Street Maintenance Technician

City Of Humble•Humble, TX

46d

About The Position

Under direct supervision, the Maintenance/Driver I performs routine and repetitive tasks to construct, maintain and repair the City’s streets, roads, bridges, medians, right of ways, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, drainage system, and other public areas or related duties as required within the City’s limits. Also, performs related duties to Animal Control and Vector Control.

Requirements

Knowledge of basic hand tools
Ability to work effectively in a diverse environment in extreme situations.
Ability to pass required background screening, physical and drug screen
High School diploma or equivalent
Valid Texas Driver’s License
Vector Control certification within one (1) year of employment
Basic Animal Control certification within one (1) of employment

Nice To Haves

Street construction and maintenance experience preferred

Responsibilities

Regular and timely attendance at work.
Cleans, repairs, and maintains roads, bridges, medians, right of ways, gutters, curbs, sidewalks, drainage system, and other public areas within the City’s limits.
Performs routine and repetitive physical strenuous tasks such as hand working asphalt and concrete as it is placed; loading and unloading trucks; laying pipelines and repairing manholes; patching pot holes and overlaying of streets; sealing cracks in asphalt and concrete; remove and replace concrete to include form setting to finishing; cutting brush, trees; mowing and weed-eating high grass and weeds; and maintaining, cleaning around street intersections and medians.
Operates, repairs, and maintains vehicles and various light equipment and tools such as tractors, mowers, front end and back-end loaders, bucket trucks, augers, maintainers, jackhammers, skill saws; drills; bolt cutters; rollers, dump trucks, and etc.
Works safely when working in close proximity to high-speed vehicle traffic areas, along medians, and right-of-ways.
Identifies and informs supervisor of potential hazards, liability exposures, problem areas, public inquiries of the general public, and the status of work activities.
Conducts daily inspections and preventative maintenance measures of vehicles, equipment, and tools such as washing, checking safe and proper operation, and servicing.
Adheres to departmental, personnel, and safety rules and regulations.
Works after hour emergency calls for both the Street Department and Animal Control.
Routine after hour mosquito fogging.
Performs other related duties as assigned by the Street Department Superintendent.