About our opportunity:
The City of Asheville is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Equipment Operator III, Lead within the Public Works Department, Streets Division. This position works for the Supervisor on the Preventive Maintenance and Repair Crew as a lead for the crew involved in driving and operating vehicles and other equipment with specialized functions that involve the operation of complex mechanisms to complete tasks for various maintenance, repair, and/or construction projects in an assigned department. Typical projects consist of paving, milling, excavating, patching, slide repair, and retaining wall construction. This position utilizes equipment that have mechanisms that are complex to operate,require the highest degree of skill, dexterity, and finesse to perform work to exacting tolerances, as well as equipment included in lower levels in this job family, and provide lead guidance, direction, and training to assigned staff.