TEMPORARY STREETS LABORER

City of Farmington•Farmington, NM

74d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Street Division Foreman, this role performs routine street maintenance and construction tasks. This includes a wide variety of semi-skilled manual tasks and extends to the operation of light to medium-sized automotive equipment. The position requires excellent customer service skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships. The employee will operate a motor vehicle and various tools and equipment for street maintenance, including snow control and asphalt work. This role involves heavy manual labor outdoors in extreme weather conditions and exposure to various chemicals and fumes. Attendance at work is an essential function of this position.

Requirements

Valid New Mexico or state of current residency driver's license with 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.

Responsibilities

Performs routine street maintenance 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.
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 machine, loaders, water trucks and similar equipment.
Works with 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 duties out-of-doors in extreme weather conditions.
Operates and works around noisy equipment, vibrating equipment.
Controls traffic at work sites by flagging to guide traffic through work areas and/or setting up traffic control devices.
Assists in setting up and cleaning of job sites.
Cleans weeds, trash, and other debris from work site.
Performs custodial tasks.
Provides minor equipment maintenance inspections such as greasing, checking oil, transmission fluid and water.