Street Maintenance Worker II

Are you looking for a career that gives you the opportunity to work outdoors with a top-notch team to improve the quality of life of people who live, work, and visit the City of Champaign? If so, then consider joining our team as a Street Maintenance Worker II in the Public Works Department.

Responsibilities of Position

The Street Maintenance Worker II is part of a team that performs manual and skilled work in the repair and maintenance of streets, alleys, rights-of-ways, and other City owned infrastructure. They operate heavy equipment (e.g., dump trucks; backhoes; front-end loaders; street sweepers; batwing, zero turn, and slope mowers; graders; and skid steers), small equipment, and small tools to sweep streets, repair shoulders, maintain alleys, mowing rights-of-ways and City-owned lots, perform weed control, and provide special event support. They participate in the City's snow & ice removal efforts and respond to other emergencies and callouts that may require working up to 16-hour shifts at all hours, with little to no advance notice, and also assist with the yard waste collection program.

Maintenance Worker positions may be filled at the I or II level. Level II positions require the ability to operate Public Works equipment on a regular basis without supervision. Newly hired or current employees who are promoted, transferred, or voluntarily demoted to Maintenance Worker positions will be paid at the Maintenance Worker I level until successfully demonstrating equipment operation competency through proficiency testing or completion of the Public Works Department training program.

The starting salary is $29.89 - $32.33 per hour, accompanied by an excellent fringe benefit summary. Benefits include: paid vacation, sick, and personal leave; health, dental, vision, and life insurance; 11 paid holidays per year; pension under IMRF and more. Visit champaignil.gov/hr/salaries-and-benefits and select AFSCME under Fringe Benefit Summaries for details. Applications must be submitted to champaignil.gov/jobs online no later than Monday, September 7, 2026. 

The City’s mission is to provide responsive, caring, cost-effective service in partnership with our community. The following values guide our work: Personal Integrity, Responsibility, Respect, Teamwork, Results.  The City of Champaign is committed to promoting a work environment and a community that values and supports diversity and inclusion.

Required Qualifications

·         Education equivalent to a high school diploma or equivalent.

·         Work experience in the maintenance and repair of streets, rights-of-ways, alleys or relevant heavy equipment operation experience.

·         Ability to work outdoors in adverse weather conditions.

·         Ability to work emergency operations outside of normal working hours.

·         A valid state issued driver’s license and an acceptable driving record.

·         A State of Illinois Class B CDL license without air brake restriction is required within a timeframe approved by the Streets Supervisor.

·         Ability to perform essential functions that require physical agility as noted in the job description, with or without accommodation.

·         Ability to obtain an Illinois Pesticide License.

Preferred Qualifications

• ·         Ability to use mobile devices and/or computers for web and computer-based applications.
• ·         Experience with snow and ice removal.
• ·         Experience with special event set up and tear down.

Drug screening, driving record review, and ongoing random drug testing will be required.