Motor Equipment Operator II (Line Maintenance and Construction)

City of Johnson City•Johnson City, TN

About The Position

The City of Johnson City, Tennessee, is hiring a Motor Equipment Operator II for Water & Sewer Services line maintenance and construction. This position performs intermediate skilled work operating moderately complex, specialized maintenance and construction equipment, with responsibility for safe and efficient equipment operation. Operators use heavier, more complex equipment than lower-level operators and may be required to operate several types interchangeably. The role may include supervising one or two laborers or serving as a crew leader. Work may be performed with considerable independence, while a supervisor regularly checks work quality, quantity, safety, and equipment care. When assigned equipment does not require constant operation, the employee performs related general labor, maintenance, and construction tasks. The employee repairs and services equipment and may substitute on heavier equipment. When not working as a Motor Equipment Operator II, the employee works as a Motor Equipment Operator I or Public Service Worker. This is a safety-sensitive position subject to pre-employment, random, and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing as allowed by law. A pre-employment DOT physical, drug screening, and background check are required.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED and some experience operating and routinely maintaining trucks, specialized automotive equipment, or related automotive equipment at the Motor Equipment Operator I level; or an equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Valid Class A commercial driver's license issued by the State of Tennessee.
General knowledge of traffic laws and regulations governing automotive equipment operation.
General knowledge of the operating and repair characteristics of heavy automotive and similar public works equipment.
General knowledge of component parts, operating principles, and maintenance needs of maintenance and construction equipment.
General knowledge of the City, including the location and layout of streets and alleys.
Ability to service various types of relatively heavy equipment and make minor running repairs.
Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and prepare required reports.
Skill in operating moderately complex construction and maintenance equipment.
Physical strength and agility sufficient to operate equipment over rough terrain, occasionally under adverse weather conditions.
Successful completion of a pre-employment DOT physical, drug screening, and background check.
Ability to meet the requirements for a safety-sensitive position subject to pre-employment, random, and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing as allowed by law.

Responsibilities

Operate a street sweeper on an assigned shift to clean streets and roads in an assigned geographical area.
Operate a rubber-tire backhoe for trenching, loading, and backfilling in construction and maintenance activities.
Operate a winch truck for winching, pulling, setting poles and guardrails, and hauling materials and equipment.
Operate a track loader and a four-wheel-drive front-end loader with a capacity greater than two yards to load trucks and support snow removal operations.
Drive a large dump truck, tractor and trailer, rear-loader, or crane truck.
Operate a tractor with mower, knuckleboom loader, boom mower, or tub grinder.
Operate an excavator, roller, boring machine, and air-track.
Instruct lower-level operators in the operation and servicing of assigned equipment.
Participate in maintenance and construction work and perform general laboring tasks incidental to the job when equipment operation is not constant.
Repair and service equipment.
Serve as a substitute operator on heavier equipment, such as a bulldozer, dragline, crane, shovel, or snow loader.
When not working as a Motor Equipment Operator II, work as a Motor Equipment Operator I or Public Service Worker.
Perform related tasks as required.