins and drainage lines; sweeping streets; trimming brush along highways; installing traffic and street signs; installing and removing snow fencing; painting and repairing guard rails, etc
- Seeds, loams, fertilizes, rakes, rolls, weeds, mows and waters lawn areas; plants, trims, cuts, and sprays hedges, shrubbery and flowers; trims and cuts trees; rakes up and disposes of rubbish and leaves
- Operates power equipment of moderate complexity for all highway projects; performs manual labor incidental to the work of operating assigned equipment; services and maintains equipment
- Performs laboring tasks when not assigned to equipment operations
- Maintains highway garage and grounds; repairs stone walls; digs holes by hand; patches potholes and cuts highway brush
- Performs carpentry work such as painting, repairing walls and furniture, etc
- May perform the work of a welder; performs welding work on light and heavy equipment; welds and repairs snowplow frames, and other parts of equipment
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