Motor Equipment Operator II - Public Works (Construction)

Job description

The City of Johnson City, Tennessee is currently accepting online applications for a Motor Equipment Operator II on the construction crew with the Public Works department. The employee p erforms intermediate skilled work operating dump trucks, medium construction equipment, sweepers, front end loaders, backhoes, knuckle booms, mowing tractors, sanitation trucks or equivalent equipment; does related work as required. This is skilled work in the operation of moderately complex specialized maintenance and construction automotive equipment. The work involves responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of assigned equipment. Employees in this class must have manipulative skill of a higher degree than employees of a lower class, and work in this class differs from that of the lower class of operator in that incumbents must operate heavier, more complex and specialized equipment, and several types of equipment within this category interchangeably. Supervision may be exercised over one or two laborers assigned to garbage or refuse pick up, right-of-way maintenance and mowing, or may act as crew leader. Work may be performed with considerable independence, but a supervisor will regu...