Maintenance Worker III - Sanitation (CDL Required)

Town of Vienna•Vienna, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this class within the organization is to perform semi-skilled and manual maintenance duties required to preserve or improve the safety, cleanliness, appearance, and appeal of the Town by maintaining, cleaning, repairing, constructing and installing the Town's asphalt, concrete, water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, traffic signage, signal, landscaping, trees, buildings and other infrastructure. Work unit assignment determines primary and essential functions. Work is performed outdoors in all types of weather conditions, or indoors depending on individual work assignments. Work environment includes exposure to noise, dust and traffic with extended periods of standing, walking, bending, crouching, lifting heavy objects and operating equipment. This job may prepare an incumbent for career progression by gaining additional, more complex, skills. This class works under general supervision, developing work methods and sequences.

Requirements

Requires High School diploma or GED equivalent.
Requires three years large and heavy equipment operation, building maintenance or other closely related experience, dependent on position recruited.
Valid State Commercial Driver's License (Class B) with N endorsement, or ability to obtain endorsement within six months of employment.
Must be competent using software and tablets for email and record-keeping.
Interprets map documents, diagrams, sketches, technical manuals and uses associate numbering systems for utility assets, and is also able to understand various plan drawings.
Performs heavy work that involves constantly lifting, shoveling, and carrying up to 50 pounds on a regular and recurring basis and exerting up to 70 pounds of force on an occasional basis.
Reads routine sentences, instructions, regulations, procedures or work orders; writes routine sentences and completes routine job forms and incident reports, by hand or electronically; speaks routine sentences using proper grammar.
Has the ability to communicate using verbal, handwritten, and electronic messages.

Nice To Haves

CDL HOLDER BONUS INCENTIVE $2,000 Hiring Bonus $1,000 after first 90 days and $1,000 upon completion of 1 year probation. Retention Bonus of $2,000 each year following

Responsibilities

Drives and operates a large sanitation truck.
Guides other maintenance workers on daily refuse, recycling, brush, and yard waste pickup from residential areas.
Guides, helps, and advises less experienced maintenance workers with various tasks.
Deploys traffic control devices and is exposed to traffic conditions, noise grease, mists and dust.
Operates large and heavy equipment, such as, a single axle dump truck to remove snow and ice; operates leaf machine; drives truck to remove leaves from the curbside; operates street sweeper to clean all streets throughout spring and summer months ; operates sanitation truck to collect trash, yard waste and recyclables; monitors crew to ensure safety; empties dumpsters and travels to proper disposal facility; maintains truck by washing and greasing; operates backhoe; uses a variety of tools and power tools such as hammers, screw drivers, wrenches, sockets, drills, powered grinders, jigsaws, rakes, shovels, and pole diggers; operates pole and chain saws.
Collects trash and yard waste, picks up leaves and brush, empties containers and dumpsters, receives and/or reviews various records and reports such as identifying what is in each can.
Refers to rules and regulations, policy and procedure manuals, codes/laws/regulations, publications and reference texts.
Operates a variety of vehicles and equipment such as non-commercial vehicles.
Uses a variety of tools such as, but not limited to, brooms and shovels and a variety of supplies such, including safety supplies.
Interacts and communicates with various groups and individuals such as the town manager, supervisor, co-workers, the general public and, occasionally, public officials.
Trains and observes employee adherence to rules; reports back to immediate supervisor.
Maintains and inspects the sanitation truck on a daily basis; reports problems to the supervisor.
Assists with loading heavy materials into the truck, drives the truck once full to the appropriate facility, washes and greases truck.
Diagnoses, troubleshoots, communicates and, in some instances, completes routine maintenance and minor repairs to equipment, small engines, specialized excavation, paving, cleaning, and inspection equipment and associated vehicles.
Assists with maintaining an inventory of spare parts and materials for work areas assigned.
Sets up and tears down after town events.
Fixes/repairs holiday lights; strings lights on trees and light poles using a bucket truck.
Installs street and traffic signs.
Loads and unloads trucks.
Flags traffic in work areas for workers and drivers.
Reports to work for snow or other emergencies as assigned.
Paints public buildings.
Performs related work as assigned including job layout planning.
Maintains positive relations with co-workers and customers.