Maintenance Crew Chief - Stormwater Division

City of Savannah•Savannah, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves coordinating, assigning, and reviewing the work of a crew, establishing work schedules, and maintaining standards. The Crew Chief provides technical guidance, communicates safety rules, and ensures compliance with regulations. Responsibilities include performing skilled work on medium and heavy equipment, operating various types of motorized equipment for excavation, loading, and material movement, and performing routine equipment maintenance. The position also assists in planning and scheduling storm water construction, maintenance, and repair, inspecting job sites for safety compliance, and directing crews for emergency repairs. Collaboration with other entities, visual examination of sites, performing emergency service, and maintaining pump station sites are also key functions. The role includes assisting supervisors in training and orienting less experienced employees and instructing operators on safety precautions.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
One to three years of building, water/sewer, solid waste, streets, grounds, and general construction maintenance
Must possess and maintain a valid state commercial driver's license with an acceptable driving history
Background investigation, including supervised drug screen, post offer/pre-employment medical screen, and verification of education, certifications, and licenses required prior to employment.

Nice To Haves

Some supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinates, assigns, and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed.
Provides technical guidance as the leader of the designated crew employees.
Communicates safety rules and procedures to assigned crew members; monitors work to ensure compliance with applicable regulations; ensures that crew members are properly outfitted with safety glasses, gloves, masks, and steel-toed shoes.
Performs skilled and lead work on medium and heavy equipment; safely operates 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.
Operates equipment for the disposal, processing, or transportation of waste or other materials.
Inspects, cleans, and performs routine equipment preventive maintenance; ensures suitable operating condition.
Assists in planning, coordinating, and scheduling storm water construction, maintenance, and repair, schedules, prioritizes, and assigns daily work orders to crews.
Inspects job sites for compliance with health, safety, and transportation rules and regulations; ensures safe, efficient work methods and practices; makes changes to work orders to resolve problems; recommends alternative solutions.
Directs crews to make emergency repairs; coordinates work with other utilities, contractors, City and State inspectors, customers, and any entity that is essential to completion of each assignment.
Visually examines the site and structures to determine the extent of required remedial action; reports circumstances to superiors and notifies available qualified personnel and organizations.
Performs emergency service on roads or storm water facilities in conjunction with other departments and agencies; ensures proper placement of barricades and warning signs.
Maintains city pump station sites.
Assists the supervisor in training and orientation of less knowledgeable employees by explaining and demonstrating work performed.
Instructs operators in safety precautions and procedures.
Performs other related duties as assigned.