Do you enjoy working outdoors as part of a team?  Do you enjoy making a difference in the community?  Are you looking for a career with growth opportunities?  As a Crew Worker II, you'll spend about 90% of your time working on projects in the field and 10% driving commercial motor vehicles (including snowplow, streetsweeper, heavy equipment, trucks, etc.).

About City of Lake Stevens
Lake Stevens is a vibrant and growing community - the second fastest-growing city in Snohomish County - with a population of over 35,000 and plans for annexation in early 2021, which would make us the 4th largest city in the county.

Lake Stevens is generally a residential community with access to numerous commercial, retail and recreational opportunities. Of course, the crown jewel of the community is the lake itself, which boasts some of the greatest water recreational opportunities in the county. Lake Stevens is also uniquely situated, being close to the lake, ocean, and Cascade mountains, to take advantage of many outdoor activities. The Lake Stevens Schools are excellent and coupled with a city priority of parks and increased walkability, makes Lake Stevens an ideal place to raise a family.

The City of Lake Stevens operates under the mayor-council system. The city’s motto, “One Community Around the Lake”, embodies our quality of life, top-ranked school district, and the City Council’s commitment to providing excellent services and amenities for its residents.

Why City of Lake Stevens?

• Work-Life Balance – We are committed to ensure that our staff experience the reward of public service, while also sustaining a routine that suits each individuals’ lifestyle.
• Plan For Your Future – The City of Lake Stevens offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a variety of healthcare options. Employees also have their choice of state retirement programs, and much more. Go to our Benefits page for more information.

Position Purpose

This position performs a variety of semi-skilled and skilled maintenance, operation, and repair tasks to City streets, surface water facilities, buildings, structures, parks, and other City owned facilities. Operates a variety of construction and maintenance equipment and small hand power tools including dump truck, snow plow and sander, front-end loader, street painting machine, vactor trucks, riding turf mower, backhoe, track hoe, tractors, jack hammer, backpack blower, chainsaw, brush trimmers, boom bucket, paint sprayer, concrete saw, boom mower, and other specialized equipment; maintains hand tools and assigned equipment; performs limited servicing, operational servicing, safety inspections, and general preventive maintenance on equipment.

This is the full journey level class within the Crew Worker series. Employees within this class are distinguished from the Crew Worker I by the performance of the full range of duties as assigned including the more complex construction, maintenance, operations, and repair duties, operating a variety of equipment, providing training to less experienced Crew Workers, and possesses a Commercial Driver’s License. Employees at this level receive only occasional instruction or assistance as new or unusual situations arise, and are fully aware of the operating procedures and policies of the work unit. Positions in this class require prior experience. This is a broad classification with individual positions assigned to specific functional areas; duties and assignments may overlap depending on the operational needs of the department and staffing levels.

Work is performed under general supervision.  Supervisor defines objectives, priorities, and deadlines; and assists incumbent with unusual situations, which do not have clear objectives or precedents.  Incumbent plans and carries out assignments and handles problems and deviations in accordance with instructions, policies, procedures and/or accepted practices.  Work is evaluated for technical soundness and conformity to practice and policy.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Performs vegetation maintenance activities on public grounds, street, and parks involving mowing, tree and brush trimming and pruning, collect and remove vegetation cuttings and perform other vegetation planting and removal activities.
• Installs, maintains and replaces directional and traffic signs, using equipment and materials such as hand or tractor-mounted post hole digger, power saw; cleans and maintains existing signs; trims vegetation that presents safety hazards.
• Maintains and repairs City streets, alleys, right-of-ways, and sidewalks; prepares and performs patching of potholes, sealing cracks and repairing asphalt surfaces.
• Prepares and operates a street paint striping machine to apply lines to pavement; paint centerlines, crosswalks, parking stalls, and curbing; cleans and maintains painting equipment in proper operating condition.
• Perform concrete work including repair, maintenance, and new construction for sidewalks, ramps, driveways, curbing, sign foundations, and other related concrete work; fabricate and place form work and rebar for concrete work.
• Digs holes and trenches manually or with excavation equipment; performs water quality control to prevent siltation migration from work area.
• Performs small projects on streets, storms, and facility that can include repair and new construction work.
• Cleans, maintains, repairs, and installs City storm water systems.
• Performs general maintenance, repairs, and cleaning activities on City buildings, facilities, and grounds.
• Performs traffic control setup and take down; installs street barricades and cones for   maintenance, repair, and special event activities; directs and controls traffic around work sites, to support emergency situations, or as directed as the situation requires.
• Performs work in accordance with all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations and within mandated and appropriate safety standards.
• Responds to public inquiries in the field in a courteous manner; provides verbal information within the area of assignment; attempt to resolve complaints in an efficient and timely manner.
• Providing training on equipment usage, means and methods of task performance, and guidance on safety to Crew Worker I’s.
• Performs related duties as required.

• Serves as an on-call employee in emergency situations requiring Public Works attention.
• Operates snow plowing equipment to remove snow; apply chemicals, salt and sand to control ice on City streets, parking lots, and walkways.
• Perform Public Works inspections as assigned.