Hybrid BMP Maintenance Worker I (Storm Water) presso City of Norfolk, VA

About the Department

CITY OF NORFOLK: Department of Public Works is currently seeking a BMP Maintenance Worker I within the Division of Environmental Storm Water Management.  This position is the team leader position responsible for the field crews that perform maintenance of ditches, drains, and retention ponds, the installation, repair, and maintenance of stormwater infrastructure, and the sweeping of city streets.  The storm water best management practice (BMP) crew ensures maintenance on the stormwater water quality and quantify facilities.  This maintenance is essential to ensuring regulatory compliance.  This crew also provides support to the street sweeping and ditch maintenance crews. This is a grant funded special project position and will only be eligible for employment for 5-years

The Department of Public Works builds, maintains and operates the physical facilities that support and enhance the lives of Norfolk’s citizens, businesses and visitors, including the City’s Street Network, Traffic Management System, Storm Water System, Waste Management, and Recycling.

Position Duties

Essential functions include but are not limited to:

• Participates in general labor functions as part of an operational storm water crew that performs the installation, maintenance, cleaning, and repairs to ditches, drains, structures, retention ponds, and other storm water infrastructure. 
• Maintains and repairs city infrastructure by opening manhole structures, breaking stoppages, digging/excavating, laying pipes, building brick/concrete manhole structures, fitting joints, dewatering, assembling pipes, grading areas, setting forms, and cleaning work areas.
• Supports the street sweeping operations by removing abandoned shopping carts from city streets, cleaning dead ends and underpasses, and cleaning trash and debris from city land. 
• Supports the preventative and emergency inspections and maintenance for all mechanical and electrical storm water machinery and equipment such as pumping stations, emergency generators, flood gates, outfall valves, and tide gauges.
• Operates various hand-held and walk-behind power tools such as blowers, weed eaters, lawn mowers, pressure washers, chainsaws, jackhammers, concrete saws, asphalt kettles, compactors, etc.
• May operate equipment such as pickup trucks, skid steer, and rodding machines.  
• Transports workers, equipment, and construction material to and from job sites.
• Performs minor equipment and tool inspection, maintenance, and repairs.
• Assists loading and unloading equipment and materials on job sites.
• Performs general maintenance by cleaning, sweeping, mopping, litter pick up, vegetation maintenance, etc. for buildings, yards, and vehicles.
• Supports training of personnel on safety, equipment, and job functions.
• Establishes safe work environments by setting up traffic control, trench boxes, cones, signs, etc, and ensuring appropriate personal protective equipment is utilized.  Performs traffic flagging as required.
• Responds to emergencies by removing storm damage debris, plowing snow/ice from right of way, dewatering flooded areas, and placing temporary patches on roadways. 
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Work requires the ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines. Level of knowledge equivalent to less than high school or equivalency.

The preferred candidate will have the ability to:
•Climb, stoop, and bend.
•Lift up to 75 pounds.
•Understand oral and written instructions.
•Use adequate hearing, vision, and depth perception to safely work in the right of way and operate construction equipment in streets with high traffic volume.
•Work over open water or from boats.
•Work in confined spaces.
•Work from elevations requiring fall protection.
•Work in adverse weather conditions, including extreme temperatures and wet / rainy environments during both emergency and non-emergency conditions.

Other Qualifications

Must possess a valid Driver’s License. 
Must provide a copy of Division of Motor Vehicle driving record (obtained within last 30 days) during the interview.

Work Hours:  Monday – Friday 6:30 am to 3:00 pm; 40 hours per week every week; This position may require the candidate to work a mandatory rotating on-call schedule and respond to after-hour emergencies. 

Signing Bonus:  This position is eligible for a one-time $5000 sign on bonus.