SENIOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR (Maintenance Division)

PRIMARY FUNCTION * Performs semi-skilled work in the operation and maintenance of standard trucks, tractors, riding mowers, or other simple to moderately complex automotive equipment.

* Responsible for continuous, safe, and efficient operations of automotive equipment in performing such tasks as grass cutting in parks and transporting men and materials to and from work sites.

* May require the performance of manual labor in loading or unloading material, landscaping, or other related tasks.

* Occasionally involve exercising supervisory control over a small group of unskilled workers.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Possess and maintain a valid "CDL" Class A driver's license; good driving record, and ability to pass drug screening as mandated by the Federal Department of Transportation for CDL drivers.

* Loads and transports bleachers, playground equipment, lawn mowers, and other construction and/or maintenance materials and equipment.

* Transports men and materials to various job sites.

* Operates power tractors with grass attachments in City parks and lots.

May operate chain saw.

* Sprays herbicide.

Remove dead animals and dog feces from parks.

* Washes and performs preventive maintenance of assigned vehicles.

* Grades ball fields and areas to be seeded with tractor and various attachments.

* May assist with painting, litter, and leaf removal, plowing snow, grass mowing, planting trees and plants and other landscaping activities.

* Performs all related work as required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS * Completion of high school or GED equivalency; with some experience in operation of complex grounds maintenance equipment.

* Possess and maintain a valid "CDL" Class A driver's license.

* Some landscaping knowledge: or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

* Must be willing to work in inclement weather year-round, extended hours, weekends and overtime as needed.

* Thorough knowledge of traffic laws involved in the operation of automotive equipment.

* Ability to operate a variety of automotive and grounds maintenance related equipment safely and efficiently.

* Ability to detect operating defects in automotive and grounds maintenance equipment.

* Ability to perform manual labor for extended periods of time and physically able to lift items weighing over 50 lbs.

* Some knowledge in the safe and efficient operation of tractors, zero-turn mowers, bat wing mowers, skid steers, backhoes, leaf vacuums, and/or other landscaping equipment.

* Some experience in commercial snow removal operations.

WORKING CONDITONS * Works outside (in all weather) and is frequently near moving mechanical parts and vibration.

Noise level is usually loud.

* Occasionally works in high, precarious places and may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.

* required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and smell.

* Ability to lift or move objects weighing up to 100 pounds.

Must pass a criminal background investigation, pre-employment physical, and drug test.

City residency is required within one (1) year of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer