• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of
<br />work, including co-workers, other departments, other agencies, vendors, and the public.
<br />• Communicate effectively, in English, both verbally and in writing.
<br />TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED
<br />• Common industry vehicles including snow plowing and dump trucks, utility and pickup trucks,
<br />aerial bucket truck, water tanker truck, and trailers.
<br />• Common construction equipment including backhoe/loader, front-end loader, skid steer, steel
<br />drum roller, plate compactor, air compressor, concrete mixer, generator, concrete saw,
<br />jackhammer, welding machine, chop saw, milling machine, router, line striper and air brush
<br />painters, trencher, trench box, and light towers.
<br />• Specialized industry equipment including mechanical street sweeper, combination jetting/vacuum
<br />sewer cleaning truck, crack sealing kettle and distributor machine, asphalt hot box, trash pump,
<br />pneumatic post driver, jib crane, motorized valve wrenches, and other specialized equipment.
<br />• Common turf and landscape maintenance equipment including push and riding mowers, all -
<br />terrain implement carriers, utility vehicles, sprayers, aerators, dethatchers, split seeder, line
<br />trimmer, leaf blower, chain saw, pole saw, and other machinery and implements.
<br />• Common hand and power tools including hammers, electric drills, saws, shovels, rakes, lutes,
<br />wrenches, sanders, tampers, and pressure sprayers.
<br />• Inspection, monitoring, and communication devices including utility line locater, gas detection
<br />device, CCTV robotic sewer camera, pole camera, laser level, mobile and 800 -mHz radios,
<br />telephone, computer, copier, and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system.
<br />• Office tools and equipment including telephone, copier, personal computer, calculator, mobile
<br />radios, and 800 -mHz radios.
<br />PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT
<br />The physical demands and work environment characteristics described herein are representative of
<br />those physical demands that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
<br />functions of this job and work environment characteristics an employee encounters while performing
<br />essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
<br />disabilities to perform the essential functions.
<br />Physical Demands:
<br />While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers
<br />to handle, feel, and operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand,
<br />walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, talk, and hear. The employee must
<br />frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
<br />Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
<br />peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee must have a
<br />sense of smell.
<br />Work Environment:
<br />While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions
<br />year round. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and equipment and is
<br />exposed to vibration and wet and/or humid conditions. The employee occasionally works in high,
<br />precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic
<br />chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
<br />SELECTION GUIDELINES
<br />Formal application, resume and cover letter: rating of education/training and experience; oral
<br />interview, job related test, reference checks, and hiring assessments.
<br />The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be
<br />performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if
<br />the work is similar, related, or logical assignment to the position.
<br />The position description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and
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