Street Maintenance Worker II

Street Worker II is a full-time mid-level skill position in the Street Worker class series with responsibility to perform a wide variety of maintenance, repair, and construction assignments with general supervision. Under the general supervision of the Lead Streets Worker and General Services Superintendent, to perform a variety of unskilled and semiskilled work assignments in the maintenance, repair, and construction of City streets and storm drains; to learn basic equipment operation assignments; and to do related work as required. Work is typically performed outdoors and may involve work in extreme weather. Work assignments may include heavy physical and manual labor.Installs, repairs, and maintains streets and storm drains; may be assigned to maintenance and repair work on water distribution systems, sewage collection systems, and other public works facilities; stripes pavement; installs and repairs street signs; installs and maintains catch basins; patches streets and reconstructs alleys; performs resurfacing projects; performs brush clearing, mowing, and other grounds maintenance work; clears streams and drainage ditches; may operate hydro cleaning and sewage system maintenance equipment; Operate bucket truck for traffic signal maintenance and maintains street light utilities; drives dump trucks and street sweeper; learns a variety of basic equipment operation work; uses hand and power tools; performs heavy physical and manual labor; performs traffic control; operates vehicles and equipment.

• Safe work practices
• Methods, materials, and practices used in the City's public works maintenance and construction activities.
• Principles of operation and maintenance of motorized street equipment.
• Geography of the City and the location of its streets.
• Uses and purposes of hand tools.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language.
• Understand and follow oral and/or written instructions, policies and procedures.
• Prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations.
• Operate or quickly learn to operate a personal computer using software applications appropriate to assigned tasks; as applicable.
• Use logical thinking and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written directions or oral instructions.
• Perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under pressure of deadlines and changing priorities.
• Quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology.
• Act with integrity, ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.

• Perform unskilled, semi-skilled, and skilled public works maintenance and construction assignments.
• Perform assigned work with only general supervision.
• Learn the basic operation of vehicles and public works equipment.
• Use hand and power tools skillfully.
• Perform heavy manual labor.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Work irregular hours or shifts.

• High School diploma or GED required.
• Any combination of training and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the requisite knowledge and abilities would be one (1) year of work experience such as would be done by a Streets Worker I, working for the City of Fortuna.