Public Works Floater

Type:Full TimeSalary/Pay Rate:$40,000Posted Date:05/13/2024 1:34 PM

40 Hours per week; Full-Time; Non-Exempt

This position is a floating position and will be assigned job duties and/or shifts in any of the seven divisions within the Department of Public Works. They will be required to perform or assist with a variety of tasks and functions. Floaters are assigned to a division each day.

Essential Functions

• Assists engineering by logging contractor activity at county worksites.

• Assists Equipment Maintenance Workers with duties such as removing and/or installing belts, hydraulic cylinders, and electric motors.

• Assists Mechanics and Parts Person with duties such as servicing and/or repairing equipment and picking up and/or delivering parts.

• Assists Plumbers, Electricians, and Carpenter's with duties such as carrying pipe, cutting wood, and pulling electrical wire.

• Maintains services, cleans, and makes minor repairs of tools and equipment to ensure it is kept in good mechanical working condition such as spreader motors, chainsaws, pole saws and other gas-powered equipment.

• Operates or assists in the operation of motorized and mechanical equipment such as lawn mowers, jack hammers, electric saws, gas saws, electric drills, tampers, chainsaws, pole saws, post pounders, nail guns, and weed whackers.

• Performs Motor Coach and Minibus duties such as driving a bus, assisting clients on and off the bus, and maintaining a daily travel log and vehicle manifest.

• Performs Curbside Resource Recovery Worker and Resource Driver Duties such as picking up and dumping recycling buckets and climbing on and off vehicles.

• Performs Facilities Attendant, Painter, Mailroom Clerk, Maintenance Worker, and Grounds Worker Duties such as moving furniture, painting, delivering mail, and providing guidance to visitors.

• Performs Home Delivered Meal, In-Home Service Worker, and Transportation Aide duties such as carrying meals to entrances of households, performing wellness checks, driving clients to medical appointments, and assisting clients in and out of vehicles as needed.

• Performs proper pre-trip inspections of vehicles as per C.D.L. requirements.

• Performs Road Worker and Bridge Worker duties such as driving trucks and manual labor required to patch potholes, trim trees, clean ditches, maintain vegetation, and install pipe.

• Shovels snow and/or operates equipment used in snow removal.

• Performs other related duties in the Department of Public Works as required or assigned by the Director of Public Works.

Essential Qualifications

• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.

• Ability to obtain within three months or currently hold a valid New Jersey Commercial Class A Driver's License with a P Endorsement and air brake restriction.

• Ability to operate hand and power tools safely and take safety precautions in performing the work.

• Ability to assist skilled and unskilled labor.

• Ability to work independently.

• Knowledge of standard tools, materials, methods, practices, occupational hazards, and safety.

Preferred

• Ability to handle adverse conditions and flexibility to properly adjust to condition changes.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to solve practical problems and manage time effectively.