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This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more
information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13579979
want to keep our community the most livable and safe it can possibly be.
If you like to work with your hands, enjoy working outside and
construction/repair work, you may be a great addition to our Public
Works team. Make a difference with the City of Hutchinson!***
TheStreet Maintenance Technicianis responsible for roadway
maintenance/construction and street cleaning utilizing assorted light to
medium equipment and machinery. Assignments involve driving City
vehicles, street repairs, street cleaning, snow and ice control, hauling
materials to and from work sites, and equipment maintenance. After hours
emergency call-out work, as well as occasional night and weekend hours
may be required. This employee should possess a strong mechanical
aptitude, and effective communication and public relation skills.
THIS IS AN ENTRY-LEVEL POSITION; THEREFORE, WE ARE WILLING TO TRAIN ON
THE FOLLOWING SKILLS.
A DAY IN THE LIFE:
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Maneuvers equipment and operates complex mechanisms involving
digging, moving earth and materials, grading, loading, paving, and
performing similar tasks in order to advance projects relating to
construction and maintenance of City streets, properties, utilities,
rights-of-way, and other infrastructure.
Maintains roadways by cleaning away debris and waste, repaving
potholes, restriping cross walks, stop bars and handicap crossings,
replacing street signs, and operating graders, rollers, dump trucks,
loaders, backhoes, street sweepers and other equipment as needed;
performs street surface sealing, crack sealing, grading of roads and
alleyways, street shoulder maintenance, concrete work, and asphalt
work;
Operates a grader or bulldozer for leveling and rough grading on
streets and alleys, shaping shoulders and crowns, and ripping up old
infrastructure for reconstruction; performs basic survey level work
to establish proper grades for street and alley maintenance
projects.
Operates a backhoe for removing concrete and rough grading; operates
loaders for loading materials in trucks and transporting building
and construction materials; operates a dump truck to transport and
haul dirt, sand, gravel, asphalt, rock and supplies between original
and final destinations; operates street sweeper to flush streets and
gutters free from trash and debris to prevent flooding; operates
other departmental equipment as appropriate;
Participates in snow removal duties; salts streets and sidewalks;
drives and operates vehicles equipped with snow plows and salt
spreaders; plows and hauls snow;
Performs pre-trip and post-trip inspections; Inspects and maintains
equipment by having knowledge of DOT rules and regulations,
performing spot checks, checking fluids, providing fuel and ensuring
all parts are in working order;
Performs minor preventive equipment maintenance, cleaning and
repairs; inspects, diagnoses, disassembles systems, cleans, removes,
and replaces work or defective parts, reassembles, installs, and
adjusts to specified performance standards; conducts equipment
checks and prepares units for service;
Observes all safety standards and procedures; maneuvers in and
around traffic, crew workers, equipment, utilities, and other
obstacles obeying all traffic laws; monitors immediate environment
including setting and maintaining proper signage and traffic control
devices of a work area to ensure the safety of operators, other
workers, the equipment, and the public;
Performs manual labor tasks with power tools or hand tools; performs
duties of a maintenance worker as necessary including installation
and maintenance of street signs, and miscellaneous painting, sand
blasting, and other maintenance tasks; completes and/or oversees
tasks in the absence of crew leader in a timely manner with minimal
supervision; operates vehicles and equipment in lower
classifications as needed or assigned to complete division or
departmental projects and workload;
Provides daily work reports, leave requests, and other data entry or
maintenance of data on computers and/or on paper as necessary;
Performs other duties as deemed necessary or assigned.
