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Job Function:

To assist in establishing a maintenance program for City properties, i.e. buildings, sidewalks, curbs, catch basins and parking lots. This is skilled manual work in maintenance and repair tasks involving concrete work, carpentry skill for concrete form construction, and block and brick laying.

Career Path:

Essential Duties:

1. Performs all types of manual labor related to roads and streets.
2. Performs all repair work on sidewalks and curbs, signs, and streets.
3. Uses hand tools in opening and closing trenches.
4. Must work safely in congested traffic areas with potentially dangerous equipment.
5. Responsible for inspection and utilization of all safety equipment provided in accordance with standard operating procedures within the division.
6. Responsible for the cleaning of buildings and reporting areas.
7. Constructs, alters, and repairs curbing, sidewalks, catch basins, parking lots and may also lay block and brick.
8. Makes estimates of time and materials; keeps material and activity records.
9. May supervise helpers.
10. General equipment maintenance.
11. Cleaning up of work sites after job completion.
12. Driving of City Vehicles (A valid Florida Driver’s License is required)
13. Performs related functions as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of standard practices, methods, tools and materials of the trade
• Occupational hazards and safety precautions.
• Ability to make estimates of time and materials
• Works from sketches and plans; understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Skill in the care and use of tools, materials, and equipment common to the trade.
• Must possess a valid Florida Commercial Driver's License, class-B or higher.
• Must be able to supervise, plan and effectively carry-out assignments relating to all types of repair work.

Required Qualifications:

• High school graduate or GED equivalency required
• One (1) year experience as a general laborer preferred.
• A comparable amount of education and/or experience can be substituted for the minimum qualifications.
• Must possess a valid Florida driver’s license.
• Must obtain, within 6 months of hire date, a Class-B or higher Florida Commercial Driver’s License

Essential Physical Skills:

• Ability to talk by means of spoken words.
• Acceptable eyesight (with or without corrections).
• Acceptable hearing (with or with hearing aid).
• Walking or standing for periods of time.
• Work requires constant standing and walking, frequent lifting of 80 lbs. or more, very frequent bending, stooping, kneeling, crawling, pushing, pulling, climbing.Occasionally work around noxious fumes, chemicals. insects, and excessive noise.
• The wearing of a back-support brace is mandatory with heavy lifting.
• Very frequently must bend, dig, reach over head, kneel, climb ladders, stairs, hear and speak will, and make detailed inspections.
• Must be able to operate power saw, drills, jackhammers, portable mixers, power trowels, an assortment of hand tools, edger, trowel, hand-float, bull-float, jitterbug, wheelbarrow, and a cement truck.

Environmental Conditions:

Reasonable accommodations will be made in accordance with existing ADA requirements for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability.

Note: Job Descriptions are only intended to present a descriptive summary of the range of duties and responsibilities associated with specified positions. Therefore, specifications may not include all duties performed by individuals within a classification. In addition, specifications are intended to outline the minimum qualifications necessary for entry into the class and do not necessarily convey the qualifications of incumbents within the position.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. E-Verify Works for Everyone For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that your employer has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact DHS.

The City of Mount Dora is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Mount Dora will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Mount Dora is a drug-free, smoke-free, EOE.