Technician - Stormwater Maintenance

City of Canon City•Canon City, CO

2d•$22 - $27•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, performs a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled manual labor tasks and other duties as required within the Stormwater Section of the Public Works Department for the City of Canon City. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The essential duties and responsibilities listed below are central to the job or are the reason the position exists, and the employee must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. This list is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of all duties and responsibilities. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Inspect, clean and repair storm lines, catch basins, detention systems, bioswales, and stormwater quality treatment assets to ensure proper function and protect community investment. Design and implement traffic control plans and conduct traffic control flagging. Respond to emergency calls, customer requests, and urbanized flooding events. Operate vacuum truck, CCTV inspection equipment, backhoe, boom truck, dump truck, boom arm mower and power tools which are used to inspect, maintain, clean, repair or install components of storm system. Maintain daily work records, input and manage data, and create reports for internal purposes and regulatory compliance using various electronic devices and software applications. Performs a variety of semi-skills and unskilled tasks in maintaining and repairing City stormwater infrastructure. Hand grades swales and ditches; places stabilizing materials such as rip rap. Cleans storm drains and catch basins. Monitor equipment and reports needs for equipment repairs and maintenance. Performs routine and preventive maintenance and minor repairs on equipment. Cleans equipment. Use hand tools such as rake, grease gun, hand broom and shovel as required. Perform related maintenance duties such as clearing brush, controlling weeds, pruning trees and shrubs, removing litter and trash, concrete work, and sweeping streets and gutters as required. Provides excellent customer service to external and internal customers including but not limited to effectively listening and communicating, providing accurate information, offering solutions, assisting in resolution, and ensuring timely follow up as needed. Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The following duties, although not essential to the position, are important components to the smooth and efficient operation of the Division, Department, and City. Assists other departments in shoveling snow from sidewalks or other areas. Operate equipment such as snow plow, sand spreader, dump truck, trencher, asphalt laying machine, mower, welder, jackhammer, asphalt rake, grinder, grader, roller, tractor, backhoe, and loader to accomplish duties such as street patching, crack filling, street construction, bridge repair, concrete removal, dirt removal, curb/gutter/sidewalk construction, road grading, right-of-way maintenance, cleaning ditches, culvert maintenance, material hauling, de-icing, and snow plowing. Assist other City departments with inspection of new construction, and other maintenance related activities. Assist in the development of policies, procedures, plans, and manuals to ensure tasks and equipment are operated safely, properly, and in compliance with applicable regulations and specifications. Answer questions from the public regarding streets. Performs traffic control in and around work zones. Participate in on-call rotation for after-hours and weekends. Perform traffic control duties in and around work zones to include setting up safety cones and signs and flagging traffic around construction sites. Perform related duties as established by law or ordinance or as reasonably directed by the City. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

Two (2) years of experience in equipment operation and street maintenance.
One (1) year of public utility, maintenance, construction experience, or other closely related experience
High School Diploma or equivalent
Colorado Class “A” Commercial Driver’s License, with Tanker endorsement, with a driving record acceptable to the City of Cañon City, or the ability to obtain a Colorado Class “A” Commercial Driver’s License, with Tanker endorsement, within six months of hire.
Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the listed knowledge, abilities and skills may be substituted .

Nice To Haves

Two-years of experience in a stormwater maintenance position
Associate Degree in an engineering field.
Credentialed as a Certified Stormwater Manager (CSM)
Colorado Traffic Control Flagger Card, or the ability to obtain within six months of hire.
Confined Space Entrant/Attendant Certification, or the ability to obtain within one year of hire.
First Aid/CPR certifications are preferred, or the ability to obtain within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

Inspect, clean and repair storm lines, catch basins, detention systems, bioswales, and stormwater quality treatment assets to ensure proper function and protect community investment.
Design and implement traffic control plans and conduct traffic control flagging.
Respond to emergency calls, customer requests, and urbanized flooding events.
Operate vacuum truck, CCTV inspection equipment, backhoe, boom truck, dump truck, boom arm mower and power tools which are used to inspect, maintain, clean, repair or install components of storm system.
Maintain daily work records, input and manage data, and create reports for internal purposes and regulatory compliance using various electronic devices and software applications.
Performs a variety of semi-skills and unskilled tasks in maintaining and repairing City stormwater infrastructure.
Hand grades swales and ditches; places stabilizing materials such as rip rap.
Cleans storm drains and catch basins.
Monitor equipment and reports needs for equipment repairs and maintenance.
Performs routine and preventive maintenance and minor repairs on equipment.
Cleans equipment.
Use hand tools such as rake, grease gun, hand broom and shovel as required.
Perform related maintenance duties such as clearing brush, controlling weeds, pruning trees and shrubs, removing litter and trash, concrete work, and sweeping streets and gutters as required.
Provides excellent customer service to external and internal customers including but not limited to effectively listening and communicating, providing accurate information, offering solutions, assisting in resolution, and ensuring timely follow up as needed.