CITY OF ELKHART – JOB DESCRIPTION
Public Buildings & Grounds
Hourly AFSCME
PG-4 to PG-6 ($24.26 -$25.16)
Public Buildings & Grounds
Department Head
The overall purpose of this position is to perform the duties of maintaining Public Buildings & Grounds properties in the City of Elkhart. Those duties include a variety of manual labor tasks on both a routine and as needed basis.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist Construction Crew in day-to-day duties.
- Assist in drywall, painting, concrete, framing and electrical work.
- Complete work orders as assigned and communicate graffiti found along with removal of the same.
- Operate various equipment including: bobcat, Zamboni, dump truck, hand tools, sand blaster and ability to pull a trailer safely
- Properly maintain equipment and tools on daily basis.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Set up appropriate safety equipment and direct vehicle traffic at job sites.
- Various tasks related to set up, custodial care, breaking down, and other needs for public events.
- Perform other duties assigned by the Public Building & Grounds Department Head.
- High school education, GED, or equivalent.
- Valid Operator’s License
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to operate power tools, table saw, transit, level, nail gun, hand tools, and other related equipment.
- Ability to operate trucks, tractors, and other equipment used by the department.
PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND VISUAL SKILLS
- Good mechanical aptitude.
- Body agility is emphasized using feet, legs, hands, arms, and body equilibrium.
- Position requires above normal lifting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, grasping, and upper body and back muscle exertion.
- Vision requirements (with or without correction): clear vision at arm’s length and distances up to 100 feet. Excellent depth perception and ability to observe up or down, to the right and left while eyes are fixed on a given point.
Work is done in a standard 40-hour work week with some overtime hours including evenings and weekends. Work takes place inside or outside year-round. Temperature extremes are: summer 95+ degrees and winter -10 degrees. There is exposure to dirt, dust, snow, rain, and noise, equipment and vibrations, hazardous chemicals.
POST OFFER TESTING REQUIRED
- The City of Elkhart is a Drug Free Workplace. Therefore, successfully passing a post offer drug screen is required (random drug testing may be conducted after employment).
- Background checks producing acceptable BMV and criminal history reports required.
- The incumbent is required to possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities, and the physical, mental, and visual skills described in this job description to perform the principal duties, responsibilities and essential job functions.
- This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent. Principal duties and responsibilities are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job and other duties and responsibilities include those that are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of this job.
- This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employee holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by the Mayor. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.
EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I have read and understand all of the above. I have reviewed the duties and responsibilities for which I am responsible, as well as the minimum requirements of this position, with my supervisor. I understand that this document does not create an employment contract, and the above declarations are not intended to be an “all-inclusive” list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.
