Maintenance Worker (Custodial) - Transit

About the role

The City of Fayetteville's Transit Department is currently recruiting for a Maintenance Worker to perform semi-skilled and skilled work in maintenance, repair, custodial, and related activities pertaining to transit, as well as a variety of technical tasks relative to the assigned area of responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Clean, maintain, and repair equipment, roads, alleyways, right-of-ways, streets, open spaces, City cemeteries, parking lots, curbs, sidewalks, and other City facilities.
• Perform street construction and maintenance activities; dig and maintain ditches; backfill trenches and holes; install storm drainage pipes; participate in curb and sidewalk projects; repair and replace brick pavers.
• Perform grounds maintenance activities including mowing lawns, routine landscaping, and hauling debris and trash.
• Prepare ball fields for use; participate in playground installation and maintenance; repair and maintain landscape areas in and around work sites.
• Perform janitorial functions and similar duties in assigned area; load and unload trucks.
• Set up and take down construction site signage and barricades for traffic control; follow safety regulations.
• Participate in activities required during seasonal weather events.
• Operate and maintain a variety of construction and street maintenance equipment, gardening equipment, and hand tools; ensure security of equipment.
• Maintain garbage, yard waste, and recycling carts; collect recyclable material; build, deliver, and collect carts from City facilities, residents, and other locations as needed.
• Operate pressure washer and battery-operated street sweeper; pick up and deliver vehicles and parts; perform minor repairs to furniture and fixtures.

Requirements

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:

• Six months of experience performing field maintenance work within the assigned area of work.
• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.

Qualifications

• Possession of an appropriate valid driver's license and ability to maintain insurability.

Preferred qualifications:

• Forklift certification
• Biohazard certification
• Small Equipment training completion

Benefits

The City of Fayetteville Employee Healthcare Benefit Plan provides comprehensive and affordable health and dental coverage while maintaining reasonable costs to employees. Coverage is available for all regular status employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week. Employees may also choose to cover eligible dependents. The premium is deducted on a pre-tax basis, with the City paying a portion of the premium. Qualifying employees are eligible for benefits on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of service.

Employer Paid Leave

• Vacation Leave: Regular employees begin accruing vacation leave the first day of employment. Accruals are based on years of service and the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work.
• Sick Leave: Regular employees begin accruing sick leave the first day of employment. Accruals are based on the number of hours scheduled to work; regular full-time employees accrue eight (8) hours per month. Sick leave hours accumulate without limits and may be used toward creditable service upon retirement from the NC Local Governmental Retirement System.
• Holidays: The City of Fayetteville observes 12 paid holidays per calendar year. When Christmas day is on a Wednesday, an additional holiday is provided, making for 13 paid holidays.
• Bereavement: Regular employees are eligible for bereavement leave. The City will authorize 24 hours per calendar year to mourn or attend a funeral or memorial service of a family member.

Retirement

The City of Fayetteville assists employees in securing their financial future during retirement by participating in the NC Local Governmental Employees’ Retirement System, administered by the State of North Carolina. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week become members in the retirement system upon employment. As a member of this system, employees are required to contribute 6% of their gross salary on a tax-deferred basis.

Deferred Compensation Plans

To further assist employees in saving for retirement, the City offers two supplemental retirement savings programs: the NC 401(k) plan and NC 457 plan, both administered by Empower. These programs enable regular full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week to save a portion of their salary on a tax-deferred basis. The City currently contributes 4% of base salary to an eligible employee’s NC 401(k) account.

Cafeteria Plan / Supplemental Benefits

The City offers its employees the opportunity to supplement City-provided benefits by selecting from the following benefits, offered at the employee's expense through payroll deduction:

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) – Healthcare and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts (pre-tax)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Optional Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Death Benefit

Death Benefit

The first year an employee contributes to the retirement system, the City provides a death benefit of $3,000 once the employee is benefits eligible. After one year as a contributing member of the Retirement System, a death benefit is provided by the NC Retirement System that is equal to the highest 12 months’ salary in a row during the 24 months before death, no less than $25,000 and no more than $50,000. There is no cost to the employee for this benefit.

Pay Periods / Direct Deposit

City employees are paid bi-weekly (every other Friday). Benefit deductions are taken for 24 pay periods of the year. As an added convenience and safety measure, the City requires all new employees to sign up for direct deposit.

Employee Assistance Program

The EAP is available at no cost to all employees and their household members. The EAP provides confidential guidance on legal, financial, and personal issues affecting health, relationships, and job.

Schedule

This position requires working a flexible schedule to include some evenings, weekends, holidays, and shift work. It involves an outdoor work environment with exposure to noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, gases, and inclement weather conditions, and work around heavy construction equipment.

This position requires the ability to frequently lift up to 50 pounds and to walk, stand, sit, stoop, or kneel for extended periods of time.