Equipment Operator Sr./Rights of Way

City of Myrtle Beach•Sc, SC

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Equipment Operator, Sr. performs semi-skilled to skilled work operating medium- to heavy-weight motorized equipment to maintain and repair City grounds, sewers, and streets and provide solid waste collection services. Assignments may be in sanitation/solid waste, water/sewer, parks, or streets. The employee may serve as a lead worker, guide and instruct crew members, and review assigned work. The role includes operating and maintaining vehicles and equipment, conducting inspections, completing related records, using hand tools, and following safety procedures. Duties vary by division. Parks assignments include landscaping and grounds maintenance; Solid Waste assignments include collection routes, transfer-station and compost operations, and dumpster service; Streets assignments include street, sidewalk, drainage, and sign maintenance; Water/Sewer assignments include repairing leaks and installing water and sewer lines. Employees may assist with special events, seasonal work, hurricanes, and other emergencies. Work is performed outdoors and around heavy equipment and machinery. The position involves exposure to varied weather and other environmental conditions and requires heavy physical work, including moving objects and performing activities such as climbing, lifting, pushing, pulling, standing, and walking.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
One year of experience in equipment operation.
Must possess and maintain a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL), including appropriate endorsements.
May be required to obtain and maintain other certifications.
Knowledge of equipment operations and customer service principles.
Skills in gathering information, solving problems with rigorous logic, performing basic arithmetic and measurement, handling frustration, and collaborating and communicating with others.
Ability to operate and control equipment, machinery, tools, and materials requiring complex or rapid adjustments and monitoring or adjustment of multiple conditions.
Ability to use reference information, follow detailed routine written or oral instructions, compile and record data, exchange information within established procedures, and exercise judgment in evaluating information.

Responsibilities

Operate equipment in sanitation/solid waste, water/sewer, parks, or streets.
May serve as a lead worker by guiding and instructing crew members and reviewing assigned work.
Follow safety procedures, monitor the work environment and safety equipment, direct traffic, and place markers, signs, and cones around work sites.
Drive and operate equipment to maintain and repair streets, rights of way, parks, water and sewer lines, and to collect solid waste, including under varied traffic, weather, and day/night conditions.
Conduct pre- and post-trip inspections; promptly report problems or needed repairs; and complete inspection, fuel-use, and related documentation.
Perform daily preventive maintenance and service equipment and vehicles; make minor repairs.
Assist with special projects and seasonal work, including installing or removing holiday decorations and banners, clearing post-event debris, and moving staging materials.
Use hand tools such as shovels, hammers, pick axes, rakes, pipe wrenches, channel locks, transit levels, tape measures, and carpentry tools.
Prepare, complete, review, process, and maintain forms, reports, work orders, logs, accident reports, and other documents.
Communicate with supervisors, employees, departments, the public, and others to coordinate activities, review work status, exchange information, and resolve problems.
Operate assigned equipment, which may include graders, tapping machines, spray trucks, street sweepers, rollers, dozers, track hoes, loaders, trucks, mowers, boring machines, and other equipment.
Attend meetings, workshops, and training; assist with hurricane and disaster preparation and cleanup; and perform other related duties as assigned.
In Parks Division assignments, perform or assist with maintenance and landscaping, sidewalk and curb repairs, mowing, painting equipment, beach cleaning, garbage removal, planting, and tree trimming; may assist other departments with yard waste, garbage, recycling, and drainage work.
In Solid Waste Division assignments, drive garbage-truck routes; collect yard waste, garbage, recycling, and dead animals; clear transfer-station debris and obstructions; operate chipping and compost equipment; maintain yard cleanliness; provide dumpster service; service compactor sites; and direct traffic or guide truck operators in congested areas.
In Streets Division assignments, perform or assist with maintenance and landscaping; repair sidewalks and curbs; clean storm drains and ditches; patch potholes; maintain road surfaces and signs; grade ditches, lay pipes, build storm-water drain boxes, repair drains and utility cuts, and operate street sweepers.
In Water/Sewer Division assignments, repair leaks and install water and sewer lines; may be required to obtain a Class D Water Distribution License.