Public Works Maintenance

Description

GENERAL PURPOSE

Under direct supervision from the Public Works Crew Leader and Public Works Director, performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled duties in the construction and maintenance of Village streets, sidewalks, water and sewer systems; and related work as assigned. 

This position is a union position with the Construction and General Laborers District Council of Chicago and Vicinity and its Local 681 of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, AFL-CIO. 

The annual starting salary range for the position is $52,450.90. The Village of Glenwood offers an excellent employee benefits package including medical insurance, dental, vision, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Pension participation, paid sick, personal, vacation and paid holidays.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Water system maintenance

· Sanitary sewer maintenance

· Storm sewer maintenance

· Roadway maintenance

· Village owned building maintenance

· Snow removal 

· Storm damage remediation

· Village hosted event assistance

· Village department assistance

· Traffic sign maintenance

· Street lighting maintenance

· Tree maintenance

· Janitorial maintenance

· Other duties as assigned

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

· High School diploma or equivalent

· Possession of a Class B CDL license with air brakes within 90 days of hire

PHYSICAL DEMAND

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. Perform heavy manual labor and lift to 100 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms; stand; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk, hear and smell.

Work performed is subject to interruptions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to forty pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job the employee often works in outside weather conditions. The employee may occasionally work near moving mechanical parts. The employee may occasionally work in high, precarious places and may be occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, airborne particles, and toxic chemicals. The employee may occasionally be exposed to risk of electrical shock.

EQUIPMENT

Small hand tools 

Pick up truck  

Gas-Powered Tools 

Woodchipper 

Dump truck 

Backhoe loader

Wheel loader 

Skid steer 

Asphalt roller 

Snowplow  

Salt spreader 

Water system controls

Sewer system controls 

Sewer Jetter/vacuum/hydro-excavator truck   

The Village of Glenwood is committed to diversity, open and honest hiring practices, justice in compensation and benefits, treating each person with respect and dignity, providing appropriate assistance in each person’s growth and development, and acting as a just steward of the resources entrusted to us.
 

In accordance with the regulations of the State of Illinois, the Village of Glenwood conducts background checks on all employees, contractors and volunteers. 

The Village of Glenwood provides equal employment opportunity for all qualified persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, ethnicity, ancestry, military status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable law.