Crewleader

Job Description

Job Description

The individual in this position will lead and participate in the work of an assigned crew which will use and maintain a variety of equipment for the heavy-duty nature of the jobs that will be performed for construction and maintenance activities associated with City properties, streets, right of ways, water distribution, wastewater collection, and/or landscape and concrete operations. The Crewleader has the responsibility of assessing the abilities of team members and aligning these with the tasks at hand to determine the work method, necessary tools, equipment and supplies. Essential duties include:

• Operates a variety of equipment including, but not limited to: edger, weed eater, shovel, hand-held sprayers, chainsaw, leaf blower, demolition saws, pneumatic hammers, mowers, bushhogs, and tractors.
• Operates a variety of standard heavy equipment including, but not limited to: vehicles, aerial and boom slope mowers, articulating bucket lifts, clam and bucket trucks, trencher, dump trucks, articulated loader, rubber tire tractor/loader, trailer, bulldozer, backhoe loader, mini-excavators, off-highway truck, and skid steer loader.
• Performs pre-trip and daily inspections to assigned equipment or vehicle; checks brakes, lights, belts, hoses, fluid levels, air pressure, etc., reports equipment or vehicle service, maintenance, or repair needs to immediate supervisor. Records inspections and routine service log.
• Assists in the routine maintenance and repair of City grounds, properties, systems, and equipment.
• Loads and hauls gravel, debris, and other materials onto dump trucks (poundage less than CDL requirements) to and from job sites.
• Maintains an accurate inventory of tools, parts, and equipment.
• Assists with maintenance of safety equipment (i.e., atmospheric gas detector calibrations, maintenance/repair of fall arrest equipment, maintenance/repair of forced ventilation blowers.)
• Maintains assigned vehicles and equipment; assists in cleaning vehicles and other equipment.
• Assists with loading, unloading, and moving equipment in and around job sites and storage yard.
• Sets up safe work sites, ensures safe work practices and flags traffic as needed.
• Ensures that vehicles and equipment are properly stocked with parts and supplies, and that routine maintenance is performed on these and any tools used.
• Performs related duties.

Department specific duties also include:

Cemetery:

• Locates proper grave sites, measures and marks site for preparation of interments, and setting of markers and monuments.
• Opens and closes crypt and niche doors for interments.
• Assists the public in the location of grave sites.
• Perform repairs and maintenance on sunken graves and existing foot markers.
• Maintains the appearance and functionality of the cemetery, including general landscaping; mowing and trimming of grass, applying fertilizers and pesticides, planting, pruning and care of trees and shrubs, removal of trash and debris.
• Performs tamping, seeding, and strawing lots.
• Cleans and maintains mausoleum and columbarium structures.
• Maintains detailed records of daily work completed, including areas serviced and materials used.
• Must have the ability to interact with families in a sensitive and respectful manner and the ability to read and interpret cemetery specific maps, in order to navigate cemetery grounds.

***Candidate must be able to work a flexible schedule including early mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays.***

Golf & Parks:

• Assists with the repair and maintenance of irrigation systems.
• Paints buildings and course signs as needed.
• Aerates grasses.
• Changes greens cups.
• Moves tee markers.
• Maintains ball washers.
• Mows city parks and median islands.
• Assist with upkeep of equipment repair, organization of work shop, tools and parts inventory.
• Assist with maintenance and operation of drainage, irrigation and other mechanical watering systems.
• Spreads granular materials using large tractor mounted spreaders, and walking push spreaders.
• Trims shrubbery; prunes and removes trees.
• Plants and maintains trees, grass, shrubs and flowers in landscaped areas.
• Calibrates and maintains various spray equipment such as boom sprayers, backpack sprayers and hand-held sprayers to apply fertilizers and pesticides.

***Candidate must be able to work a flexible schedule including early mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays. Previous relevant golf course maintenance experience, preferred.***

Streets:

• Plants trees, grass, shrubs and flowers in landscaped areas.
• Blows leaves from sidewalks, parking lots and sidewalks.
• Trims and removes limbs and debris.
• Empties trash containers and picks up trash.
• May assist in the application of pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers.
• Clears ditches along roadways
• Assists with tree trimming, pruning and removal.
• May assist in the installation and maintenance of sidewalks.
• Performs flagging duties associated with work zone traffic control.
• Pulls ditches, and cuts or removes debris.
• Performs street maintenance duties, planned and unplanned.
• Pours concrete; forms and grades sidewalks.
• Repairs street cuts and potholes.
• Repairs damaged lawns and landscaping; plants grass.
• Assists in set-up and clean-up of special events.
• Installs and disassembles holiday decorations.

Water Distribution/Wastewater Collections:

• Repairs water leaks in main lines and sewer lines which require the ability to locate the issue.
• Flushes water lines and fire hydrants; checks water pressure.
• Installs water meters.
• Changes cut-offs.
• Assists with excavation projects.
• Leads the crew and participates in the repair of excavation sites.