Maintenance Worker II Sanitation/Brush Pickup

Under regular supervision, operates and performs garbage collection using a variety of medium and heavy equipment trucks for the Sanitation department. Reports to a Public Works Supervisor.

Schedule

• Monday – Thursday: 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
• Friday: 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Benefits

• Paid Annual and Sick Leave
• 12 paid holidays per year
• Access to FREE acute medical care for employees, their spouse, and children under the age of 26
• PEBA Retirement
• 401K and 457 Retirement Plan Options
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• Life Insurance
• Medical Flexible Spending Plan
• Health Savings Account

Responsibilities

• Operates and performs maintenance using a variety of medium and heavy equipment and trucks utilized in sanitation or street activities.
• Performs semi-skilled tasks in the maintenance of Public Works systems.
• Operates heavy equipment and trucks under various conditions in a safe and effective manner.
• Performs all duties in conformance with safety and security standards.
• Drives trucks and loads fallen tree limbs, roadside trash, and stumps; delivers refuse to the landfill.
• Operates trucks of various sizes and weights for loading, hauling, and unloading equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment; reports defects or needed repairs to supervisor; cleans equipment.
• Maintains records of areas serviced, addresses, and items picked up for billing purposes.
• Provides on-call duty coverage during non-working hours as per duty roster.
• Performs manual labor including loading and unloading supplies and equipment, installing pipe, shaping ditches, placing and grading stone and asphalt, and gathering, loading, and disposing of debris.
• Receives written work orders or verbal instructions from the Public Works Supervisor or Public Works Director.
• Repairs streets and sidewalks with asphalt, cold patching materials, and concrete using tools such as shovels, hand rollers, trowels, levels, and long-handled tamps.
• Operates snow removal equipment to maintain streets, sidewalks, and driveways.
• Hand washes vehicles.

Skills

• Operates and uses a variety of equipment, tools, and supplies including:
  • Power saws, shaving machines, spray guns, staple guns, wrench sets, clamps, roll carts, chipping machines, chain saws, weed eaters, pitchforks, brooms, rakes, leaf blowers
  • Motorized vehicles and equipment: front loader truck, dump truck, pickup truck, backhoe, tractor, mower, edger, pruning shears
  • Tools: saws, pumps, compressors, common hand and portable power tools, shovels, mobile radios, phones, riveting machines, blowtorches, chisels, soldering irons, air compressors
  • Miscellaneous: clips, fixtures, graphics instructions, manuals, patterns, rules, templates, pressure sprayers, pressure washers, picks, sled hammers, trenchers, concrete saws

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Two years of experience involving the use of medium and heavy trucks and equipment, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Valid South Carolina driver’s license
• Commercial driver’s license, or ability to obtain one within six months