Maintenance Worker/Senior Maintenance Worker

Examples of Duties

• Repairs, removes, installs, and finishes concrete on sidewalks, curbs, and gutters
• Plants, prunes, and trims flowers, shrubs, and trees; mows, edges, fertilizes, weeds, and renovates lawns
• Cleans parks, streets, and facility grounds of trash, plant clippings, and other debris
• Removes graffiti from public property by power washing, chemically cleaning, and painting surfaces
• Prepares surfaces for painting and applies paint, varnish, shellac, enamel, or other protective finishes to various surfaces at City facilities
• Installs, trouble-shoots, and performs field repairs on irrigation systems at parks and facilities
• Prepares and back fills trenches and holes to facilitate installation and repair of irrigation and utility lines and for street and park construction and repair
• Responds to emergency calls for maintenance and repair activities

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

A typical combination includes:

• Education and/or Experience: Graduation from high school; and one (1) year of experience performing unskilled maintenance work involving parks, landscaping, streets, or buildings.
• Licenses and/or Certificates: Possession of a valid California Class C driver’s license and an acceptable driving record.

Minimum Qualifications

• Maintenance Worker: Education and/or Experience: Graduation from high school; and one (1) year of experience performing unskilled maintenance work involving parks, landscaping, streets, or buildings.
• Senior Maintenance Worker: Graduation from high school; and two (2) years of experience performing a variety of semi-skilled to skilled maintenance and repair work involving parks, landscaping, streets, or buildings.

Special Requirements

• Satisfactory results from a background investigation, physical examination, and administrative screening.
• May be called to respond to emergencies outside of regular work hours (e.g. evenings, holidays, and weekends).
• Employees with a commercial driver’s license are subject to random drug/alcohol testing pursuant to Department of Transportation regulations.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

Information on the physical demands, mental demands, and work environment for these job classifications can be found within each respective class specification for Maintenance Worker or Senior Maintenance Worker.

Benefits

• FLEXIBLE BENEFIT PLAN: Includes health, dental, vision, life insurance, deferred compensation, and other optional benefits.
• RETIREMENT: Defined benefit (pension) plan with CalPERS.
• DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Optional program allowing pre-tax deferral of earnings.
• GENERAL LEAVE: Vacation and/or illness leave accrues annually.
• HOLIDAYS: 13 paid holidays per calendar year.
• LIFE INSURANCE: $100,000 life insurance policy.
• LONG-TERM DISABILITY: Provides 60% of income for up to 60 weeks if disabled due to illness, injury, or accident.
• ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULE: Available for most full-time positions.
• RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE: Reimbursement for retiree health insurance costs after five years of service.
• TUITION REIMBURSEMENT: Up to $4000 per calendar year for tuition and related expenses when attending a community college or four-year university.
• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: Legal and counseling services.
• MEDICARE: Mandatory Medicare coverage with a 1.45% employee contribution.
• SECTION 125 MEDICAL & DEPENDENT CARE PROGRAM: Optional program for pre-tax payment of medical and dependent care expenses.
• SPECIALTY PAY: Includes Bilingual Pay, Water Certificate Pay, Stand-by Pay, Call-Back Pay, and Shift Differential.

Application Questions

• How many years of maintenance experience do you have performing work that involves parks, landscaping, and irrigation?
• Do you have hands-on experience installing, repairing, or troubleshooting irrigation systems (e.g., sprinkler heads, valves, controllers, or drip systems)?
• If yes, briefly describe your experience.
• Do you have experience performing park, landscape, street, or facility maintenance (such as mowing, edging, pruning, planting, graffiti removal, or general cleanup)?
• If yes, briefly describe your experience.
• Which valid California driver’s license are you in possession of?