Public Service Worker - Public Works

City of Johnson City•Johnson City, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Johnson City, Tennessee is currently accepting online applications for a Public Service Worker in the Public Works department. The employee performs responsible infrequent skilled and semiskilled or unskilled manual work tasks requiring no special training and minimal experience; does related work as required. This is manual labor in the performance of infrequent skilled and limited semiskilled or unskilled tasks of a physically demanding nature. The work involves performing heavy manual labor which does not require a high degree of manipulative skill or previous experience in order to do an effective job. This position is required to be monitored, trained in task requirements and scheduling of these personnel is to be oversight by a supervisor. As work experience is gained, employees in this class may be assigned to somewhat more difficult and responsible tasks. Employees in this class work with and around and may operate various pieces of light automotive and mechanical equipment during a minor portion of their time while monitored. The work normally is performed under close supervision; however, constant supervision is not always for routine and repetitive tasks which can be carried on without difficulty once they are learned.

Requirements

Some knowledge of the types and uses of common hand tools and standard equipment used in construction and maintenance work particularly as applied to specialized work to which assigned
General mechanical ability and ability to perform unskilled or semiskilled tasks in construction and maintenance activities
Ability to understand and follow specific oral and written instructions
Physical strength and agility sufficient to do strenuous manual labor for extended periods, under varying weather conditions
Completion of high school or GED and some experience in performing general manual work; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities
Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license issued by the State of Tennessee

Responsibilities

sweeps streets, sidewalks, shops and alleys, and picks up refuse and brush on streets
loads dirt and construction materials from or onto a truck
performs various street maintenance duties such as cleaning gutters, spreading rock, sand and salt, and shoveling snow
digs and backfill ditches by hand
assists in the installation of water services, mains and hydrants, and in the repair of water mains
paint meters, valves and pipe fittings
digs and backfill trenches, and assists in laying pipe
unstops sewers by using rods, buckets, specialized sewer cleaning and flushing equipment, or by hand
as a member of the construction and maintenance crew, does such jobs as breaking pavement, pouring and shoveling asphalt and concrete, raking, tamping and smoothing asphalt, and operating a manual and automatic compactor
washes and maintains service trucks and vehicles
feeds brush into chipper machine
thaws frozen water lines and meters
assists on television unit inspecting and sealing sewer lines
assists in servicing emergency calls such as removing snow from streets, repairing broken water mains and sewer lines, and in similar situations
performs related tasks as required