General Maintenance Worker

About the role

Performs custodial, general maintenance and repair of state-owned or state-maintained buildings and grounds, to keep a clean, comfortable, healthy, and safe environment for internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Clean rooms and furniture.
• Aid with conference room setups to include rearranging, setting up, or taking down chairs and tables.
• Clean restrooms and restock restroom supplies.
• Maintain floors, including sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, waxing, vacuuming, and shampooing.
• Landscape such as planting, mowing, trimming, and watering.
• Remove snow and ice from sidewalks and parking lots with snow blowers, shovels, and deicers.

Requirements

• Must possess a valid Class D Driver’s License or an equivalent license from another state and maintain it as a condition of employment.
• Knowledge of different types of flooring/floor coverings sufficient to determine proper methods of maintenance and appropriate cleaning methods, materials, agents, and equipment.
• Knowledge of chemical cleaning agents such as scouring agents and soaps sufficient to appropriately select the agent(s), handle and apply, and dispose of safely.
• Methods, tools, and equipment used in maintenance sufficient to use effectively and operate safely and to make minor repairs.
• Maintain physical health and endurance sufficient to perform work functions in adverse weather conditions.
• Follow simple oral and written instructions.
• Perform assigned tasks with limited work direction.
• Keep simple records.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a General Maintenance Worker.
• Knowledge of painting products and processes of applying.
• Skilled in use and operations of small hand and power tools sufficient to safely operate tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of horticulture practices sufficient to properly care for lawns, trees, and shrubs.
• Knowledge of MnDOT policy, procedure, and practices.

Skills

• Physical stamina and endurance.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to perform tasks with limited supervision.
• Ability to keep simple records.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 12 paid holidays each year.
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans.
• Fertility care, including IVF.
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children.
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children.
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years).
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury.
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care.

Pay

$20.87 - $25.88 / hourly; $43,576 - $54,037 / annually

Schedule

6:00a.m. - 2:30p.m., Monday - Friday

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 12 paid holidays each year.
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans.
• Fertility care, including IVF.
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children.
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children.
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years).
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury.
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care.