Equipment Operator I - Streets

Description

Safely performs mowing and vegetation control along streets, right-of-way, medians, and drainage areas.

• Trims around guardrails, signs, sidewalks, drainage structures, fences, and other obstacles.
• Maintains road shoulders and clears vegetation to ensure proper visibility and safe traffic flow.
• Inspects, clears, and maintains ditches, culverts, and drainage structures to ensure proper stormwater flow.
• Assists with pothole repair, asphalt patching, and minor roadway surface repairs.
• Assists with street signage installation and repair, traffic control setup, and barricade placement.
• Performs debris removal from streets, right-of-way, and public properties.
• Assists with storm cleanup, emergency response, and special event preparation.

Essential Job Functions

Operates light and medium-duty equipment including tractors, mowers, loaders, dump trucks, and utility vehicles.

• Safely hauls materials such as dirt, gravel, asphalt, and construction supplies.
• Performs routine cleaning, inspection, and preventive maintenance of assigned equipment.
• Accurately enters daily work activities, time worked, equipment usage, materials utilized, and other required documentation into OpenGov.
• Accurately maintains your timesheet and leave requests in NeoGov daily.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Education or equivalent ;and One year of experience; or Any combination of education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Valid Driver’s License

Additional Position Information

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities:

• Operation and maintenance of all equipment utilized in the performance of the essential functions of the job.
• Methods of concrete finish work, black top construction, and other roadway maintenance and repair techniques.
• General landscape practices and planting techniques.
• Principles and practices of grounds maintenance and landscape architecture.
• Methods of ROW Maintenance.

Mental And Physical Abilities

• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, pesticide labels, operation and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and so forth.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions, giving close attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Working Conditions

• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions such as heat, rain and cold, work near moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, work near moving mechanical parts, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Moderately quiet to loud.

Material And Equipment Used

• General Office Equipment
• Flatbed Truck
• Pick Up Truck
• Lawn Trimmer
• RTV Kubota Zero Turn Mower
• Bobcat Loader
• Basic Hand Tools
• Dump Trailer

Benefits

The City of Gulf Shores offers a comprehensive benefit package with options that can help protect your health, finances and peace of mind. Just as the City of Gulf Shores is dedicated to the people in our community, we are also dedicated to providing employees with benefits that fit your diverse needs. Our benefit package includes health, dental, vision, life, disability and other voluntary products offered through Aflac. The City also has an employee clinic for those employees who are enrolled in our health insurance plan to utilize free of charge. When Benefits Begin:

• Benefits are available to all eligible employees and dependents following the applicable waiting period.
• Benefits begin first of the month following 30 days after date of hire.
• Part-time employees who work thirty (30) hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in the City medical insurance program the same as the 40-hour employees.