Equipment Operator/Maintenance Worker - Streets

City of Canon City•Canon City, CO

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, performs a wide variety of skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled equipment operation and street maintenance and repair duties for the City of Cañon City. The position operates equipment to maintain and repair streets and related infrastructure, monitors and maintains equipment, performs traffic control, responds to public questions about streets, and provides customer service to internal and external customers. The employee participates in an on-call rotation for after-hours and weekends. Most work is outdoors and involves high noise levels, travel within Cañon City and Fremont County, and physical activity including lifting, pulling, carrying, and pushing objects weighing up to 100 pounds. The position typically works Monday through Friday, with weekends and evenings as needed for seasonal, organizational, or event requirements. Occasional meetings and events outside normal work hours and frequent extensions of the workday may be required. This is a full-time, hourly, non-exempt, essential, safety-sensitive, CDL-licensed position. The hourly wage range is $21.99–$26.95.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Two years of experience in equipment operation focused on street maintenance, street construction, or related work.
Valid Colorado Driver’s License, or ability to obtain one within 60 days of employment.
Ability to obtain a Colorado Class A Commercial Driver’s License with Tanker Endorsement within six months of hire; the Department Director may extend the deadline.
General knowledge of street maintenance and repair duties.
Ability to operate equipment such as snow plows, sand spreaders, dump trucks, trenchers, scrapers, asphalt laying machines, mowers, welders, jackhammers, asphalt rakes, grinders, graders, rollers, tractors, backhoes, and loaders.
Ability to safely use hand and power tools, including cutters, chainsaws, shovels, and rakes.
Knowledge of Material Safety Data Sheets for hazardous materials used in street maintenance operations.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including lifting, pulling, carrying, and pushing objects weighing up to 100 pounds; frequent bending, grasping, manual dexterity, standing, walking, twisting, stooping, and hearing.
Any acceptable combination of education, training, and experience that provides the listed knowledge, abilities, and skills may be substituted.
Must participate in the after-hours and weekend on-call rotation.
Position may require pre-employment drug testing and may be subject to reasonable-suspicion testing after hire; the City maintains a drug-free workplace policy.

Nice To Haves

Stormwater-specific training.
Experience operating a backhoe.
Currently holds a Colorado Class A Commercial Driver’s License with Tanker Endorsement.
Flagger Certification.
Loader Certification.

Responsibilities

Operate equipment—including snow plows, sand spreaders, dump trucks, trenchers, asphalt laying machines, mowers, welders, jackhammers, asphalt rakes, grinders, graders, rollers, tractors, backhoes, and loaders—for street patching, crack filling, construction, bridge repair, concrete and dirt removal, curb/gutter/sidewalk construction, road grading, right-of-way maintenance, ditch and culvert work, material hauling, de-icing, and snow plowing.
Monitor equipment and report repair and maintenance needs; perform routine and preventive maintenance, minor repairs, and equipment cleaning.
Use hand tools such as rakes, grease guns, hand brooms, and shovels as needed.
Answer public questions regarding streets and perform traffic control in and around work zones.
Provide customer service to internal and external customers, including listening and communicating effectively, providing accurate information, offering solutions, assisting with resolution, and following up as needed.
Participate in an on-call rotation for after-hours and weekends.
Perform related maintenance such as clearing brush, controlling weeds, pruning trees and shrubs, removing litter and trash, concrete work, and sweeping streets and gutters.
When assigned, perform Street Crew Leader duties during absences; design, build, and maintain building structures through surveying, design, dirt work, concrete, framing, welding, electrical, plumbing, roofing, siding, and finishing.
Establish effective relationships with employees, government officials, news media representatives, contractors, vendors, and the public.
Attend occasional City Council meetings and other meetings or events outside normal work hours, and travel within Cañon City and Fremont County.
Perform related duties established by law or ordinance or reasonably directed by the City.