Crew Worker

Essential Functions

• Performs manual work activities involving various city department functions.
• Maintains street maintenance, traffic control, sanitation, landfill, transfer stations, central garage, parks, cemetery, or other projects.
• Performs tasks such as painting street lines, painting parking space lines, painting curbs, fabricating road signs, installing street signs, repairing/replacing street signs, patching holes in roads, removing snow from roadways, installing/patching storm sewer pipes, clearing ditches, cleaning streets, cutting tree limbs, loading limbs into chipper, applying chemical pesticides, etc.
• Operates a variety of equipment, machinery and tools associated with department activities, such as a utility truck, dump truck, backhoe, end loader, trencher, tapping machine, tractor, mower, weedeater, leaf vacuum, chipper, shredder, chemical sprayer, paint sprayer, heat lamp vacuum applicator, water pump, air compressor, jack hammer, pipe wrench, pipe cutter, pipe threader, band saw, chain saw, drill press, welder, cutting torch, grinder, post driver, shovel, pick axe, rivet gun, etc.
• Transports, loads and unloads various equipment and materials used in projects or at work sites.
• Performs general maintenance tasks necessary to keep machinery, equipment and tools in operable condition, such as inspecting equipment, checking fluid levels, replacing fluids, greasing equipment, washing/cleaning equipment, cleaning building and work areas, etc.
• Maintains regular and predictable in person attendance during regular business hours of the City of Henderson as required.

Additional Functions

• Provides assistance or backup coverage to other employees or departments as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• A high school diploma or GED supplemented by 5 months previous experience and/or training involving equipment operation, manual labor, or maintenance work in the area assigned.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Requires possession and maintenance of a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) including appropriate endorsement(s) or the ability to obtain the license within 6 months of hire date.

Performance Aptitudes

• Data Utilization: Ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data.
• Human Interaction: Ability to exchange information for the purpose of clarifying details within well established policies, procedures and standards.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Ability to operate and control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference and descriptive data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude: Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Functional Reasoning: Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form.
• Situational Reasoning: Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.
• Physical Ability: Tasks require the regular and sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that generally involves lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, toxic agents, or pathogenic substances.

ADA Compliance

• Tasks require the regular and sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that generally involves lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, toxic agents, or pathogenic substances.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Cancer Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Retirement
• Paid Time Off
• Holidays (for eligible employees)