Streets Operator

About the role

The City of Durango’s Streets Team is seeking a Streets Operator to support essential maintenance activities like street repair, landscaping, and maintaining water and wastewater lines. Your work will directly impact the safety and quality of life in Durango.

Responsibilities

• Operate various construction and maintenance equipment, including dump trucks, skid loaders, front-end loaders, cement mixers, forklifts, vactor trucks, patch trucks, ditch witches, weed cutters, snowplows, street sweepers, and more.
• Perform preventative maintenance on heavy and light equipment.
• Maintain production logs and records.
• Participate in road construction and repair, including:
• Constructing and finishing concrete for curbs, gutters, sidewalks, streets, alleys, and related areas.
• Digging ditches and backfilling trenches.
• Installing storm drainpipes.
• Breaking and repairing concrete and asphalt.
• Hot patching, sealing, and removing debris from road surfaces.
• Perform street maintenance tasks, including:
• Barricading and traffic control around work sites.
• Installing street signs in compliance with regulations and ordinances.
• Painting crosswalk lines, curbs, and traffic control symbols.
• Operating a street sweeper to clean and maintain roadways, picking up litter, and cleaning storm drains.
• Removing snow and ice from roadways and parks as directed.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Two years of experience performing street maintenance work and operating light construction, agriculture, landscaping, or maintenance equipment.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a valid Commercial Driver License (CDL) during employment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of basic practices, methods, materials, and equipment used in grounds maintenance and general maintenance work.
• Familiarity with traffic laws, ordinances, and rules involved in heavy equipment operation.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Skills

Your ideas help shape citywide improvements. The work you do ties directly into measurable goals. You'll be part of a system that values collaboration, innovation, and results.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Able to take ample personal time off (PTO) and 11 paid holidays.
• 4-day work week.
• $500/month snowplow bonus between November 1st and April 30th each year.
• 401(a) retirement plan and optional deferred compensation plan.
• Basic life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
• Long-term disability coverage.
• Paid Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).
• Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Free access to the Durango Community Recreation Center and Chapman Hill Ice Rink & Ski Area.
• Holistic Employee Wellness Program, addressing physical, mental, financial, and professional well-being.
• Free transit pass and family member discounts.
• Reimbursement for job-related classes to foster continuous learning.
• Sixteen hours of volunteer time off per year to support local non-profit organizations.

Pay

The starting salary for this position is $37,000 annually.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is typically Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend and evening work as needed.