Location: Oswego,NY, USA
Job Description:
Description of Department:
The mission of Facilities Services is to operate, maintain and renew campus facilities to support the mission of the campus, using quality materials and workmanship to ensure a safe, reliable, attractive and efficient physical environment.
The Facility Services Grounds Department at the State University of New York at Oswego invites applications to fill temporary, full-time Highway Equipment Operator, Grade 7 positions.
Posting Date: November 20, 2024
Review Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Salary: $17.78/hour. In accordance with the CSEA Operational Services Unit Agreement.
Date of Appointment: As soon as possible
Description of Responsibilities:
Operational Needs:
* Checks, adjusts, monitors, and operates equipment, including backhoes, sweepers, rollers, lifts, loaders, trucks, tractors, mowers, spreaders, and sprayers.
* Performs routine maintenance and repairs on machines to ensure safe and efficient operations.
* Maintains grounds, roadways, waterways, and trails.
* Assists skilled and semi-skilled trades workers by performing the more routine manual tasks of the trade.
* Operates and maintains motorized equipment and machinery.
* Assists in operations by performing routine, repetitive activities.
* Acts as a lead worker in a small crew, advising and assisting crew members.
* Knowledge of snow removal equipment and operation.
* Must be dependable and able to work in all types of weather.
Job Duties:
* Operate all types of vehicles and equipment in the Grounds Department.
* Perform routine maintenance and repairs on vehicles and equipment.
* Basic knowledge of the Vehicle and Traffic Law as it applies to the safe and legal operation of the assigned equipment.
* May make emergency welds on vehicles and equipment.
* Ability to operate machinery safely and effectively.
* Ability to understand and follow simple oral and written instructions.
* Ability to perform routine repairs and maintenance on equipment.
* Be physically able to perform the duties of the position.
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:
One year of experience in the operation of tractors or other self-propelled equipment and possession of a valid NYS driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle operated (CDL).
Employees in this position are subject to pre-employment, pre-assignment (promotion), reasonable suspicion, post-accident, random, follow-up and return-to-duty drug and alcohol testing.
Additional Information:
Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity. SUNY Oswego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is actively engaged in recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students. We encourage applications from qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim SUNY status, or criminal conviction. Please click here to see our full non-discrimination policy.
In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants must be legally able to work in the United States per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
Requests for reasonable accommodations of a disability during the application and/or interview process should be made to the Human Resources Office by calling 315-###-#### or emailing ...@oswego.edu.
For Campus Safety information, please click here to see the Annual Security and Fire Report (Clery).
SUNY Oswego is a smoke free/tobacco/e-cigarette free campus. Click here for further policy details, including education and cessation resources.
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) ###-#### or via email at ...@goer.ny.gov.
For more details, refer to the New York State Department of Civil Service, Job Title Code #6921200, Highway Equipment Operator, SG-07.
If you have any questions about the position, please e-mail:
Eugene Stuart
...@oswego.edu
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