Maintenance Worker - Streets

HIRING RATE: $17.03 Hourly
FULL HIRING RANGE: $17.03 - $20.86 Hourly

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Benefits At A Glance

Health, Dental Vision, & Wellness

• The City of Allen offers two medical plans: $1,250 and $2,800 deductible
• Telemedicine Virtual Visits
• Dental includes dependent orthodontia benefits
• Vision includes exams and hardware benefits
• Wellness initiatives provide a premium reduction
• UHC Motion gives HRA/HSA money for step goals
• Cariloop Caregiver Services offers support while caring for family members

Retirement & Tax Advantage Plans

• Texas Municipal Retirement System mandatory participation of 7% contribution, 5-year vesting, City match 2-1, prior service credit, retirement at 20 years of service or age 60 as long as you are vested.
• 457 Pre-tax & Roth accounts with Mission Square Retirement; participation is voluntary
• Health Savings Account (HSA) available on medical Plan C, the City of Allen contributes $1,000-2,000, pro-rated for enrollments midyear.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical or dependent care

Vacation, Sick, Personal Days & Holidays

• Vacation: Year 0-10: 120 hours per year
• Sick: 120 hours per year
• Personal Days: Year 0-5: 1 day
• Holidays: 9

• CDL A training covered by the employer

Join the City of Allen-a vibrant community of over 100,000 residents where strong economic growth, excellent schools, and an exceptional quality of life make it a great place to live, work, and play.

Our mission is simple: "To achieve excellence in managing community development and city services, continually enhancing the quality of life and public confidence."

At the City of Allen, our employees bring the PRIDE values to life:

• People First- Prioritizing others

• Respect- Treating everyone with courtesy and dignity

• Integrity- Serving with honesty and trust

• Deliver - Following through and exceeding expectations

• Excel- Driving innovation and continuous improvement

We do Work that MATTERS! Join a team that serves our community and makes a real impact every day. Learn more about the City of Allen at allentx.gov.

The purpose of this position is to provide maintenance support to the City's Streets Department. This is accomplished by operating heavy equipment, patrolling City streets, identifying problematic roadways, determining the best way to repair roadway and sidewalk damage, retrieving appropriate equipment and tools, filling potholes with the proper mix, sealing cracks in streets, and repairing sidewalks. Other duties may include providing maintenance support by retrieving all debris from the City's streets, assisting other departments as needed, completing special projects as requested, and interfacing with other City employees and citizens. This position does not provide direction to other employees. Other duties may include performing vehicle and equipment maintenance and interacting with City employees and citizens. This position does not give direction to other employees.

• Completes street maintenance by operating various heavy equipment, observing problematic cracks in streets, determining the best way to complete repair, preparing crack seal machine, inserting tar into the machine, heating hoses, blowing cracks with air to remove debris, rocks, and dirt, utilizing crack seal machine to fill cracks with tar, and documenting all work completed.
  
• Repairs potholes and other damage to the City's streets by operating motor vehicles, observing the City's roadways, identifying problematic roadway hazards, retrieving appropriate equipment and tools from trucks, using a saw to cut around potholes in street, operating steel roller to roll base, tacking outer edges, filling pothole with concrete or asphalt mix to patch street damage, utilizing loader machinery to back drag, raking area to obtain smooth edges, maneuvering steel roller over area to compact mix, and documenting work completed.
  
• Maintains the City's sidewalks by identifying problematic areas, breaking sidewalks, setting forms for new sidewalks, filling them with concrete mix, ensuring the shape of the sidewalk, installing rebar such as dowel bars, operating various equipment, and documenting all work completed.
  
• Maintains the City's streets by patrolling streets and related areas for litter and debris, collecting debris from streets, greenbelts, right-of-ways, underpasses, and overpasses within the City's limits, storing debris in a vehicle, operating equipment to clear streets from debris, transporting debris to collection facilities, maintaining a log of materials collected, and documenting actions and procedures as required.
  
• Assists other departments as needed by providing maintenance support to Parks and Recreation, Drainage, and Water and Sewer, completing irrigation repair as necessary and signs, buttons, and markings activities, working on special projects as assigned, and documenting all work completed.

Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Education and Experience:
High School diploma or equivalent and no prior relevant work experience.

Special Requirements:

Knowledge of:

• Street maintenance procedures, including crack sealing, pothole repair, and asphalt/concrete patching
• Operation and maintenance of heavy equipment such as crack seal machines, steel rollers, loaders, and saws
• Concrete work techniques, including mixing, forming, pouring, shaping, and finishing sidewalks
• Street safety standards and regulations for public infrastructure maintenance
• Proper use and safety procedures for hand and power tools used in street and sidewalk repair
• City procedures for documentation, reporting, and maintenance logs
• Best practices for litter and debris removal in roadways, rights-of-way, and public spaces
• Interdepartmental support procedures for assisting Parks, Drainage, and Water/Sewer divisions

• Operating heavy and light equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Identifying street and sidewalk defects and determining appropriate repair methods
• Preparing and applying concrete or asphalt to patch streets and construct sidewalks
• Performing physical labor for extended periods in various weather conditions
• Maintaining accurate records of work completed and materials used
• Communicating effectively with team members and the public
• Working collaboratively with other city departments on joint projects
• Prioritizing tasks and adapting to changing maintenance needs or emergencies