Lead Facilities & Street Maintenance Crew

City of Savannah; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Savannah is seeking a supervisory maintenance professional to coordinate and lead crews across facilities and grounds maintenance, street and stormwater infrastructure, and related public works tasks. The role involves directing daily work, ensuring safety, and coordinating with other departments.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED with 1–3 years of relevant maintenance experience and a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; 1–3 years of building, water/sewer, solid waste, streets, grounds, and general construction maintenance; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Some supervisory experience preferred.
• A valid state-issued driver's license is required with an acceptable driving history.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates, assigns, and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
• Provides technical guidance as the leader of the designated crew employees.
• Communicates safety rules and procedures to assigned crew members; monitors work to ensure compliance with applicable regulations; ensures that crew members are properly outfitted with safety glasses, gloves, masks, and steel-toed shoes.
• Assigns and assists with housekeeping duties, including removing trash, vacuuming carpets, mopping floors, waxing and buffing floors, cleaning windows, dusting fixtures, and replacing light bulbs.
• Performs skilled and lead work on medium and heavy equipment; safely operates any type of motorized equipment that excavates, loads, or moves dirt, gravel, or other material to maintain or construct streets, drainage, stormwater infrastructure, and other public properties.
• Operates equipment for the disposal, processing, or transportation of waste or other materials.
• Inspects, cleans, and performs routine equipment preventive maintenance; ensures suitable operating condition.
• Assists in planning, coordinating, and scheduling stormwater construction, maintenance, and repair, or solid waste management activities; schedules, prioritizes, and assigns daily work orders to crews.
• Inspects job sites for compliance with health, safety, and transportation rules and regulations; ensures safe, efficient work methods and practices; makes changes to work orders to resolve problems; recommends alternative solutions.
• Directs crews to make emergency repairs; coordinates work with other utilities, contractors, City and State inspectors, customers, and any entity that is essential to completion of each assignment.
• Visually examines the site and structures to determine the extent of required remedial action; reports circumstances to superiors and notifies available qualified personnel and organizations.
• Performs emergency service on roads or stormwater facilities in conjunction with other departments and agencies; ensures proper placement of barricades and warning signs. Maintains city pump station sites.
• Assists the supervisor in training and orientation of less knowledgeable employees by explaining and demonstrating work performed. Instructs operators in safety precautions and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

City policies

Maintenance procedures

Construction procedures

Cemetery maintenance

Lawn equipment operation

Hand tools

Power tools

Power sweeper

Leaf blower

Pressure washer

Gate equipment

Oral communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

City of Savannah is seeking a supervisory maintenance professional to coordinate and lead crews across facilities and grounds maintenance, street and stormwater infrastructure, and related public works tasks. The role involves directing daily work, ensuring safety, and coordinating with other departments.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED with 1–3 years of relevant maintenance experience and a valid driver’s license.