Operations Assistant

City of El Paso; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

City of El Paso is seeking an experienced operator to monitor and participate in stormwater construction, maintenance, and solid waste activities. The role requires handling medium and heavy equipment, ensuring safety standards, and providing leadership to crews.

The position involves planning and scheduling work, inspecting sites for health and safety compliance, and coordinating with utilities, inspectors, and contractors to complete assignments efficiently.

Qualifications

• Completion of tenth grade or higher plus three years of operating heavy equipment, storm water construction, solid waste operations or other field operations experience, including one year of lead or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and participate in street storm water, or solid waste construction, maintenance and repair activities, transportation and disposal operations.
• Perform skilled and lead work on medium and heavy equipment.
• Safely operate equipment that excavates, loads or moves dirt, gravel or other material to maintain or construct streets, drainage, storm water infrastructure and other public properties.
• Inspect, clean and perform routine equipment preventive maintenance to ensure suitable operating condition.
• Provide technical guidance as leader of designated crew employees.
• Assist in planning, coordinating and scheduling stormwater construction, maintenance and repair, or solid waste management activities.
• Schedule, prioritize and assign daily work orders to crews.
• Inspect job sites for compliance to health, safety and transportation rules and regulations.
• Coordinate work with other utilities, contractors, City and State inspectors, customers and any entity that is essential to completion of each assignment.

Skills

Lead/supervisory experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

MOS Code

0848 (Marine Corps), 131A (Army), 8112 (Navy)

Education and Experience

Completion of tenth grade or higher, plus three (3) years of operating heavy equipment, storm water construction, solid waste operations or other field operations experience, including one (1) year of lead or supervisory experience.

Licenses and Certificates

Texas Class “C” Driver License or equivalent from another state. Some positions may require a Texas Class "A" or Class “B” Commercial Driver License. Some positions may require a Texas Municipal Solid Waste Operator Class A License from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality within one (1) year of appointment.

Job Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, monitor and participate in street storm water, or solid waste construction, maintenance and repair activities, transportation and disposal operations.
• Perform skilled and lead work on medium and heavy equipment.
• Safely operate any type of motorized equipment that excavates, loads or moves dirt, gravel or other material to maintain or construct streets, drainage, storm water infrastructure and other public properties.
• Safely operate equipment for the disposal, processing or transportation of waste or other materials.
• Inspect, clean and perform routine equipment preventive maintenance to ensure suitable operating condition.
• Provide technical guidance as leader of designated crewemployees.
• Assist in planning, coordinating and scheduling stormwater construction, maintenance and repair, or solid waste management activities.
• Schedule, prioritize and assign daily work orders to crews.
• Inspect job sites for compliance to health, safety and transportation rules and regulations.
• Ensure safe, efficient work methods and practices.
• Make changes to work orders to resolve problems.
• Recommend alternative solutions.
• Direct crews to make emergency repairs.
• Coordinate work with other utilities, contractors, City and State inspectors, customers and any entity that is essential to completion of each assignment.
• Respond to requests for service and emergencies to investigate situations, as assigned.
• Travel to and visually examine site and structures to determine extent of required remedial action, report circumstances to superiors, and notify available qualified personnel and organizations, following established procedures.
• Perform emergency service on roads or storm water facilities in conjunction with other departments and agencies.
• Ensure proper placement of barricades and warning signs.
• Perform miscellaneous related duties contributing to the realization of department objectives as assigned.
• Substitute for own supervisor, co-workers or subordinates during temporary absences as qualified by carrying out specified duties to maintain continuity of normal operations, if delegated.
• Assist supervisor in training and orientation of less knowledgeable employees by explaining and demonstrating work performed.
• Supervise assigned staff.
• Schedule, assign, guide and check work.
• Review operational and procedural activities.
• Prioritize and coordinate divisional activities.
• Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates.
• Enforce personnel rules, regulations, and work standards.
• Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony.
• Interview applicants.
• Recommend hire, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes.

Application Requirements

• Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
• A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application.
• Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
• To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
• Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Supplemental Question Notes

Important Note: The required Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.

Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions examination.

Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions examination, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.