Equipment Operator III (E) - Stormwater

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more

information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13583306

**The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.**

**Distinguishing Features of Work**

This is skilled work in the safe and efficient operation of heavy and

specialized equipment used to maintain assets associated with the Flood

Control Project and Stormwater Management System. May supervise other

staff in completion of assigned tasks. Work is performed independently,

but under the general direction of a supervisor.

This position will require working outdoors in inclement weather

including but not limited to, rain, snow, ice, sleet, heat, and humidity

plus snow and ice removal and/or emergency response operations that

would include operating equipment and vehicles on overnight shifts,

weekends and in low-light and low visibility conditions, or other

adverse weather conditions.

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• \*\*Posting may close at any time\*\***
  
  

**Examples of Work Performed**

• Operates heavy equipment to perform assigned maintenance and
  
  

construction tasks. Examples of equipment operated include, but are

not limited to, street sweepers, bulldozers, large graders,

scrapers, large backhoes, large ditch digging machines, semi tractor

trailers and windrowing machines, and storm water combo cleaners.

• Specializes in a specific operation and ensures that it is done
  
  

well.

• Clean, repair, and replace storm sewer conduits and structures.
• Performs mechanical maintenance and service work on equipment
  
  

operated.

• Assists supervisors in various phases of operations, including daily
  
  

assignments of work tasks and completion of paperwork.

• These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive.
• Other related duties may be assigned as needed.
  
  

**Requirements of Work**

• Considerable knowledge of automotive equipment operation
• Knowledge of the tools, methods and materials used in construction
  
  

and maintenance activities

• Knowledge of methods used in making concrete, asphalt and brick
  
  

repairs; or knowledge of paints, thinners and related supplies

• Skill in the care and operations of heavy and specialized equipment
• Ability to lead the work of others in maintenance operations
• Ability to work outdoors when inclement weather conditions exist
• Ability to tolerate exposure to airborne environmental nuisances
  
  

associated with traffic and machine exhaust, open grounds, and

construction

• Ability to safely and effectively use a chainsaw and/or a jackhammer
• Ability to tolerate equipment and machinery noise with the use of
  
  

ear plugsAbility to continuously perform tasks that require one to

push, pull, climb (ladders and in and out of vehicular equipment),

bend, twist, reach, stand, and walk about (up to half a mile at a

time) for most of an eight hour shift

• Ability to lift and carry up to 75 pounds
• Ability to lift and carry up to 200 pounds with assistance from
  
  

another person

• Ability to maneuver self into riding machines with two foot steep
  
  

first step, and onto frame or fender as required to perform

fluid/filter check daily and maintenance every 100 hours or as

needed on mowers and plows

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in
  
  

writing

• Possession and ability to maintain a valid Kansas class A commercial
  
  

driver\'s license (CDL)with tanker endorsement; or, depending on the

position, class B with air brake and tanker endorsement. If you are

a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be required to have or

obtain a CDL from your home country.

• An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety
  
  

of other individuals in the workplace.

Please note that this position is part of a r ndom drug testing pool,

and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with

company policies and applicable laws.

Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment

physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory

evaluation of the results of a criminal records check.

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