TEMPORARY STREET LABORER

City of Farmington•Farmington, NM

6d•$15 - $15•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Street Division Foreman, this role performs routine street maintenance and construction tasks. It involves a variety of semi-skilled manual labor and the operation of light to medium-sized automotive equipment. The position requires excellent customer service skills to maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, officials, and the public. The employee will operate a motor vehicle for departmental and City business.

Requirements

Valid New Mexico or state of current residency driver's license with an acceptable driving record for the past three years.
One year of work experience in a construction-related field involving the operation of trucks or other related light automotive equipment, or equivalent vocational training courses.
Must have a telephone at residence.
Must be willing and able to be on 24-hour call at times.
Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, other City personnel, and the public.
Experience operating dump trucks, water trucks, crack sealing machine, jack-hammers, steel wheel and rubber tire rollers, vibrating skid plate tampers, hand picks and shovels, chain saws, weed eaters, brooms, rakes, pitch forks, pruners and loaders.
Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
Frequently required to stand and talk or hear.
Occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with assistance.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

This position is subject to the City of Farmington's Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy which includes: pre-employment testing, post-accident testing, random testing, reasonable suspicion testing, return to duty testing, and follow-up testing.
Extensive background checks required.
Requires a baseline audiometric examination.

Responsibilities

Performs routine street maintenance and construction tasks.
Operates light to medium-sized automotive equipment.
Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with employees, officials, and the public.
Operates a motor vehicle for departmental and City business.
Operates jack-hammers, vibrating skid plate tampers, chain saws, weed eaters, hand picks, shovels, brooms, rakes, pitch forks, pruners, and other miscellaneous hand tools.
Operates snow control equipment.
Operates steel wheel rollers, rubber tire rollers, crack sealing machines, loaders, water trucks, and similar equipment.
Works with materials such as asphalt, crack sealing material, concrete, salt, liquid calcium chloride, liquid magnesium chloride, oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, herbicides, paint, traffic control signs, trash, weeds, tree limbs, dirt, rock, sand, and gravel.
Performs heavy manual labor outdoors in extreme weather conditions.
Operates and works around noisy and vibrating equipment.
Frequent exposure to gasoline, diesel, paint, and asphalt fumes.
Controls traffic at work sites by flagging or setting up traffic control devices.
Assists in setting up and cleaning job sites.
Cleans weeds, trash, and other debris from work sites.
Performs custodial tasks.
Performs minor equipment maintenance inspections, such as greasing and checking fluid levels.