General Helper

Company: Metropolitan Transit Authority
Location: Nashville
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

-Title: -General HelperPurpose: -This position is responsible for the cleaning and upkeep of the vehicles and/or the facility. The General helper reports to Maintenance Supervisor. -July 2022 Wage: $18.56/HourBenefits: -

• Health, Vision, Dental
  • Single - $140-$163 per month
  • Single employee with children - $150-$183 per month -
  • Family - $160 - $203 per month -
  • On-Site Fitness Center
  • Pension & Optional 401 K planGeneral Help Qualifications:
    • Must be 18 years of age; high school diploma, GED or equivalent
    • Must possess a valid Tennessee Class D Driver License
    • Attend work daily for assigned schedule this includes Saturdays/Sundays and/or Holidays
    • Maintain effective working relationships with co-workers and customers
    • Available to work any shift, and overtime as needed
      • Attend work daily at assigned time
      • Works with little supervision
      • Work in any weather conditions
      • Follow written and verbal instructions
        • Read and understand manuals and data sheets
        • Complete reports
        • Meet deadlinesGeneral Helper Duties:1. Cleans Company Vehicles -
          • Carries supplies, including broom, mop, bucket of water
          • Climbs up and down steps to enter and exit
          • Picks up trash, lifting, bending, reaching under seats
          • Carries bags of trash from one vehicle to the next; throws full trash bags into trash buggy
          • Sweeps floor, including twisting, reaching below waist, moving side to side
          • Washes windows, including reaching above waist, waist level
          • Cleans seats, including bending to wash sitting area
          • Washes ceilings of vehicles, including reaching above head, moving arms side to side
          • Dusts dashboard, including reaching around farebox
          • Mops floor, including inserting mop into wringer, pushing handle to wring mop, moving mop from side to side, pushing, pulling
          • Climbs ladder to wash vehicles
          • Drives vehicles around the parking and servicing area2. Cleans Facility
            • Picking up trash, bending, reaching, carrying trash bag
            • Sweeping floor, pushing broom, moving side to side
            • Directing mop bucket (on wheels), lifting bucket to empty water; inserting mop into wringer, pushing handle; mopping floor, moving side to side; using floor scrubber machine
            • Steam cleaning bus parts, including picking up radiators, batteries, other parts weighing approximately 50-60 lbs.; loading and unloading onto pallets
            • Moving furniture, tables, boxes, supplies; including lifting, pushing, pulling objects weighing approximately 100 lbs.
            • Moving 55-gallon drums of cleaning solutions, using 2-wheel dollies
            • Changing bus tires, including maneuvering tires weighing 200-300 lbs.; twisting and lifting to get into position; using tire impact gun weighing approximately 15 lbs., which causes vibration when in use
            • Empties trash out of trash buggy, including reaching down into buggy and lifting large capacity trash bags (to fit 55-gallon drums)
            • Lifts and empties oil and antifreeze drain pans (weighing approximately 50-85 lbs.) -3. Upkeep of property -
              • Picks up trash
              • Cuts grass, using push mower -4. Follows company safety rules -
                • Uses appropriate equipment
                • Reports unsafe vehicle condition
                • Notifies supervisor of safety hazards in shop -5. Perform all other duties as assignedThe principal duties are intended to describe those functions that are essential to the performance of this job and must be performed unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation. Other responsibilities are those functions which are considered incidental or secondary to the overall purpose of the job. -This job description does not imply that the above are the only duties assigned to the position. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management.WeGo Public Transit also known as DTO is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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