Maintenance Operator bei City of Shakopee, MN

About the Department

Position Duties

• Heavy Equipment Operator: Operates wide range of large equipment including loaders, backhoes, graders, bucket trucks, Class 8 trucks with plows, street sweepers, jetting trucks, tractors, mowers, skid steers and other power equipment.
• Street Maintenance: Plowing, de-icing, snow removal, pavement repair, curb and sidewalk repair, installing ADA pedestrian ramps, grading, street sweeping, striping of roadways and parking lots. Pours, maintains and repairs driveways, parking lots and trails. Performs maintenance on roadsides, ditches, storm water ponds and drainage ways by mowing and removing sediment.
• Park Maintenance: Maintains athletic fields by applying herbicide and fertilizer, laying out, striping, grading, grooming, aerating, top dressing and mowing.  Maintains fencing, backstops, goals and lighting.  Installs, maintains, repairs, winterizes and starts-up irrigation systems to athletic fields and public grounds.  Constructs, inspects, and repairs playground equipment and orders parts as needed. Constructs, floods and maintains outdoor ice rinks. 
• Sanitary Sewer: Responds to sewer back-ups and lift station alarms as assigned. Performs construction and maintenance on sanitary sewers, including lift stations, air release valves, manholes and sanitary sewer mains by reconstructing, jetting, flushing and televising.
• Storm Sewer:  Reconstructs and repairs catch basins. Carries out emergency response duties in case of storms and floods; including the removal of debris and clearing of streets and property, sandbagging, jetting pipes and pumping of facilities.
• Building Maintenance: Constructs, repairs, remodels and maintains park buildings and picnic shelters including framing, roofing, pouring concrete, mechanical, plumbing and minor electrical issues to make buildings ADA compliant. Designs and fabricates projects out of metal and wood using welder, plasma cutter, grinder, sander, table saw, miter saw, pneumatic nailer and measuring tape.
• Equipment Maintenance: Installs and removes sanders, wings and plows on trucks.  Performs general maintenance on small equipment including concrete saws, compactors, chain saws, leaf blowers, mowers, string trimmers, chemical sprayers and paint sprayers.
• Tree Maintenance: Identifies, trims, removes and replaces trees in public right-of-ways, easements and City parks.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent and one year of related work experience. 
• Must possess, and maintain, a valid Class B driver's license with Tanker and Air Brake endorsements or ability to obtain within 6 month of hire.
• Must reside within thirty (30) minutes (weather and traffic permitting) of the Public Works building (400 Gorman St, Shakopee, MN 55379) within one year of hire. 

• Post-secondary education in a related field from an accredited college, university or technical school, and specialized certifications in sanitary sewer operations, pesticide application, forklift operation, playground and tree inspection, Public Works Certificate, or other applicable fields.
• Class A driver's license.