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CITY OF BARTLETT

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

GENERAL MAINTENANCE

DRIVER I/Light Equipment Operator

$50,403 Annually / $24.23 Hourly

Join our team in this full-time role offering exceptional benefits, including comprehensive health and life insurance, a strong retirement plan, and competitive pay.

Job Functions:

• Performs a wide range of manual duties associated with installation, repair, and maintenance of city streets and other substructures including digging, erecting street signs, breaking pavement, mixing and pouring concrete, cutting and clearing weeds, brush, and collecting loose leaves during leaf season.
• Operates power equipment to mix, spread, compact, and level paving materials including pavement rollers, soil tampers, and bituminous distributors.
• Positions trucks for loading and driving tandem axle commercial vehicles to haul spoil to the landfill or other materials such as sand, gravel, dirt, asphalt, or concrete treated base to the work site.
• Must be able to drive various light equipment such as pick-up trucks, one and two-ton single-axle dump trucks, skid steer loaders, bucket trucks, and farm tractors.
• Set up barricades and flag traffic around the work site.
• Uses various hand tools to dig, sweep, spread, level, and move materials such as concrete, gravel, sand, dirt, and asphalt.
• Sets forms around the area to be repaired and smoothest and finishes surfaces of poured concrete sidewalks and curbs to specified textures.
• Constructs and repair drainage inlets and manholes, using masonry tools.
• Operates paint application machines to install crosswalks and other pavement markings.
• Operates backpack chemical sprayer to spray ditches and roadside areas with chemicals operates backhoe, flush truck, and front-end loader
• Occasionally operates backhoe, flush truck, and front-end loader.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of operating procedures for various light equipment.
• Ability to read and understand operation manuals and chemical application instructions.
• Knowledge of standard safety practices.
• Skill in using Basic Street and drainage repair tools and equipment.
• Ability to follow oral/written instructions.
• Ability to communicate with co-workers.
• Ability to drive standard shift vehicles.
• Physical ability to perform essential job duties.

Education, Training and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED
• One to three years' experience in street construction, maintenance, or repair activities.

Special Requirements:

• Must pass a background screen, driver's license verification and physical exam, including a drug test.
• Must be able to drive and have a valid Class B Commercial driver's license and to remain valid as a condition of this position. Must obtain a tanker endorsement within one year. Must register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Clearinghouse.

Working Conditions:

• See City Website

All applicants with a CDL must also register with the FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CLEARINGHOUSE. This can be done by going to https://clearinghouse.fmcsa.dot.gov/register and click Go to login.

This is a federal requirement for all CDL holders, and this registration must be completed before the hiring process. We will run a full query with the FMCSA Clearinghouse. Query results must be 'Not Prohibited'. Should you have any questions or issue registering, please contact the Human Resources office at 901-385-6430.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We participate in E-Verify.

We appreciate your interest in joining our team. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to every inquiry. Only candidates selected for testing or interviews will be contacted. Please note: A new application is required for each career opportunity you apply for. In accordance with Tennessee's Open Records Law, all submitted applications and resumes are subject to public disclosure.

www.cityofbartlett.org

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Location : PUBLIC WORKS

Job Class : DRIVER 1/LT EQUIP OPER-PUBWKS

Posting End : 09/30/2026

MAXIMUM SALARY: $50,403.00

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