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 accepting applications for a Motor Equipment Operator II with Water & Sewer Services, working in line maintenance and construction. This employee performs intermediate skilled work operating moderately complex, specialized maintenance and construction equipment, with responsibility for safe and efficient operation. Equipment includes dump trucks, medium construction equipment, sweepers, front-end loaders, backhoes, knuckle booms, mowing tractors, sanitation trucks, and equivalent equipment. The position requires operating heavier and more complex equipment than the lower operator class and switching among several types of equipment. Work may be performed with considerable independence, with a supervisor regularly checking quality, quantity, safety, and care of equipment. The employee may supervise one or two laborers or serve as a crew leader. When not operating assigned equipment, the employee may perform general labor incidental to maintenance and construction work, work as a Motor Equipment Operator I or Public Service Worker, and perform related tasks. 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.
Some experience operating and performing routine maintenance on trucks, specialized automotive equipment, or related automotive equipment at the Motor Equipment Operator I level, or an equivalent combination of experience and training.
Valid Class A commercial driver's license issued by the State of Tennessee.
General knowledge of traffic laws and other regulations governing automotive equipment operation.
General knowledge of the operating and repair characteristics of heavy automotive and similar public works equipment.
General knowledge of equipment component parts, operating principles, and maintenance needs.
General knowledge of the City, including the location and layout of streets and alleys.
Ability to service relatively heavy equipment and make minor running repairs.
Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and prepare required reports.
Skill operating moderately complex construction and maintenance equipment.
Physical strength and agility sufficient to operate equipment over rough terrain, occasionally in adverse weather conditions.
Successful completion of a pre-employment DOT physical, drug screening, and background check.
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 geographic 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 guard rails, and hauling materials and equipment.
Operate a track loader and a four-wheel-drive front-end loader with 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 incidental general labor when constant equipment operation is not required.
Repair and service equipment.
Serve as a substitute operator on heavier equipment such as a bulldozer, dragline, crane, shovel, or snow loader.
Work as a Motor Equipment Operator I or Public Service Worker when not working as a Motor Equipment Operator II.
Perform related tasks as required.
May supervise one or two laborers assigned to refuse pickup, right-of-way maintenance, or mowing, or serve as crew leader.