Position Title : Street Construction Worker 1
Position Type: Full-time; non-exempt
Starting Hourly Pay Rate: $ 19.10; $20.07 with a CDL License
What we offer: Work schedule is Monday through Friday 7:00 am -3:30 pm. Uniform shirt and work boot voucher provided. On-Site, hands-on training for CDL license and excellent opportunities for career growth. Pay increase upon obtaining a CDL license.
Benefits: Excellent benefit package includes health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement pension with Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, Section 457 plan, Roth IRA, and 24- hour access to onsite fully equipped fitness center. Full time employees accrue vacation and sick leave bi-weekly.
Closing Date: Open until Filled. Review of applications upon receipt.
About This Opportunity:
Performs skilled trades work installing, repairing and maintaining streets, sidewalks, driveways, drainage ways and related facilities, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the regular supervision of the Street Construction Supervisor and Street Construction Crew Leader.
Essential Functions:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Repairs and maintains streets; repairs potholes; sets concrete forms and pours concrete.
- Installs, maintains and repairs drainage ways, catch basins, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, driveways, storm drains, etc.
- Prepares asphalt materials for resurfacing and patching.
- Grades streets, ditches and driveways.
- Cleans storm drains and catch basins.
- Maintains and repairs equipment.
- Performs tree trimming for the removal of tree limbs in the right of way and in the line of sight.
- Operates equipment such as loader, backhoe, dump truck, rollers, mowers and a variety of landscaping equipment.
- Participates in snow and ice removal.
- Responds to after-hours emergency calls as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Some knowledge of City and Department policies and procedures;
- thorough knowledge of the safe use, operation and preventive maintenance of the equipment to which assigned;
- general knowledge of City streets, SDS sheets, and (MUTCD) Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device;
- some knowledge in the use of standard office equipment and associated software;
- general knowledge in preparing correspondence; ability to understand and follow specific oral instructions;
- ability to perform manual labor for extended periods, often under unfavorable weather conditions;
- ability to lift heavy articles;
- ability to make arithmetic computations;
- ability to compute asphalt tonnage for repairs;
- ability to compute yards of concrete required for projects;
- ability to compute grade and slope;
- ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates.
Education and Experience:
High school diploma or GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Drivers License valid in Tennessee.
Special Requirements:
- Class A commercial driver’s license valid in the State of Tennessee preferred.
- Obtain a valid Class A commercial driver's license in the State of Tennessee within one year of hire.
- Obtain Tanker Endorsement within 2 years of hire.
- Obtain Forklift certifications within two years of hire.
- Complete Flagger, Confined Space, Trench Safety, Boom Truck, Defensive Driving, Pipe Laser and Transit training within two years of hire.
Physical Requirements:
- This work requires the regular exertion of up to 25 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 50 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force;
- work regularly requires standing and walking,
- frequent speaking or hearing,
- hand and finger dexterity, handle or feel,
- climbing or balancing, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling, lifting and repetitive motions and
- occasionally requires sitting, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and
- tasting or smelling;
- work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision;
- vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to other accurately, loudly or quickly;
- hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound;
- work requires visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts,
- using measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm’s length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities;
- worker has frequent working near moving mechanical parts,
- exposure to outdoor weather conditions, exposure to extreme heat (non-weather) and exposure to vibration and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather),
- working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals,
- exposure to the risk of electrical shock,
- wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and
- exposure to blood borne pathogens and
- may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. heavy traffic, large earth-moving equipment).
City of Maryville is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Location : STREETS - PUB WRKS
Posting Start : 06/16/2026
Posting End : 06/29/2026
Salary: $19.10-$20.07
