Motor Equipment Operator (ACI)

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management•Cranston, RI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position will work from a centralized medical supply location and deliver medical supplies to all six DOC facilities. Job duties will include loading and unloading delivery vehicles, operating the delivery vehicle, maintaining par levels of necessary supplies in each facility, ordering/procuring/accounting for and reconciling supply needs for each facility, accepting returned supplies as needed to maintain cleanliness of the individual supply rooms, and obtaining signatures for receipt of supplies.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of the state laws pertaining to the operation of motor vehicles on the highway.
Skill in the operation and servicing of motor equipment other than heavy diesel and gasoline motor equipment.
Ability to make emergency minor running repairs and adjustments to equipment.
Ability to understand readily and carry out simple oral and written directions.
Completion of eight school grades.
Employment as an operator of trucks or other motor equipment, involving the performance of some manual labor.
Possession of the proper operator’s license issued in conformance to requirements of the Rhode Island Registry of Motor Vehicles to operate above-described equipment and must maintain such licensure as a condition of employment.
Physically qualified to perform assigned duties as evidenced by a physician’s certificate at the time of appointment.

Responsibilities

Operate, service and maintain medium and heavy trucks or other internal combustion engine equipment used in routine road maintenance or construction operations.
Operate a truck, picking up and delivering materials, equipment, supplies, etc., for a state department or institution.
Operate a truck performing snow plowing and sanding duties.
Responsible for the proper use and care of assigned motor equipment.
Request necessary repairs for equipment.
Keep equipment clean.
Check fuel, oil, grease, water and air.
Make emergency minor running repairs to equipment.
Operate catch basin cleaner equipment.
Perform manual labor as required.
Load and unload delivery vehicles.
Maintain par levels of necessary supplies in each facility.
Order/procure/account for and reconcile supply needs for each facility.
Accept returned supplies as needed to maintain cleanliness of individual supply rooms.
Obtain signatures for receipt of supplies.