Maintenance/Equipment Operator

General Purpose

Performs a variety of maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction work on the Town of Granby, it’s facilities, roadways, alley ways, sidewalks, curb, gutter, right-of-ways, parks, equipment, vehicles, and other Town assets.     

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Participates in the manual labor associated with the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction of the roadways maintained by the Town.
• Operation of multiple pieces of equipment as is needed to properly and efficiently perform required tasks/duties.  
• Participates in the manual labor and use of equipment associated with snow removal and street sweeping operation throughout town. 
• Participates in the manual labor associated with the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and construction of the storm water drainage system. 
• Participates in the manual labor associated in assisting other departments within the Town execute a variety of different tasks depending on which specific department may be in need of extra help.
• Maintenance/repair of public facilities, parks, ball fields, lawns, other building exteriors, landscaped areas, trees/tree wells, flower pots/boxes/baskets, and irrigation systems.

Other Duties/Responsibilities

• Perform traffic control as needed.
• Installation and maintenance of traffic control devices, such as cross walk signs, sign bases/posts, traffic signs, road name signs, etc.
• Perform mechanical work as needed.
• Perform occasional welding and fabrication as needed.
• Works overtime as required to complete assigned tasks.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Employees are held accountable for all duties of this job.

Supervisory Duties

None

Job Qualifications

     Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:

• To perform this job successfully, the person in this position must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Must have good communication skills; requires a calm demeanor in responding to the public’s questions and/or complaints.
• Ability to work within established guidelines. 
• Ability to perform repetitious tasks.
• Ability to use and operate a variety of different equipment, hand, and power tools, including but not limited to, pick-up truck, motor grader, loader, skid steer, tractor, backhoe, street sweeper, chainsaw, weed trimmer, lawn mower, drill, grinder, chop saw, etc.

Education or Formal Training and/or Experience:

• Have to have ability to obtain and maintain, within a reasonable amount of time, a valid Colorado State Commercial Driver’s License Class B with air brake certification.
• High School diploma, or equivalent.

• Prior experience in this type of work.

Working Environment and Physical Activities:

·         Location:  Both inside and outside.  Work is spent inside (where there is protection from weather, but not necessarily from temperature changes) and outside (where there may be no effective protection from the weather). 

·         Extreme Cold:  Endure temperatures sufficiently low to cause bodily discomfort unless exceptional protection is used.

·         Extreme Heat:  Endure temperatures sufficiently high to cause bodily discomfort unless exceptional protection is used.

·         Wet Conditions:  Endure contact with water and other liquids. 

·         Noise/Vibration:  Periodic.  Endure noises either constant or intermittent at work sites.

·         Requires 24 hour on-call status for emergency situations.

·         Shift work, including weekends and holidays, may be required. 

• Endurance/Moving About:  Frequently move from location to location. 
• Endurance/Overall Strength:  Heavy work.  Exerts force and/or lifts or carries objects weighing up to 100 pounds occasionally. 
• Walking:  move about on foot. 
• Sitting:  Frequently.
• Lifting /Carrying:  Periodic.  Lift by manually raising or lowering an object from one level to another (including upward pulling), and/or transport an object usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder up to 100 pounds.
• Pushing/Pulling:  Periodic.  Push by exerting force on an object so that it moves away from the force or worker; and/or pull by exerting force on an object so that it moves toward the force or worker.
• Controls:  Frequently.  Use one or both arms and/or hands and/or one of either feet or legs to move controls on machinery or equipment.
• Climbing:  Periodic.  Ascend or descent ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, ropes, and the like using the feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Balancing:  Periodic.  Maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or running on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. 
• Bending/Stooping:  Periodic.  Stoop by bending the body downward or forward by flexing the spine at the waist, and/or bend by extending the spine backwards or from side to side.  Kneeling/Crouching:  Periodic.  Kneel by bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees, and/or crouch by bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine. 
• Crawling:  Periodic.  Move about on the hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Reaching: Frequently.  Extend hands and arms in any direction. 
• Handling:  Frequently.  Seize, hold, grasp, turn or otherwise work with the hand or hands. 
• Rotation:  Frequently.  Twist and turn the spine or a ball and socket joint, such as shoulder or hip. 
• Reading:  Read owners/operators manuals, written reports, instructions, and other necessary items. 
• Writing:  Able to record information and summary of events. 

Note:  This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.