Maintenance Worker I - Street Dept.

City of Jackson, TN; Jackson (TN); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Jackson, TN is hiring a Maintenance Worker I to perform essential maintenance tasks in the community, including operating machinery and ensuring the safety of public areas. Ideal candidates should have a high school diploma and preferably three years of experience in maintenance work, showcasing their commitment to maintaining city facilities and assisting the public effectively.

Qualifications

• Three years experience in manual labor or maintenance trades preferred.
• Valid Driver's License required.

Responsibilities

• Perform heavy and light manual work using various tools and equipment.
• Follow safety rules and regulations while assisting the public.
• Inspect and maintain vehicles and street infrastructures.

Skills

Safety Precautions

Communication

Physical Labor

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED equivalency

Job description

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JOB TITLE: MAINTENANCE WORKER I

DEPARTMENT: STREET

NON-EXEMPT: YES

FULL-TIME: YES

GRADE: D (RATE OF PAY: $16.02)

JOB SUMMARY: The person employed in this capacity will perform his/her duties under the supervision of the Director or Street Maintenance Supervisor. This person is required to perform heavy and light manual work using a variety of routine and common hand tools and hand equipment. This person will also operate light or heavy automotive equipment, tractors and other light machinery and hand tools safely and efficiently. This person is required to work safely and efficiently as well as perform other duties as directed by supervisor.

Essential Job Functions

• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Must have a working knowledge of current traffic laws, ordinances, and rules involved in equipment operation.
• Follow safe work practices and observe safety rules and precautions.
• Assist the public and warn them of hazards.
• Set safety cones and/or temporary signs around work site, and direct vehicular traffic around and through work sites.
• Inspect and/or repair streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and drainages at frequent intervals to insure that all aspects of the systems are functioning properly.
• Clean storm drainages, street inlets and outlets.
• Perform physical labor tasks, in addition to equipment operation.
• Use a variety of hand tools including picks, shovels, post-hole diggers, pneumatic and hydraulic hand tools, chain saws, weedeaters, and push mowers. Load, unload and transport dirt, debris, and construction materials, and use shovels, brooms and wheelbarrow.
• Inspect and check vehicle before use in order to ensure safe operating conditions, and maintain equipment in proper operating condition by performing simple preventive maintenance tasks.
• Clean and maintain vehicles, equipment and tools used on the job and dispose of litter, broken glass, debris and brush.
• Operate department vehicles to haul trash and to transport persons to workstations.
• Operate light tractors with pull behind mowers or bushhogs.
• Operate power driven machinery such as jackhammers, tamper or similar equipment.
• Must be able to load and unload materials and equipment onto and from vehicles.
• May perform clerical functions such as answering phones, filing and performing routine messenger services.
• Demonstrate continuous efforts to improve operations, streamline processes and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service.
• Perform related work as assigned or required by supervisor.
  
  

Required Education, Degrees, Certificates, And/Or License

• High school diploma or GED equivalency.
• Three years experience in manual labor or maintenance trades preferred.
• Valid Driver's License.
  
  

Qualifications

• Must have the ability to exercise safety precautions and conform to safety rules.
• Must have the ability to communicate orally with co-workers using a two-way radio or face-to-face.
• Must have working knowledge of the hazards and safety precautions common to light equipment operations.
• Must have working knowledge of equipment operating principles.
• Must have working knowledge of the methods, materials and tools used in street maintenance.
• Must have working knowledge of current traffic laws, ordinances, and rules involved in equipment operation.
• Must have a working knowledge of established maintenance routes of the City of Jackson.
• Must have the ability to work cooperatively with other city employees and with the public.
• Must be a team player.
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Must be able to work outside in a variety of weather conditions.
• Must be able to lift, climb, stoop, crawl, kneel, reach with arms and legs and have good use of wrists, hands and fingers.
• The employee must frequently lift and /or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and /or move up to 100 pounds.
• Must have good close, distance and depth perception vision.
• Must wear ear protection and be able to function under high-level noise.
  
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Must be willing to perform job duties in an all-weather environment.
• Must be willing to perform job duties around heavy machinery, heavy trucks, and around moving traffic.
• Must be willing to perform job duties in a noise environment of from low to high.
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Distribution and Supply Chain

• Industries

  Truck Transportation

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