About the Department
Primary Function
Operates and performs preventive maintenance on heavy motor equipment.
Principle Duties & Responsibilities
- Follows safe practices in the performance of duties.
- Operates a tank truck flusher.
- Operates small and medium size backhoes, rubber tire front end loaders, track loaders and other related construction equipment in a variety of public work projects.
- Operates road rollers in street reconstruction projects.
- Operates a paving machine in placing various courses of asphalt in the reconstruction and maintenance of streets.
- Operates a snow loader when removing heavy snow accumulations.
- Operates a dump truck with or without plow in excess of 26,000 G.V.W. in the control and removal of snow.
- Performs routine maintenance on motorized equipment as required.
- May oversee and assist a small group of laborers and operators in loading an unloading trucks, patching streets and other manual laboring tasks as required.
- Operates a truck mounted snowplow and drives a dump truck with a trailer.
- Performs manual labor involving loading and unloading trucks, digging of ditches, felling and trimming of trees, cutting brush, and similar tasks.
- Operates a rubber tire loader in general maintenance work and snow removal operations.
- Uses a jackhammer and other power-driven equipment.
Bureau of Sewer Collections:- Safely operates and maintains a Vactor truck in order to clean and maintain components of the wastewater collection system.
Bureau of Streets- Operates a Street Sweeper and fills in responsibilities of Sweeper Operator as required by management for business operation needs.
Position Duties
Position Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of safe practices related to Public Works.
- Ability to operate a vehicle on private and public streets is required.
- Skill in the use of hand tools, power and motorized equipment.
- Proven ability to work well under pressure and to maintain positive interactions is required.
- Positive interpersonal skills are required.
- Proven ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment is required.
- Proven ability to read, write, speak and comprehend English is required.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team and to collaborate successfully with others is required.
- Proven ability to adapt to new or changed situations and to show flexibility in making improvements in work processes and operations is required.
- Proven ability to exhibit customer-centered behaviors and to focus on customer needs is required.
- Proven ability to commit to excellence in service and to continuous improvement is required.
Minimum Qualifications
Education, Training and Experience
- Graduation from High School or completion of a GED is required.
- A minimum of two (2) years documented on-the-job experience in operating heavy motor equipment on a regular basis is required.
- A minimum of one (1) year documented experience in making mechanical repairs and adjustments and servicing heavy motor equipment is required.
Licenses and Certificates- Bureau of Streets:
- Possession of a valid Class B commercial driver's license issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is required. Class A commercial driver's license is preferred. Tanker endorsement and/or ability to obtain the tanker endorsement within 3 months of hire.
- Bureau of Sewer Collections:
- EO II at the Wastewater Treatment Plant must possess a Class B commercial driver's license with a tanker endorsement and/or the ability to obtain the tanker endorsement within 3 months of hire.
Other Qualifications
Environmental Conditions
- Indoors, environmentally controlled.
- Outdoor, exposed to inclement weather and extreme temperature.
- Exposure to noise, pollution.
Safety Equipment Used or Needed- Personal Protective Equipment such as hardhats, gloves, safety glasses, ear protection, rain gear, steel toed safety shoes, rain boots and respirators.
Comments- Works around motorized or moving equipment and machinery.
- Requires working long hours and must be available to handle emergency situations and weather events after hours, weekends and holidays as required.
- Requires the use of hand tools.
- Requires the use of air tools, hydraulic tools, and/or electric tools such as jackhammers, pavement saws, tampers.
- Knowledge, skills and/or abilities assessment tests may be conducted as part of the position screening process.
- This description was prepared to indicate the kinds of activities and levels of work difficulty required of positions in this class. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities.