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CITY OF ELKHART – JOB DESCRIPTION
DEPARTMENT
Public Buildings & Grounds
POSITION
Laborer
DIVISION
Buildings & Grounds
All Divisions
STATUS
Full-time
CATEGORY
Hourly
AFSCME PG-2 PG-3 PG-4
FLSA
Non-exempt
REPORTS TO
Public Buildings & Grounds
Department Head
Pay Range $20.92 – $21.58/Hour
JOB SUMMARY
The overall purpose of this position is to perform the duties of maintaining Public Buildings & Grounds properties and facilities. Those duties include a variety of manual labor tasks, including construction, on both a routine and as needed basis.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Construction Work
Framing, roofing, drywalling, painting
Assembling playground equipment
Properly maintain equipment and tools on a daily basis.
OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Set up appropriate safety equipment and direct vehicle traffic at job sites.
May be assigned to plow snow.
Painting and graffiti removal.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Public Buildings & Grounds Department Head.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
At least two years’ construction experience.
High school education, GED, or equivalent.
Must have a valid driver’s license.
Ability to lift up, to push, or lift up to (100) one hundred lbs.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to operate power tools, hand tools, and other related equipment.
Ability to operate trucks, tractors, and other equipment used by the department.
Ability to read blue prints and assembly instructions.
Ability to use a laser level.
Ability to work at twenty-foot heights on ladders.
PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND VISUAL SKILLS
Good mechanical aptitude.
Body agility is emphasized using feet, legs, hands, arms, and body equilibrium.
Position requires above normal lifting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, grasping, and upper body and back muscle exertion.
Vision requirements (with or without correction): clear vision at arm’s length and distances up to 100 feet. Excellent depth perception and ability to observe up or down, to the right and left while eyes are fixed on a given point.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Work is done in a standard 40 hour work week with some overtime hours including evenings and weekends.
Work takes place inside or outside year-round. Temperature extremes are: summer 95+ degrees and winter -10 degrees.
There is exposure to dirt, dust, snow, rain, equipment noise and vibrations, hazardous chemicals.
Work may be done on ladders up to twenty feet in the air.
POST OFFER TESTING REQUIRED
The City of Elkhart is a Drug Free Workplace. Therefore successfully passing a post offer drug screen is required (random drug testing may be conducted after employment).
Background checks producing acceptable BMV and criminal history reports required.
POLICY STATEMENT
The incumbent is required to possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities, and the physical, mental, and visual skills described in this job description to perform the principal duties, responsibilities and essential job functions.
This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent. Principal duties and responsibilities are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job and other duties and responsibilities include those that are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of this job.
This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employee holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by the Mayor. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.