Crew Leader - Dallas Water Utilities (Multiple Locations - Civil Service)

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Job Summary

The Crew Leader provides lead worker assistance and direction for a medium to large crew or to a number of medium to large multi-disciplined crews which may include performing difficult and complex tasks for various maintenance works throughout the City of Dallas. Leads, supports, coordinates, and directs crews in the performance of various tasks, supports maintenance operations, and routine to unique repair projects.

Job Description

Overview

The Crew Leader serves as a lead for a crew of workers and provides training for crews in construction, sanitation, facilities, parks and recreational centers, water management departments, aviation, and other City of Dallas infrastructure, supporting large or complex projects, coordinating assignments, reports, equipment, and inventory.

Essential Functions

• Organizes, prepares, and issues daily work assignments for crewmembers or other workers; ensures work procedures are followed safely and efficiently and work is completed properly.
• Works, engages, and collaborates with crewmembers; sets the pace of work and delegates appropriate assignments; provides on-site job and safety training and explains or demonstrates proper, safe, and efficient work methods; obtains required information or decisions from supervisors as needed.
• Ensures all plans, materials, tools, and supplies are available for crewmembers; keeps, maintains, organizes and reports records of expenses, work orders, schedules, and attendance of daily activities.
• Performs and / or leads preventative maintenance and minor repairs to equipment; checks for cleanliness and readiness of tools and equipment.
• Assigns clean-up activities, maintenance work, and general activities around the work sites, facilities, and buildings to ensure premises are clean and safe.
• Drives City trucks to transport workers, materials, and equipment to and from jobsite.
• Handles citizen complaints or concerns to facilitate prompt and efficient solutions; interacts with community and residents to provide excellent customer service, educate on tree benefits, parking regulations, emergency situations, updates them on lawn and tree maintenance, responds to concerns, and provides other relevant information in a prompt, timely, and efficient manner.
• Supports City of Dallas in emergency situations, serves as an on-call response member for storm events to keep rights-of-way and parking lots open, and remove storm damage debris from the city buildings, vehicles, and other amenities on public property.
• Performs other related work as needed or assigned.

Knowledge and Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED.

Experience

Four (4) years of experience working with variety of machines and equipment in a large municipality or complex infrastructure, performing general labor in various trades is required. Experience in supervising or leading a crew is highly preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

Other Requirements

Equivalency

Work Locations :

This position may be assigned to one of several Dallas Water Utilities locations. Please review the list of work sites and division-specific notes below :

Stormwater Floodway Operations & Neighborhood Drainage

Note : Crew Leaders will lead teams in floodway / levee systems and / or neighborhood drainage systems to ensure that stormwater creeks and channels are maintained and able to provide adequate drainage to reach pump stations to pump into the Trinity River.

Water Distribution

Note : Must have a valid Texas Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and a Texas Commission on Environmental Qualify (TCEQ) Class C Water Operator's License.

Wastewater Collection

Salary Range

$53,810.41 - $62,480.26 The salary listed on this job posting is the starting salary range; amount offered will depend upon qualifications.

City of Dallas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.