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Are you seeking a rewarding opportunity in public service working with a great team? We strive to hire skilled, competent, dedicated, customer-oriented staff who pride themselves on performing their duties to the highest level of excellence.

Job Description

This position will primarily support the urban forestry workgroup that maintains the City’s nearly 19,000 trees on City property. The position will also perform a variety of manual, semi-skilled, and skilled tasks in the construction, maintenance, and repair of City owned property and its services. Laborers operate a wide variety of tools and equipment. Areas of responsibilities may include:

·                     Perform standard maintenance of trees, such as pruning, trimming, inspecting, planting, and removal.

·                     Landscaping tasks to include planting and beautification of public areas maintained by the city.

·                     Custodial, facilities maintenance, and carpentry work.

·                     Repair curbing and sidewalks.

·                     Maintain, inspect, and repair the storm sewer collection system.

·                     Set up and clean-up of special events.

·                     Respond to emergency situations, such as snow removal, flooding from rain events, signs down etc.

·                     Support other City departments/divisions in the abatement of emergency situations.

·                     May be upgraded to Equipment Operator, Maintenance Technician, Sign Technician, or Crew Leader as needed.

Requirements

·                     High school diploma or equivalent.

·                     1 year of experience in Public Works and/or construction industry, preferably with urban forestry.

·                     Strong interpersonal communication skills for interaction with co-workers and the public.

·                     Able to work under varying environmental conditions and lift up to 75 pounds.

·                     On-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, reporting no later than 60 minutes of the call-in.

·                     Class A Commercial Driver’s License or acquire within six months of hire (in house training available).

 

If selected, successful completion of a background investigation, physical, functional capacity evaluation and drug screen are required. CDL holders, they will be run through the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Clearinghouse pre-employment.

Salary and Benefits

$30.01 – $40.01 per hour per the Teamster’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, with starting pay commensurate with experience. Competitive package of benefits to include medical, dental, prescription, vision, wellness incentives, life insurance, retirement pension plan with Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, retirement savings options, and much more!