The Position

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The City of Oakland is recruiting to fill (9) nine vacancies for Street Maintenance Leader: (5) five vacancies in the Public Works Department and (4) four vacancies in the Department of Transportation. This is an excellent promotional opportunity for those that enjoy working outside, engaging with the public, and using their leadership abilities.

The Street Maintenance Leader performs maintenance, repair and construction of streets, storm drains, and traffic control devices; performs weed abatement duties; provides direction and participates in the work of a maintenance crew; and performs related duties as assigned.

The ideal candidate will be a progressive leader with the ability to operationally multi-task while leading a team of skilled maintenance workers. They must be an effective communicator and have ethical decision-making abilities.

This is a classification whose incumbents act in a lead capacity over field crews. Incumbents perform and instruct a crew in more difficult tasks requiring greater skill and knowledge.

The incumbent receives direct supervision from the Public Works Supervisor I and may provide technical direction to the Public Works Maintenance Worker and Truck Driver.

• Required at the time of application: A current official DMV driving record printout (can only be obtained from DMV in-person. On-line printout will not be accepted) - issued within the past three (3) months of this job announcement. The printout should indicate that you possess a valid California Driver's License, Class B, with the ability to drive vehicles with air brakes and a tank endorsement. A copy is acceptable and should be scanned & attached to your on-line application. Applicants who do not submit the required document at the time of application will be screened out from further consideration.

The eligibility list established from this recruitment may be used to fill other vacancies that occur within the City including full-time and permanent part-time positions, if applicable.

Examples of Duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Act in lead position to direct and perform the more skilled work of street and traffic maintenance, sanitation and weed abatement.
• Train assigned crew members.
• Log daily reports.
• Answer questions or complaints from the public, agencies, or City departments.
• Perform maintenance, repair, construction and installation work of streets, storm drains, and traffic control devices.
• Perform repaving, pot-hole and crack sealing of asphalt.
• Construct and repair storm conduits, curbs, gutters and drainage facilities.
• Cut and remove weeds; clear brush and debris from right-of-way and public property.
• Clean storm drains, cross culverts and creeks, and inlets.
• Operate trucks exceeding 26,000 lbs gross vehicle weight rating.
• Perform heavy manual labor.
• Operate a variety of power hand tools.
• Inspect tools and equipment for safety and mechanical defects.
• Remove signs and posters from public structures.
• Pick up litter and transport trash to dumps.

Minimum Requirements for Application

Supplemental Information