GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To support the vision, mission and guiding principles of the City.

• While performing any procedure, all associates and contract personnel must observe applicable Safety, Health, and Environmental rules and guidelines. The use of appropriate personal protective equipment is required.

• Attend and participate in training opportunities and seminars relevant to this position.

• Adhere to appropriate City operating procedures, benefit rules, employment, and safety policies/practices.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Loads and unloads materials such as dirt, asphalt, salt, storm drain pipes, and sign materials.
• Performs routine maintenance of equipment and vehicles.
• Performs extreme physical labor for extended periods of time under all weather conditions with the ability to lift objects weighing up to one hundred (100) pounds with assistance.
• May sit, stand, and walk constantly depending on the job for the day.
• Climbs in and out of manholes which can be up to ten (10) feet deep.
• Climbs ladders to complete assigned tasks and duties.
• Manipulates both large and small tool parts.
• Operates vehicles of various descriptions such as back hoe and front loader.
• Removes and replaces various types of pavement.
• Operates various tools including, but not limited to, jackhammer, pavement breaker, shovel, sledge hammer, post driver, tamp bar, chain saw, and weed eater, backpack blower.
• Properly uses safety gear such as gloves, vests, safety goggles, harnesses and safety signs to complete tasks.
• Participates in monthly departmental safety meetings.
• Properly secures city equipment to ensure employee and citizen safety.
• Position may require assisting Street Division if needed.
• Must be able to perform job duties as described.

• Any other duties as assigned.

JOB SCOPE

• Job has repetitive work situations with only modest changes in routine. The need for accuracy and effective utilization of accepted programs and procedures is high. Errors in judgment and execution will waste time and resources adversely impacting unit performance. Incumbent operates in accord with clearly defined instructions and routines with work priorities determined by supervision.

This job requires digging, lifting, and breaking of pavement under varying weather conditions while exposed to dampness, fumes, odors, dust, dirt, rain, sleet, snow, heat, chemicals, and foul odors. The employees are also responsible for the maintenance and repair of City owned water/sewer lines as well as lift stations. This includes, but is not limited to, digging and repairing water/sewer lines etc. The Public Services Department is responsible for problems associated with inclement weather including: salting roads during cold weather. The Laborer I is responsible for operating and maintaining light duty vehicles, dump trucks, tractors, riding mowers, back-hoes, chain saws, shovels, and other hand tools. This position requires physical endurance during periods of extreme weather conditions.

COMMUNICATIONS/CUSTOMER CONTACT

Contacts are across the entire City community and in a leadership capacity. Community contact is a critical component of success in developing good will and support of City programs and initiatives.

COMPETENCIES/SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING PREFERRED

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States of America.
• High School diploma or GED preferred; education may be waived by work experience.
• Minimum one year experience as a Laborer I.
• Previous Construction and/or Maintenance Experience a plus.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have knowledge of and/or the ability to learn about the care and proper use of tools and equipment used in the maintenance of right-of-ways, easements and water/sewer lines and meters.
• Must have knowledge of and/or the ability to learn occupational hazards and safety precautions.
• Must be able to report for work on time and to perform the duties of the job for the entire workday.
• Must be able to work flexible hours with some weekend, evening, and holiday work required.
• Must be able to perform frequent overtime work which may involve late night or early morning hours.
• Must have sufficient physical strength and ability to independently and repeatedly lift, move, and carry objects weighing up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• Literacy in English with the ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and posted schedules.
• Must be able to establish and maintain effective, harmonious, cooperative, and productive working relationships with other employees and to effectively communicate with the public.
• Ability to use good judgment while performing job-related tasks.
• Ability to learn and follow City policies and regulations.

Equipment and Applications

• The Laborer II is responsible for operating and maintaining all assigned equipment.

• Computers and peripheral equipment / designated software applications if assigned.

• Telephones and two way radio equipment if assigned.

JOB CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the associate is:

• Frequently required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear.

• Occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

• Occasionally lift and/or move over 30 pounds.
• The employee will operate and maintain light duty vehicles, dump trucks, weed eaters, chain saws, shovels, and various mechanized and non-mechanized hand tools.
• Work is usually performed in an outdoor environment within the city limits and some tasks may be required during periods of bad weather.
• The employee will be exposed to loud noise, mechanized equipment, dirt, dust, rain, sleet, snow, heat, chemicals, foul odors, hot temperatures, cold temperatures, sudden changes in temperatures, slippery surfaces, and other conditions associated with outdoor work.
• This position requires a great deal of physical exertion during periods of extreme weather conditions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• The noise level in the work environment can be high at times.
• All City facilities and vehicles are tobacco-free.

Depending on the job duties for the day the Laborer may have to perform lifting, pushing, or pulling on a more or less frequent basis. However, job duties may change throughout the week depending on the needs of the Street Department.

Bending/Squatting/Twisting – Is required constantly throughout the day repairing, maintaining, and constructing streets, right-of-ways, and easements. When with working equipment to maintain landscaping it also requires constant bending, squatting, twisting, or a combination of all three (3) components.

Pushing/Pulling – Is required constantly while working on jobs for landscaping including weed eating, and on jobs that require patching streets using a lute. Pushing and pulling is required constantly while manipulating concrete drainpipes. Also used occasionally moving manhole covers, storm drains, and pulling signposts out of the ground.

Lifting/Carrying – Is required constantly in lifting hand tools, carrying a weed eater, carrying a leaf blower, shoveling of materials, and using a chain saw on certain jobs. Also required occasionally when lifting jackhammers, pavement breakers, storm drains, post driver, sledge hammer, and other material used in the repairing, maintaining, and construction of streets, right-of-ways, and easements.

The following items were weighed and can be lifted, carried, pushed, pulled, or manipulated in a fashion using all four (4) components:

Item Weight

Shovel with asphalt 16#

Street sign 11#

Street sign post 40#

Jack hammer 75#

Item Weight

Bag of cement 80#

Chain saw 20#

Weed eater 15#

Post driver 35#

Sledge hammer 15#

Road barrels 20#

Road cones 12#

Tractor tire 62#