Streets Laborer (Asphalt Crew)

Job Duties

• Performs routine street maintenance construction tasks, including a wide variety of semi-skilled manual tasks and extends to the operation of light to medium sized automotive equipment.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with other employees, officials, and all members of the general public.
• Operates a motor vehicle to assist in carrying out the business of the department and the City.
• Operates jack-hammers, vibrating skid plate tampers, chain saws, weed eaters, hand picks, shovels, brooms, rakes, pitch forks, pruners and other miscellaneous hand tools.
• Upon obtaining CDL Class B, operates dump trucks in a wide variety of Community Work’s maintenance and construction tasks.
• Works with asphalt, crack sealing material, concrete, salt, liquid calcium chloride, liquid magnesium chloride, oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, herbicides, paint, traffic control signs, trash, weeds, tree limbs, dirt, rock, sand and gravel.
• Performs heavy manual labor duties out-of-doors in extreme weather conditions.
• Operates and works around noisy equipment, vibrating equipment.
• Frequent exposure to gasoline, diesel, paint and asphalt fumes.

Qualifications

• This position is subject to the City of Farmington's Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy which includes: pre employment testing, post-accident testing, random testing, reasonable suspicion testing, return to duty testing, and follow-up testing.
• Extensive background checks required.
• This position requires a baseline audiometric examination.
• Valid New Mexico Driver's License required with acceptable driving record for past three years.
• Class B CDL preferred but not required.
• If candidate does not have a CDL as a requirement, the candidate will need to successfully pass the Entry Level Driving Training (ELDT) course to obtain a Class B Commercial Driver's License. Failure to obtain the required Commercial Driver's License within the time frame set by the Streets Superintendent will result in termination of employment.
• New Mexico Herbicide Applicator's License preferred but not required.
• The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.