Trades Worker III - Street and Drainage

Panama City, City of•Panama City, FL

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The Trades Worker III is an advanced, highly skilled technician in masonry, concrete, asphalt, and pipe laying at the journeyman level. The role requires proof of specialized training and certificates demonstrating journeyman status. Under the general guidance and leadership of the Director of Public Works, this employee performs construction, demolition, alteration, repair, and maintenance work on streets, sidewalks, drainage systems, concrete structures, and masonry structures. This is an emergency-essential position requiring duties to prepare, repair, and recover the City before, during, and after adverse storm events and other natural or manmade conditions. The employee works outdoors year-round in all weather conditions, may face exposure to physical health or safety risks, and often uses personal protective equipment.

Requirements

High school graduation or an acceptable equivalency diploma.
Five years of experience in manual-labor maintenance and construction work in related fields such as concrete, masonry, asphalt, and pipe laying is desired.
Valid driver's license.
Specialized training achievements and certificates sufficient to demonstrate journeyman status.
Considerable knowledge of materials, methods, procedures, and equipment used in masonry and concrete trades.
Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety procedures for the trade and the City.
Ability to work from blueprints, rough sketches, and maps.
Knowledge of building and construction standards and DOT specifications and regulations.
Knowledge of practices, methods, materials, and tools used in masonry and pavement trades.
Ability to establish and maintain professional, cooperative, team-oriented, and effective relationships with team members, other agencies, departments, leaders, and the public.
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both orally and in writing.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, crawling, traversing uneven terrain, working at heights, reaching, walking, driving, sitting, standing, and handling materials.

Responsibilities

Perform advanced masonry, plastering, and concrete work, including construction, demolition, alteration, repair, and maintenance of bridges, spans, columns, driveways, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, storm-water structures, floors, forms, and masonry structures.
Lay concrete block and brick and install concrete and plastic pipes for storm-water systems.
Read and work from building plans, maps, and blueprints.
Maintain and repair streetscapes, sidewalks, headwalls, drop inlets, and drainage pipes.
Operate surveying equipment to determine grades and elevations and record, read, and interpret elevation readings.
Maintain, repair, and construct asphalt streets and structures.
Maintain project records concerning team members and material costs when requested.
Track team members' time and help ensure jobs are completed in a timely and organized manner.
Select materials and provide input on material and supply needs for assignments.
Assist in training trades workers and maintenance team members in masonry, concrete, construction, demolition, repairs, and equipment operation.
Maintain logs, records, and inventory.
Comply with City and generally accepted safety policies and programs.
Work in adverse weather conditions and environments.
Be available outside regular working hours when called upon to assist on-call team members, including overtime.
Perform other duties as assigned.