Maintenance Worker

About the role

The position is an essential classification requiring employees to report to duty after a hurricane or emergency. It involves performing unskilled or limited-skilled manual work under immediate supervision.

Responsibilities

• Perform heavy manual labor for long periods of time.
• Occasionally perform basic paperwork.
• Adhere to prescribed routines and practices.
• Operate construction and maintenance equipment including power and hand tools; perform preventive maintenance and light repairs on equipment.
• Conduct traffic control when working in high traffic areas of the City; install street barricades and cones prior to the performance of maintenance or repair activities; direct and control traffic around work sites.
• Utilize proper safety precautions related to all work performed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• General knowledge of safe work techniques and practices used in construction and maintenance.
• Ability to operate various hand-held tools and repair equipment, e.g., wrenches, pipe fitting tools, power drill, grinder, band saw, ventilating blower, saws, air-compressors.
• Ability to operate basic office equipment, e.g., computer terminals, printers, copy machines, telephone systems, facsimile machines.
• Ability to make independent judgments and decisions appropriate to experience.
• Ability to quickly learn of materials used in the construction and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities, water distribution and wastewater collection systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with employees and the public.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to work in close, confined spaces, walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear, reach above shoulders, work overhead on ladders and platforms, use fingers and hands with dexterity, and feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift up to 80 pounds.

Skills and Physical Abilities

• General knowledge of safe work techniques and practices used in construction and maintenance.
• Ability to operate various hand-held tools and repair equipment, e.g., wrenches, pipe fitting tools, power drill, grinder, band saw, ventilating blower, saws, air-compressors.
• Ability to operate basic office equipment, e.g., computer terminals, printers, copy machines, telephone systems, facsimile machines.
• Ability to make independent judgments and decisions appropriate to experience.
• Ability to quickly learn of materials used in the construction and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities, water distribution and wastewater collection systems.
• Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship with employees and the public.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to work in close, confined spaces, walk, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear, reach above shoulders, work overhead on ladders and platforms, use fingers and hands with dexterity, and feel and reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift up to 80 pounds.

Physical Demands

• Work is primarily performed outside in varying and extreme weather conditions for extended periods of time where employees are exposed to excessively loud noises from construction equipment, exposure to live sewer systems, human debris, drug paraphernalia, hot tar and asphalt, heavy equipment, working in and around trenches, hazardous gases, fumes, paint, chemicals and pesticides.
• Physical effort is required to perform heavy manual labor in confined and cramped spaces and uncomfortable conditions, climb ladders, bend, reach, and stand for long periods of time.
• Occasional exposure to slippery and/or uneven surfaces; heights above twenty (20) feet; below ground level, with feet, legs and/or hands in water.
• Occasional exposure to confined spaces.

Environmental Conditions

• Subject to 24-hour call back for emergency conditions.
• Appropriate training and safety equipment will be provided for all conditions.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Good driving record and valid Florida driver’s license.

Skills

• Knowledge of carpentry and masonry practices.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.
• Knowledge of care and operation of various tools and equipment.
• Maintain organized, clean, and safe working sites.
• Fabricate with wood, plaster, sheet rock, metal and other general building materials.