Stormwater Maintenance Equipment Operator

About the role

Performs semi-skilled work in the repair, maintenance and replacement of the city’s stormwater infrastructure, requiring experience in the operation of light and heavy duty construction equipment.

Responsibilities

• Operates various types of heavy equipment, including backhoes, front-end loaders, dump trucks, flatbed trucks, skid steers, excavators, Jet-Vacs, street sweepers, tractors, etc.
• Ensures machinery and equipment are properly maintained; completes daily checks and preventative maintenance requirements, and schedules maintenance and repairs accordingly to ensure equipment remains in good working order.
• Uses various hand tools to perform daily tasks, including shovels, rakes, bush axes, hoes, etc.
• Uses various pneumatic, gas or electric power tools, including compressors, jack-hammers, chain saws, tamps, drills, etc. to perform daily responsibilities.
• Assists with all aspects of concrete work related to maintaining stormwater infrastructure; saw cutting and removing concrete; constructing and repairing manholes; laying forms, pouring and finishing new curb and gutter; and cleaning up the worksite.
• Performs surface and subsurface stormwater infrastructure maintenance, repair and construction, including clearing, regrading and excavating ditches; clearing, repairing and installing pipe; repairing and installing catch basins; and sweeping streets.
• Performs various landscaping duties to dress up jobsites, including weed eating, trimming shrubs and trees, seeding grass, etc., as well as applying herbicides and pesticides for weeds and fire ants.
• Ensures all safety procedures and protocols are in place and used effectively at all jobsites and work zones, including placement of safety signs, cones, flaggers, etc.
• Manually clean catch basins, curb and gutter, and other drainage structures to remove collected debris from the stormwater conveyance system.
• Responds to severe weather and/or natural disaster events, including winter storms, hurricanes, high winds, etc. to assist in recovery efforts; collects and hauls debris, loads dump trucks, spreads salt or sand, plows and scrapes snow and ice, etc.
• Works various shifts to operate equipment in support of natural disasters or major weather events.
• Performs “on-call” duties on a rotational basis as needed.
• Prepares daily logs and other reports to track performance and completed tasks; uses computer and related software to input data.
• Assists other departments and agencies as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Graduation or GED equivalent.
• Two (2) years of operating construction type equipment or related experience.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Must possess and maintain a valid state class “B” commercial driver’s license with an acceptable driving history or ability to obtain within six (6) months of hire date.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of tools, materials and methods used to maintain and repair stormwater conveyance systems.
• Knowledge of the operational and preventative maintenance requirements for light and heavy construction equipment and vehicles assigned to perform primary duties.
• Knowledge of the occupational hazards and proper safety precautions involved in the operation of assigned equipment and performance of daily responsibilities.
• Knowledge of the traffic laws and regulations governing equipment operation.
• Knowledge of street locations and the geographic layout of the City.
• Skill in the fundamental use of computers and basic administrative software applications.
• Skill operating and maintaining light and heavy equipment, and using basic hand tools.
• Ability to understand and follow specific instructions, both oral and written.
• Ability to perform strenuous manual labor.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other co-workers, supervisors and the general public.
• Ability to respond courteously to citizens.

Benefits

• Vacation Leave: Employees earn vacation leave as follows:
  • 0 - 4 years: 12 days per year
  • 5 - 9 years: 15 days per year
  • 10 - 14 years: 18 days per year
  • 15 - 19 years: 21 days per year
  • 20 + years: 23 days per year
• Holidays: City paid holidays are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving (2 days) and Christmas (3 days).
• Sick Leave: Sick leave is accrued at one day per month or 12 days per year.
• Employee Assistance Program: The Employee Assistance Program is available to all full-time employees and covered dependents on the employee's health insurance plan.
• Medical and Dental Insurance: The City of Goldsboro is fully-insured, and provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through the State Health Plan (SHP), MetLife, and Community Eye Care respectively.
• Life Insurance: All regular employees are provided a basic term life insurance coverage policy in the amount of $20,000.00 at no cost.
• Wellness Assistance Benefit: The City of Goldsboro offers a wellness assistance benefit of $25/month to employees.
• Flexible Spending Account: Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) provide you with an important tax advantage that can help you pay for health care and dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis.