Equipment Operator I (Water Operations)

: Performs skilled trades work operating a variety of medium to heavy automotive, construction and specialty equipment, and related work as required. Work is performed under the moderate supervision of the assigned Crew Supervisor. Full supervision is exercised over subordinate crew members.

Essential Functions

: - Operates a variety of medium to heavy equipment such as rollers, backhoe, front-end loader, dump truck, tractors and similar motorized vehicles and small equipment.

• Operates backhoe to cut and remove asphalt street sections, sidewalks or curb and gutter for patch or reconstruction; digs trenches, culverts and loads sand, rocks, etc.
• Assists with paving potholes and repairing utility cuts, raising valves and manhole covers in preparation for resurfacing, constructing curb and gutter and sidewalks, cleaning catch basins and other tasks.
• Operates motor grader equipment to clear rights-of-ways.
• Performs fine grading on roads and ditches.
• Ensures grades for roads.
• Grades areas for curb and gutter and sidewalks.
• Loads dirt, stone and sand on trucks.
• Removes heavy brush and debris.
• Operates landscaping equipment and performs a variety of grounds keeping tasks.
• Maintains landscaped areas.
• Excavates and fills grave sites.
  
  

Operates equipment in street and pedestrian traffic, around other ground utilities and in other tight places requiring care and skill.

• Performs minor repairs and maintenance to assigned equipment.
• Cleans and washes equipment on a periodic basis.
• When not operating medium to heavy equipment operates light equipment or heavy equipment in a training capacity.
• Performs related tasks as required.
  
  

: - High school diploma or GED and moderate experience in the operation of motorized equipment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• General knowledge of the operation, maintenance, capabilities and limitations of equipment used in area of assignment.
• General knowledge of the occupational hazards and proper safety precautions involved in the operation of equipment.
• Thorough knowledge of traffic laws and regulations governing equipment operation.
• Skill in the operation of equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow specific oral instructions.
• Ability to detect signs of mechanical failure of equipment.
• Ability to make minor repairs and adjustments to equipment.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public.
• Possession of Class I Collections or Class C Distribution certifications preferred depending on departmental assignment.
• Possession of a Class A commercial driver's license valid in the State of North Carolina.
  
  

: This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently sitting, speaking or hearing and reaching with hands and arms and occasionally requires standing, walking, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires depth perception, color perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to extreme co d (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock and exposure to vibration; work is generally in a very loud noise location (e.g. jack hammer work, garbage recycle plant).