Maintenance Worker - Streets
City of Ottawa
- Ottawa, KS
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Make repairs to streets, alleys, parking lots, sidewalk, and bridges, including concrete repairs, pothole patching, and crack sealing. Haul rock, asphalt, and concrete for repairs.
- Trim, cut, and remove trees/limbs/storm debris as directed.
- Haul snow and assist with removal of snow/ice from roadways.
- Grade dirt/rock surfaced streets and alleys.
- Dig/clear ditches and other storm water structures with machinery and hand tools.
- Operate and maintain flood control gates and pumps.
- Paint and install street markings and signs according to established policies.
- Mow and maintain ditches, levees, parks, and cemetery/airport grounds.
- Complete necessary written documentation and reports.
- Comply with all City ordinances and policies.
- Assist other departments and perform other related duties as assigned.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must maintain valid driver’s license; CDL preferred.
- Understanding of basic construction principles.
- Ability to receive, understand, and comply with written and verbal instruction.
- General knowledge of street construction, maintenance, and repair; general carpentry skills.
- Demonstrated ability to operate and maintain a variety of motorized equipment, including but not limited to: self-propelled tractor-mower, dump truck, snow plow, pickup truck, jackhammer, tamper, and chainsaw.
- Strong verbal communication skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with other employees, City officials, business entities, and the general public.
- Ability to effectively organize and prioritize work as well as concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to work under general supervision and make responsible decisions.
- Ability to use good judgment and think quickly and rationally in difficult or stressful situations.
- May be required to work in confined spaces, hazardous traffic conditions, or high/dangerous places.
- May be exposed to wet/humid conditions, inclement outdoor weather, vibration, extreme temperatures, mechanical oils, airborne particles/fumes, moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, potentially hazardous bodily fluids, potentially hazardous or cancer-causing agents/chemicals, or very loud noise levels.
- May be required to wear a respirator in certain situations.
- Must be able to talk, hear, grasp, push, stand, walk, drive, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, balance, operate mechanical equipment, and move up and down from/to sitting position on the floor.
- Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement and manual dexterity.
- Must have precise hand-eye coordination, clarity of vision, three-dimensional vision, and ability to identify/distinguish colors.
- Maximum lifting up to 100 pounds, frequent lifting up 50 pounds.
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.