Position: Laborer

Department: Public Works & Engineering; Streets and Right of Way Division

Employment Status: Temporary - Full Time - Non-Exempt

Schedule:

Schedules currently change based on seasons.

April to October: Monday-Thursday 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

November to March: Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Compensation: Grade 1; Salary Range starting at $17.20/hour

POSITION SUMMARY

Works under the direction of the Streets & Right of Way Superintendent, the Deputy Director of Engineering & Public Works, and at times the Crew Leader.

The laborer is responsible for performing tasks required to maintain and repair asphalt and concrete surfaces, clean road ditches and sidewalks of debris, ROW maintenance and clean roadways of snow and ice during winter months. May perform duties requiring some minimum skill in carpentry, masonry, pipe laying, and other learned traits; operates light equipment 3 ton or less. This position does not require a CDL and would not be eligible to operate dump trucks and snowplow spreader trucks.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES - KNOWLEDGE – SKILLS - ABILITIES

• Performs various manual labor tasks required to maintain and repair city streets (i.e. shoveling materials, loading/unloading trucks, and operating handheld power tools and equipment)
• Performs tasks related to paving, concrete, and excavation/filling.
• Operates light equipment such as farm or lawn tractors, rubber tire front end loaders, gas powered asphalt roller, chainsaw, forklift, manual rollers, tamper, shovel, pick, light duty trucks, and other equipment smaller than three (3) tons.
• Cleans street ditches, culverts, sidewalks, right of ways, and curbs of leaves, garbage, trees, tree limbs, and other debris including encampments. Shoveling, using a leaf blower, rake and broom.
• Performs installation and maintenance of various street signs, markers, lines, thermoplastic etc. to ensure safe, efficient flow of traffic and pedestrians.
• Works to treat city streets for snow and ice using both snow and ice removal equipment and hand-held tools (may operate a truck with plow, does not require CDL, would not be allowed to operate any CDL truck).
• Helps prepare right-of-way and areas for special events.
• Participates in on-call rotations for emergency responses, storm and snow events.
• Cleans equipment and tools used during the workday.
• Cleaning bathrooms, removing trash, cleaning offices and vehicles, cleaning windows. Any and all basic custodial duties as directed by the Superintendent.
• Promotes an image of professional, courteous service as a representative of the City of Morgantown.
• Employee encounters occasional contact with other departments and general public.
• Maintains paperwork, works orders, and other items as needed and assigned by supervisor, describing materials, equipment, and personnel used during the day.
• Performs duties as assigned by supervisors orally or in writing in a timely fashion.
• Wears all PPE required for a job and follows all safety policies.
• Employees will use computers and other equipment to receive/send communication, submit timesheet, request vacation, complete required training, and more.
• Other duties as assigned.

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Regular exposure to particularly physically demanding, unpleasant, strenuous, and/or hazardous elements such as dealing with inclement weather, operating heavy equipment, etc.
• Employee spends a majority of work shift using equipment and performing tasks requiring repeated bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, or crawling. Occasional activities require working from elevated workspaces. Daily operations require unaided lifting of objects weighing as much as fifty-one (51) pounds.
• Employee spends time in City facilities, occasionally outdoors, or in a vehicle. Daily conditions encountered include odors, fumes, dust, dirt, noise, and vibration. Other conditions vary with precipitation and seasonal changes.
• Hazardous conditions encountered daily include but are not limited to:

Constant hazards: Danger from passing traffic, mechanical hazards when using heavy equipment, and entering confined spaces.
Occasional hazards: Tripping or slipping due to terrain and weather conditions, traffic accidents when working to remove snow and ice, and earth or brick cave-ins when laying pipe or working in manholes or drops. Fire hazards and working around potentially explosive materials.
Possible hazards: Contact with extremely hazardous or toxic waste, sharps/needles and other debris when making deliveries of trash to the landfill, hazards associated with working around large vehicles on narrow roads and steep grades and various weather conditions.

USE OF TECHNOLOGY & EQUIPMENT

• Position has daily use of computers for data entry and use of the telephone, radios, fax machine, copier, etc.
• Position has daily use of light equipment such as push mowers, weed whackers, pole saws, custodial equipment, etc.

CONTACT & SUPERVISION

• Position involves frequent internal and external contact, but generally on routine matters such as furnishing or obtaining information.
• This position does not supervise any employees.
• Reports to the Street Superintendent, Deputy Director of Engineering & Public Works, and Director of Engineering & Public Works.

The City of Morgantown is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Education:

• High school degree or equivalent (GED).

Certification/License:

• Valid Driver’s License
• Class D Driver’s License must be acquired within 30 days of employment.

Experience:

• One year of general construction experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• More than 1 year of general construction experience.
• Ability to read and understand construction plans and blueprints.
• Experience operating light duty equipment such as chainsaws, payloaders, snowplow, tractors.
• Some training in First Aid, CPR, and safe driving.