CITY OF JANESVILLE DIVERSITY STATEMENT:
The residents of Janesville choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a place to realize life’s opportunities. We strive to sustain a community culture where differences are recognized, understood, and appreciated. As such, the City of Janesville recognizes the importance of developing an environment where diversity is not merely accepted but embraced and celebrated. As public servants, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. To this end, we will diligently recruit and retain the most talented employees in an environment that fosters maximizing one’s potential. Therefore, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to consider employment with the City of Janesville and serve the residents of “Wisconsin’s Park Place”.
OBJECTIVE:
Under the general direction of the Operations Supervisor, this position is responsible for a variety of manual labor tasks in the daily operation and maintenance of the Public Works Operations Division. The Operator is responsible for operating a variety of equipment in the construction, repair, maintenance, and replacement of City streets and alleys, public right-of-way, stormwater system infrastructure, and sidewalks. This position is also responsible for snow and ice control and other severe weather operations, and is involved with residential waste collection services and landfill operations.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to: Operations Supervisor directly, and reports to the Assistant Operations Director – Infrastructure & Equipment or Assistant Operations Director – Solid Waste indirectly.
Has regular work contact with Department, Division, and Office Heads, City employees, and the general public.
Supervises: None
EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS, AND MACHINES:
Machinery and equipment including personal computer and other standard office machines, City motor vehicles including pick-up trucks, dump trucks, end loaders, skid-steer loaders,bucket truck, aerial truck, grapple loaders multi-function tractors, automated waste collection vehicles, graders, dozers, backhoes, excavators, rollers, trailers, chain saw, gas-powered pole saw, walk behind concrete saw, walk behind compactor, pavement and pipe saws, air hammer, gas-powered and manual post pounders, compressed air, walk-behind painting equipment, lawn mowers, gas-powered trimmer and blower, brush chipper, street sweeper, snow plow, common hand and power tools, and cell phones.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an outdoor environment and will frequently be exposed to adverse weather conditions, including extreme heat and extreme cold, high winds, and wet/humid conditions. The employee will work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, dust, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy. This position exerts continuous physical effort, working with average and heavyweight materials, and frequently walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls for sustained periods of time. This position can exert up to 100 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.
A regular, Monday – Friday, 40-hour work schedule is required for this position. Additionally, this position will respond to emergency situations twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week as needed.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
