Equipment Operator Assistant

3 weeks ago

Portsmouth, United States City of Portsmouth, VA Full time

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB 

Under direct supervision, this position performs manual labor and uses a variety of hand tools in the repair and maintenance of city utility services.  Reports to an Equipment Operator Supervisor/Crew Leader.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS 

Uses a variety of heavy equipment and utilize hand and power tools to repair or maintain city utilities; utilizes equipment and tools such as dump trucks, compactors, rollers, burners, jack hammers, concrete saws, snow removal and salt spreader equipment, and hand tools such as pickaxes, rakes, shovels and brooms.

 

Prepares job sites for maintenance and repair work; obtains, loads, hauls and unloads materials used for utility repair work; determines tools and equipment needed to perform work, and loads and transports equipment and tools to work site.

 

Ensures the safety of city equipment, private property, and others by following proper safety procedures, watching for pedestrians, private property, overhead utility lines and other utilities or obstructions.

 

Performs other related work as required.   Individual assignments will be determined by supervisor based on current workload and department needs.Knowledge of Job: Has general knowledge of the procedures and methods of repairing utility services and the tools and materials used to perform same.  Is able to operate equipment and perform manual labor in the maintenance of repair of road surfaces.  

Safety: Knowledge of occupational hazards, safety precautions, and safety regulations related to equipment operation, hazardous materials, traffic patterns and conditions, and other work-related precautions.

Interpersonal Relationships/Customer Service: Develops and maintains cooperative and professional relationships with employees, representatives from other departments and organizations, and the public.

Judgement/Decision Making: Uses logic and reasoning to understand, analyze, and evaluate situations and exercise good judgment to make appropriate decisions.

Time Management: Ability to plan and organize daily work routine. Establishes priorities for the completion of work in accordance with sound time-management methodology.

Communication: Ability to communicate ideas effectively. Ability to listen and understand directions, information and ideas presented verbally and in writing.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Requires completion of 10th grade in high school and related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience necessary to perform the essential job functions of this position.  High school diploma, GED or specialized vocational training is preferred. Experience that meets the required knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for the performance of these duties.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

An acceptable general background check to include a local and state criminal history check and sex offender registry check.

This position requires pre-employment medical evaluation and substance abuse testing and is subject to random alcohol and controlled substance testing.

This job is considered essential personnel and will require attendance and work during and following natural disasters and/or emergency situations.

Physical Requirements: Must be physically able to operate utility maintenance equipment and to perform heavy physical labor.  Requires the ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 25 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical demand requirements are for Heavy Work.

Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and directions from supervisor.

Language Ability: Requires the ability to read route assignment sheets.  Require the ability to complete route assignments and completion sheets, leave slips and time sheets using prescribed format.  Requires the ability to communicate effectively in standard English.

Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one-or two-step instructions; to deal with standardized situations with occasional or no variables in or from these situations encountered on the job.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.  Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently using standard English, and recreational terminology.

Numerical Aptitude: Requires the ability to add, subtract.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.

Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using a variety of hand and small power tools and equipment.

Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, such as hand and small power tools.   Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.

Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of colors.

Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under minimal levels of stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress (emergency situation).

Physical Communication: Requires the ability to talk and/or hear: (talking -expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing-perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone.

 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) REQUIREMENTSThe City of Portsmouth is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  ADA requires the City to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.This is a class description and not an individual position description.  A class specification defines the general character and scope of duties and responsibilities of all positions in a job classification, but is not intended to describe and does not necessarily list the essential job functions for a given position in a classification. 

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