Seasonal Equipment Operator

This is a seasonal position. Hours are variable up to 40 per week depending on department need.

Final Day To Apply:

10/11/2026

It's fun and rewarding to work for the City of Steamboat Springs!  Our employees are passionate and proud to serve our community with excellence and distinction.  Our teams are awesome, and we are committed to our community and the very special place that is Steamboat Springs, Colorado! 

Job Description:

Job Description

When joining the City of Steamboat Springs, you can expect to work for an organization with:

• A team that strives to make this the best place you’ve ever worked!
• A focus on supporting our employees’ mental, physical, and financial well-being
• A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion that creates a welcoming city 
• A highly engaged workforce proudly serving our community with excellence and distinction
• A passion for strategically providing outstanding municipal services
• A promise to each other to support the work we all do for the city, community & Yampa Valley

Uniqueness Fuels Our Innovative Spirit
Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity and experiences drives us forward every day. It's the collective sum of our experiences that makes Steamboat Springs and the Yampa Valley a powerful, insightful and welcoming community.  

The City of Steamboat Springs' is hiring Seasonal Equipment Operators to join our team!

2026 Pay Range: $27.67 - $37.36

$2,000 end of season bonus.

Placement within range depends on experience.

Nov. 1 - April 1 - Guaranteed 40 hours per week through the season with the possibility of an End of Season Bonus.

GENERAL PURPOSE

This position performs a variety of semi-skilled and skilled maintenance work and operates a variety of equipment.
 
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Works under the general supervision of the Streets Supervisor or Foreman.
 
SUPERVISION EXERCISED 
None generally. May serve as a lead worker over seasonal worker.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Serves as an ambassador of the City of Steamboat Springs and upholds City values of Service, Teamwork, Integrity, Well-being, Respect and Compassion, while always espousing safety.

Maintains approximately 80 miles of streets, 160 lane miles, 6 miles of alleys, 102 cul-de-sacs, 50 parking lots, trails and parks including sanding, plowing, and clearing of snow from streets, sidewalks, and trails.

Operates a variety of medium-sized to heavy equipment including backhoe, loader, tandem axle trucks, graders, excavators etc. in performing job duties. Performs pre-trip and post-trip inspections and fills out daily inspection sheets.

May be required to work Special Events during holiday periods. May need to be available during periods of emergency or 24 hours call out. Such activities include snow removal, monitoring mudslides and high water, sandbagging, cleaning debris, fallen trees and stop sign repair.

Ensures the proper maintenance of equipment and tools by cleaning and checking equipment and tools after use.

Drives trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling, and unloading of various equipment, gravel, sand, and snow.

Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned

equipment and refers defects or needed repairs to supervisor or mechanic.

Keeps equipment clean and in good operating order.

Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards and policies.

DESIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Graduation from high school education or GED equivalent, and
• Four (4) years of experience relating to construction, maintenance, or repair, or
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of a class B with Air brakes CDL

Necessary knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of equipment, facilities, materials, methods, and procedures used in maintenance, construction, and repair activities.
• Skill in operation of some of the listed tools and equipment. Ability to perform heavy manual tasks for extended periods of time; Ability to work safely.
• Ability to communicate effectively; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other departments, and the public; Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions.
• Additional skills and abilities include operation monitoring (watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is operating properly; active listening; critical thinking (using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems); control precision (the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions; multi-limb coordination; near vision, depth perception, problem sensitivity and rate control (the ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene).
  
  

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Must have a valid Commercial Driver's License (CDL) and ability to maintain one.

Will be on call from November 1st to April 1st and be available to plow snow 24/7. This includes all weekends and Holidays.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED

All medium to heavy equipment and motorized vehicles, including dump truck, pickup truck, utility truck, motor grader, street sweeper, street roller, backhoe, excavator, loader, dozer, tamper, plate compactor, saws, pumps, propane kettle, compressors, sanders, generators, common hand and power tools, shovels, wrenches, detection devices, mobile radio and phone.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 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.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is loud.

SELECTION GUIDELINES

Formal application, rating of education and experience; oral interview and reference check; job related tests may be required.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. 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.

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.

EOE.

If you like serving in a role that will directly and positively impact our great community, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Pay Range:

$27.67 - $37.36

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.