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Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builder—an employee with the City of Gainesville— you will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it’s a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.

Department:

GG_Public Works: Public Works Support Services

Salary will be based on qualifications.

Closing Date:

11/05/2025

Job Details:

THIS IS
This is highly skilled and responsible work operating, and coordinating the operation of, a wide variety of heavy and complex motor equipment involved in construction and maintenance activities.


Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its emphasis on motor equipment operation and from lower classes by its highly skilled nature and coordination of other motor equipment operators.

Job Description:

SUMMARY

This is semi-skilled work operating one or more types of motorized equipment involved in maintenance and construction activities.

Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its emphasis on routine semi-skilled operation and maintenance of motor equipment and from lower classes by its emphasis on motor equipment operation.

EXAMPLES OF WORK*

*This section of the job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities of the position.  The omission of a specific job function does not absolve an employee from being required to perform additional tasks incidental to or inherent in the job.  Performance of lower level duties may be required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Depending on area of assignment:

Drives motor trucks to transport sand, stone, gravel, supplies, equipment, and other items.

Drives front-end loaders used to load dump trucks. Operates asphalt roller when building streets or alleys.

Operates tractor mower, bushhog, and/or belly mowers. Drives flat bed dump trucks.

Performs manual labor in assisting a variety of crews.

Performs scheduled preventive maintenance. Inspects assigned equipment and machinery and makes appropriate adjustments and performs light maintenance and minor repairs including checking vehicle fluid levels, chassis lubrication, brake work, filter change out and repairing/replacement of components.

Light cutting of damaged, diseased, obstructing, or unsightly tree limbs with minimum shock to the tree.

Drag infield and warning track, pack holes on pitcher mounds, home plates on the fields as well as bullpens, paint foul lines on outfield grass. Pick up trash around field. Chalk, water infields, paint bases, and take practice equipment off fields.

Apply chemical sprays to kill/control weeds or fertilize.

Sets up barricades and other temporary traffic control devices.

Attends work on continuous and regular basis.

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

May drive or operate other pieces of light, medium, or heavy equipment or trucks in the absence of regular equipment operators or truck drivers.

May perform lead work in absence of crew leader.

May perform work of Maintenance Worker classification.

May frequently chauffeur other employees, depending upon assignment and work location.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. Below are the required education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma and six months experience operating motorized equipment, or an equivalent combination of training and experience, which provide the required knowledge, ability, and skills.

CERTIFICATIONS OR LICENSES

Licenses

1A CDL instructional permit may be required at the time of appointment and a CDL License

may be required within six mo