MAINTENANCE WORKER III - UTILITIES / DYAL WTP

This is heavy manual work involving limited skills in various maintenance and construction tasks.  The employee performs grounds keeping, some building maintenance and assists with treatment plant maintenance when required.  Employee performs laboring tasks requiring the use of hand tools, power tools, and equipment or occasional use of light automotive equipment; responsible for the upkeep and efficient operation of the tools and/or equipment used.  Instructions are usually received verbally and routine scheduled work is performed under the supervision of the Plant’s Chief Operator/Superintendent.  Instructs Maintenance Worker I employee, plans and schedules work loads for Dyal, Wewahootee and Taylor Creek Reservoir. Operates power mowers, edgers, weed eaters, clippers and other equipment used in landscape and grounds maintenance.  Operates small and large tractor for mowing, moving and spreading dirt and for a variety of landscaping projects.  Assists treatment plant operations and maintenance personnel with preventative and constructive maintenance projects.  Applies fertilizers, sprays herbicides and insecticides, maintains landscape plants, pruning, and trimming of shrubs and trees.

Knowledge, ability and skills 
Knowledge of tools and equipment used in building and grounds maintenance.  Knowledge of landscape plants, shrubs, trees and their care.  Knowledge of chemical sprayers and application rates.  Ability to operate lawn maintenance equipment, small and large tractors. (Backhoe and graders preferred)  Understand and follow verbal and written instructions.  Physical strength and agility to perform heavy manual labor.  Ability to supervise, direct, plan and schedule various work tasks.  Limited skills and various maintenance and grounds keeping tasks.  Skill to measure and apply herbicides properly.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS
Constant light lifting, light carrying, use of fingers and both hands; pushing; walking; standing; driving and operating lawn tractor, mowers, edgers, weedeaters; very frequent moderate lifting, moderate carrying, use of depth perception; frequent heavy lifting and carrying, reaching above shoulders; use of good near and distant vision, good hearing; kneeling, bending and stooping.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION REQUIREMENTS
Constant work outside on uneven surfaces, in or with moving objects; very frequently working in heat, high humidity, in or with noisy conditions with fumes or gases, grease or oils, in or with moving vehicles, with vibrations, odors, and works alone.  Frequently working in dampness or chilliness, in or with dusty conditions, with lawn maintenance chemicals, on slippery surfaces; with feet or hands in the water.

WORK HAZARDS
Working around moving lawn maintenance equipment, herbicides, fertilizers, and insecticides.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT USED OR NEEDED
Rubber boots, rubber gloves, goggles, raingear, hard hat(s), safety glasses and respirator(s).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications in order to be considered for the position.