Maintenance Technician - Streets

Town of Queen Creek•Field Operations Facility, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This job classification description is intended to be generic in nature and not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The specific tasks/duties may vary based on position assignment and as determined by the Town of Queen Creek. Positions assigned to this class are responsible for performing semi-skilled streets preventative maintenance, repair or general maintenance activities. This is an intermediate level streets maintenance classification in the maintenance and operations job family. Incumbent(s) demonstrate working knowledge of routine work applications and troubleshooting/diagnosis, working independently and referring more complex issues to superiors. Assignments require learned skills and a good technical understanding of the basics.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED and 2 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of directly related education and experience.
Driver's License
Maintain all certifications/licenses required at job entry.
Methods, materials, procedures, and standard practices of street and right-of-way maintenance, vegetation control and removal
Methods, materials, procedures and standard practices of street repair, including concrete and asphalt repair, removal and replacement
Equipment and tool operation and maintenance practices
Traffic laws and rules involved in vehicle and equipment operation
Customer service principles
Occupational hazards and safe work practices
Basic traffic control/barricade procedures
Operating streets maintenance hand and power tools, light and medium equipment, and cleaning equipment
Eradicating weeds
Operating a motor vehicle
Adhering to safe work practices
Setting up traffic controls/barricades
Estimating time and material requirements for assigned projects and activities
Performing routine street maintenance activities
Communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and other interested parties sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Responsibilities

Installs, repairs, replaces, and maintains a variety of fixtures, systems, surfaces, and/or small structures which may include lights; adheres to applicable safety guidelines; installs street, caution, and regulatory signs; applies road markings.
Performs maintenance activities, which may include cleaning equipment, systems, and/or facilities, loading and unloading trucks, cleaning up debris, removing weeds, cutting brush, setting up and removing traffic cones and barricades, and performing other related activities.
Performs a variety of routine concrete, asphalt and/or pavement maintenance and repair activities.
Cleans the collection mains; treats the system for vector control; ensures that the lift stations are operating; and inspects and repairs utility access holes.
Maintains, cleans and grades Town right-of-ways.
Operates, maintains, and repairs a variety of hand and/or power tools, which includes paint guns, rollers, concrete saws, paint stripers, water pumps, blowers, weed eaters, chain saws, jack hammers, and/or a variety of other equipment.
Investigates and resolves public complaints related to odor, back-ups, insects, signage, traffic signal malfunction, road obstructions and the like; responds to emergency after-hours situations involving road closures, storm damage or other incidents.
Maintains stormwater equipment and pump station facilities by troubleshooting electrical and mechanical systems and performing minor repairs.
Operates equipment such as loaders, bobcats, sweepers, kickbrooms, water wagons, traffic control devices, paint striping machines, pavement saws, power hand tools, concrete mixer, air compressors, landscape power tools, augers, roller, forklift, etc.
Performs related work as assigned.