Street Maintenance Technician

Job Description:

• Primary focus will be crack seal operations installs, repairs, replaces, and maintains a variety of fixtures, systems, surfaces, and/or small structures which may include lights; adheres to applicable safety guidelines; installs street, caution, and regulatory signs; applies road markings.
• Performs maintenance activities, which may include cleaning equipment, systems, and/or facilities, loading and unloading trucks, cleaning up debris, removing weeds, cutting brush, setting up and removing traffic cones and barricades, and performing other related activities. Performs a variety of routine concrete, asphalt and/or pavement maintenance and repair activities.
• Cleans the collection mains; treats the system for vector control; ensures that the lift stations are operating; and inspects and repairs utility access holes. Maintains, cleans and grades Town right-of-ways. Operates, maintains, and repairs a variety of hand and/or power tools, which includes paint guns, rollers, concrete saws, paint stripers, water pumps, blowers, weed eaters, chain saws, jack hammers, and/or a variety of other equipment.
• Investigates and resolves public complaints related to odor, back-ups, insects, signage, traffic signal malfunction, road obstructions and the like; responds to emergency after-hours situations involving road closures, storm damage or other incidents.
• Maintains stormwater equipment and pump station facilities by troubleshooting electrical and mechanical systems and performing minor repairs. Operates equipment such as loaders, bobcats, sweepers, kickbrooms, water wagons, traffic control devices, paint striping machines, pavement saws, power hand tools, concrete mixer, air compressors, landscape power tools, augers, roller, forklift, etc. Performs related work as assigned.

Skills Required:

• Operating streets maintenance hand and power tools, light and medium equipment, and cleaning equipment; Eradicating weeds; Basic asphalt repairs and maintenance Adhering to safe work practices.
• Performing routine street maintenance activities; Communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and other interested parties sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work

Experience Required:

• Basic knowledge of methods and general procedures of applicable trade or grounds maintenance techniques.
• Working skill in the use of equipment and tools.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor.

Education Preferred:

• High school/GED equivalent

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $10.00 - $15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work Location: In person