Construction Crew Leader - Restoration

Construction Crew Leader – Restoration

Schedule: 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; must participate in an assigned on-call rotation Department: City Utilities – Field Operations

Help restore the places Fort Wayne residents live, work, and travel. As a Construction Crew Leader – Restoration, you'll lead a crew completing site, landscape, and concrete restoration after utility work and infrastructure repairs.

What You'll Do

Lead and work alongside a crew restoring sites affected by utility construction, excavation, and infrastructure repairs. You'll help ensure restoration work meets City standards, project requirements, and safety rules.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct and assist crews with grading, soil replacement and compaction, erosion control, seeding, strawing, sod placement, and other landscape restoration.
• Oversee concrete demolition, site preparation, forming, placement, finishing, and curing for sidewalks, curbs, approaches, pads, and other flatwork; oversee asphalt patching when needed.
• Inspect sites before and after restoration to check grading, drainage, compaction, stabilization, and compliance with project specifications.
• Secure work zones and ensure crew members follow safety and traffic control requirements. As the designated Competent Person for excavation and trenching, identify hazards and take prompt corrective action within your authority.
• Prepare daily records of employee time, equipment and materials used, completed work, and rolling stock and equipment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Direct the daily workflow of the assigned crew.
• Serve as the OSHA Competent Person for trenching and excavation for the assigned crew.
• Train and assist with training Utility employees.
• Address performance issues and notify the supervisor when discipline may be necessary.

What You Bring

Education and Experience

• Education equivalent to a high school diploma.
• Four years of heavy equipment construction experience or two years of management experience.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Valid Indiana driver's license.
• New employees hired into this position must have a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Class A learner's permit and obtain a regular CDL within their first 180 days.
• Existing employees must maintain a valid CDL Class A with a tanker (N) endorsement.
• Competent Person certification in excavation and trenching; must be obtained within 90 days of the start date.
• Competent Person certification in confined space; must be obtained within 90 days of the start date.

Skills and Abilities

• Understand construction work processes, methods, and the use of equipment and machinery.
• Perform heavy and strenuous physical work.
• Use Windows- and iOS-based software, work order management and GIS software, and a mobile data terminal.
• Write routine reports and correspondence, communicate effectively, and maintain professional working relationships with coworkers and the public.
• Follow written, verbal, and diagram-based instructions; perform basic arithmetic and calculate slope.
• Address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Communicate proficiently in English.

Work Environment

Work is performed outdoors in adverse weather, including temperature extremes, humidity, precipitation, and dust. Employees may be exposed to wet or humid conditions, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, heights, vibration, and very loud noise. The role may require entering, exiting, and working in confined spaces while wearing safety equipment and respiratory devices.

Why Work for the City of Fort Wayne?

Do work that makes a visible difference in the community. This role helps return streets, sidewalks, and properties to safe, usable condition after essential utility work.