Do you have interest or experience in operating construction equipment including dump trucks, packer trucks, equipment trailers, cranes among other equipment? Our Public Works department is looking for you!
Upcoming Salary Increases and Incentives:
3% COLA effective 7/1/2025
3% COLA effective 7/1/2026
2.5% Education Incentive - Bachelor's Degree
5% Education Incentive - Master's Degree
Equipment Operators are responsible to perform skilled operation of construction, maintenance, and transportation equipment in a variety of maintenance activities, including refuse collection, street sweeping, street repair, water and wastewater maintenance, composting, and other related operations according to required standards; and to perform semi-skilled and skilled maintenance tasks.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applicants will be assessed on the application submitted. It is the applicant's responsibility to fill out the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application with complete information and adequate detail. Applications will be screened to the most qualified. Please do not substitute any part of the application with the words "see resume".
The following information is provided for use as a reference and as a planning tool. Human Resources is unable to schedule make-up examinations. Applicants considered to be the most qualified will be invited to continue in the testing process. The Human Resources Department reserves the right to revise the testing process to best meet the needs of the City.
Tentative Schedule
Online Testing
October 8, 2024 - October 14, 2024 at 5pm
The City of Modesto is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. A City application is required, including Supplemental Questionnaire.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience and Training Guidelines:
Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience:
None required. Maintenance experience involving the operation of light and medium size equipment is desirable.
Training:
High School diploma or GED equivalency.
License or Certificate:
Possession of a valid Class A or Class B Commercial California driver’s license with specific endorsements, as assigned, is required within sixty (60) days of appointment.
Failure to obtain any of the required licenses/certificates within the prescribed time will result in release from probation.
