418 - Equipment Operator III

City of Brownsville (TX) • Brownsville, TX

51d • Onsite

About The Position

The Equipment Operator III is responsible to operate complex heavy equipment necessary in the maintenance, repair and upkeep of facilities. The Equipment Operator III is responsible for crew leadership, routine maintenance procedures, safe and effective loading and operation, and storage. The Equipment Operator III works within a general outline of work to be performed; develops work methods and sequences under general supervision.

Requirements

• High school graduation or GED plus one year of experience.
• Job requires a current, valid Texas Class A Commercial Driver's License, as required by State Law for the operation of heavy machinery and trucks.
• Knowledge of more complex work routines, rules, procedures, or operations; ability to operate higher-level specialized equipment.

Responsibilities

• Must be able to read, interpret and follow work orders and procedures as necessary.
• Must be able to effectively respond to questions from Management, groups of managers, customers, and the public.
• Operates specialized equipment, machinery or vehicles, such as heavy construction vehicles, trucks with hydraulic pumping equipment, pressure sprayers, paving equipment, jackhammers, backhoes, or cranes.
• Operates light equipment and tools, such as blowers, edging tools, sprayers, shovels, rakes, and brooms.
• Removes debris, litter, earth, or pavement; loads material into trucks; locates and excavates underground structures or pipelines; sets poles; clears land or mows grassy areas, such as parks, playgrounds, medians, roadsides and hillsides.
• Repairs existing systems, and structures, such as water, sewer, or gas mains, fire hydrants, roadways, or buildings; clears obstructions from pipelines; repairs or cleans structures, and surfaces, including removing graffiti.
• Inspects equipment to ensure safe operations.
• Performs preventative maintenance on all equipment and tools.
• Assembles and loads equipment, tools, materials and supplies according to daily work assignments.
• Follows established safety rules and regulations for the safe operation of equipment and machinery, reports accidents, equipment breakage and unsafe conditions to a supervisor.
• Determines amount and type of materials, equipment and/or tools necessary to complete tasks; assigns work; supervises and instructs others.
• Completes routine documents and forms, such as work orders, repair requests, reports and logs.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The City of Brownsville participates in a generous retirement plan with retirement opportunities available at 5 years of service at age 60 or 20 years of service at any age.
• The City has an exceptional employee and family medical, dental, life insurance plan and vision plan for employee only with MetLife for those enrolled with health insurance.
• The City has partnered with Frontier Clinic at zero cost to employee and dependents under the health insurance.
• Pet supplemental insurance is offered as an employee contribution only.
• Employees may also contribute to deferred compensation plans from Equitable and supplemental insurance plans from AFLAC and Colonial Life.
• Full time employees have the opportunity to accumulate 10 sick days and 15 annual days per year.
• City of Brownsville offers Parental Leave concurrent with FMLA for qualifying employees.
• The City offers longevity pay and 100% Tuition Assistance capped at $5,000 yearly.
• Additionally, the City of Brownsville observes 14 holidays annually and two (2) floating holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: High school or GED