EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 1

Introduction

The City of Milwaukee is proud to employ a diverse workforce

that is committed to providing exemplary service to the City’s residents. If

you have a passion for being a part of an inclusive team of public servants,

please consider the following opportunity.

Purpose

The Equipment Operator 1 performs professional driving and

critical manual laboring functions, including municipal solid waste and

recycling collection, street sweeping, snow and ice control, and operation of

heavy equipment for the Department of Public Works. This position is

critical to the cleanliness, health and safety of the City, its residents and

visitors.

The Department of Public Works is committed to providing the

highest quality of services to its internal and external customers.

Essential Functions

Driving and Technical

• Perform professional commercial driving; operate collection and specialty vehicles.
• Collect and load municipal solid waste or recyclable waste, furniture, miscellaneous items, and brush.
• Drive, maintain and operate trucks and special equipment, such as garbage packers, street sweepers, Roll-Offs (open top dumpsters), automated side loading trucks, Vacall vacuum trucks, tri-axle dump trucks, salt trucks, and front-loading trucks to perform waste collection, leaf clean-up, plowing, salting, or other ice control operations.
• Serve as a first responder for emergency snow and ice control operations by operating salt trucks, garbage trucks with plows, and other equipment to provide the City of Milwaukee with safe, passable streets throughout the winter season.
• Monitor vehicle condition and perform minor maintenance on trucks, such as checking and maintaining fluid levels, greasing, washing, inflating tires, and checking tire tread; report vehicle maintenance needs.
• Modify vehicle-related equipment, including adjusting the broom on street sweepers, connecting plowing blades onto garbage packers, securing loads, and attaching hydraulic lines to maintain optimal equipment performance.
• Operate assigned vehicles safely and load them within legal weight limits.
• Perform manual labor such as lifting, pushing, and pulling waste carts and other large items such as furniture and brush.
• Provide job related-documentation by completing forms for payroll reporting, vehicle service needs, combined collection crew checklist, and residential cart tag notifications.

Customer Focus

We welcome qualified individuals with disabilities who are interested

in employment and will make reasonable accommodations during the hiring process

in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, as

amended by the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008.

Conditions of Employment

The preplacement medical requirements for this title include :

Minimum Requirements

IMPORTANT NOTES :

A CDL may be obtained by passing :

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS :  By law, persons in these

positions are required to pass a pre-employment drug test and are subject to

random drug and alcohol testing during the course of employment.

Candidates must approve a consent in the federal DOT Clearinghouse for the City

to receive the results of any drug and alcohol tests conducted by previous

employers during the past two years if those tests were required by the U.S.

Department of Transportation.

Desirable Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Other Characteristics

Technical

Communication, Customer Service, and Interpersonal

Judgment

Current Salary

The current starting salary (pay range 8EN) is  $56,100

annually ($26.97 hourly)  and the resident incentive salary for City of

Milwaukee residents is  $57,783 annually ($27.78 hourly) . Appointment

will be made in accordance with the City of Milwaukee Salary Ordinance.

An Equipment Operator 1 is eligible for promotion to the

Equipment Operator 2 position after four years of service and equipment

proficiency. The minimum starting salary (pay range 8FN) for the

Equipment Operator 2 is $58,905 annually ($28.31 hourly) and the resident

incentive salary for City of Milwaukee residents is $60,672 ($29.16 hourly).

The City of Milwaukee provides a comprehensive benefit

program that includes the following :