Full-time, hourly position. This is heavy manual work involving limited skills in various maintenance and construction tasks. The employee performs general underground utility-related work, grounds keeping, some building maintenance, and janitorial duties. The employee performs laboring tasks requiring the use of hand tools, power tools, and construction equipment. The employee operates maintenance and construction automotive equipment and maintains the tools and/or equipment used. Instructions are received orally or written, and all work is subject to inspection of Maintenance Worker
Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills
Knowledge of tools and equipment used in pipeline construction and maintenance, and in building and grounds maintenance. Knowledge of basic safety rules regarding traffic control and excavations. Ability to operate trucks/trailers, tractors, loaders, tapping machines, air and hydraulic equipment, lawn maintenance equipment and related construction equipment. Must be able to understand and follow oral and written instructions. Must have the physical strength and agility to perform heavy manual labor. Must possess limited skills in various utility maintenance and construction tasks.
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS
Constant light lifting, light carrying, use of fingers and both hands; pushing; walking; standing; driving trucks and operating tractor loader, mowers, power saws, mud hog pumps, weed eaters; very frequently moderate lifting, moderate carrying, use of depth perception; frequent heavy lifting and carrying; reaching above shoulder, use of good near and distant vision, good hearing; kneeling, bending and stooping. Must dig with shovel, climb into and out of excavations.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION REQUIREMENTS
Constant work outside on uneven surfaces, in or with moving objects; very frequently working in heat, high humidity, day or night, in all types of weather, in or with noisy conditions, with fumes or gases, grease or oils, in or with moving vehicles, with vibrations, odors, and working alone or with others. Frequently working in dampness, chilliness, dusty, wet and dry conditions, in excavation or trenches, manholes, meter pits and tanks, on slippery surfaces; with feet or hands in the water.
WORK HAZARDS
Working around moving tractors, backhoes, trenchers, boom trucks, and general construction equipment. Frequently works in and around highway traffic.
SAFETY EQUIPMENT USED OR NEEDED
Rubber and leather steel-toe boots, rubber and leather gloves, goggles, rain gear, hard hats, safety glasses, safety vest as required on job.