Maintenance Worker II - Streets & Drainage

Job Title

Under the leadership of the Director of Public Works. This is a position requiring manual labor duties of a skilled and semiskilled nature. Ongoing duties will involve new construction, maintenance, equipment repair, mowing, rights-of-way and drainage. Use of tools, maintenance equipment, construction equipment, landscaping equipment and other various hand and power tools are daily duties. All work is performed in the elements, including heat, cold, rain and other inclement weather.

This is an emergency essential position that requires performance of emergency duties and actions to prepare, repair, and recover the City before, during, and after any adverse storm events (hurricane, tornado, tropical storm, winter storm, ice storm, etc.) or other conditions (natural or manmade).

Essential duties include :

• Mixes concrete and plaster.
• Assists in pouring and finishing concrete.
• Builds forms, headwalls and installs cement block and brick.
• Loads, secures and unloads equipment, supplies, tools and materials.
• Spreads asphalt in patching potholes in road surfaces.
• Flags and directs traffic and assist in setting up work zones.
• Cleans culverts, gutters, ditches, swales, storm drains, canals and many other similar jobs.
• Mows, fertilizes, sprays and trims grass.
• Removes and replaces sod, sprinkler heads, catch basins, etc.
• Digs trenches, removes concrete, trims and prunes trees and shrubbery.
• Fertilizes and sprays herbicides and other chemicals.
• Installs storm drainage pipes, curbs and gutters and sidewalks.
• General manual labor work.
• Collects trash and debris.
• Custodial types of duties such as cleaning windows, emptying trash, moving tables, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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