Maintenance Aide - Facilities

City of Victorville; Victorville (CA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Victorville is seeking a Maintenance Aide - Facilities to perform custodial duties, basic maintenance, and repair work in City facilities. You will support daily operations and help keep facilities clean, safe, and functional.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma or GED and at least one year of maintenance experience, with knowledge of facility maintenance, safety practices, and the use of basic tools. The role requires flexibility for shifts and occasional after-hours work.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and one year of maintenance or custodial experience.
• Knowledge of facility maintenance, safety practices, and basic repairs.
• Ability to operate power and hand tools and basic equipment.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and maintains City facilities and handles custodial duties.
• Opens, secures, and inspects facilities; reports repairs to supervision.
• Performs preventive maintenance on vehicles and equipment.
• Assists with setup and cleanup for events and meetings.
• Performs minor building maintenance (plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting).
• Maintains maintenance records and inventory of tools.

Skills

Custodial duties

Facilities maintenance

Safety practices

Customer service

Verbal and written communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Basic carpentry tools

Power and hand tools

Motorized equipment operation

Job description

Under the direction of the assigned supervisor, the Maintenance Aide - Facilities performs custodial duties, basic maintenance, and repair work to facilities and performs related duties as required.

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Cleans and maintains City facilities.
• Opens and secures City facilities.
• Reports noted repairs of facilities or equipment to supervisory staff.
• Performs preventive maintenance on vehicles and equipment.
• Performs setup and cleanup for events and meetings.
• Performs minor building maintenance and repairs, including plumbing, electrical, drywall, carpentry, and painting.
• Maintains and repairs tools and small equipment.
• Maintains maintenance records.
• Removes trash and graffiti from walls, signs, and sidewalks.
• Performs custodial duties according to an established schedule; cleans facilities, exterior grounds, break rooms, restrooms, locker rooms, offices, corridors, and common areas, including vacuuming, sweeping, and mopping.
• Waxes and refinishes floors and shampoos carpets.
• Dusts and polishes furniture, woodwork, and metalwork.
• Empties and cleans waste receptacles.
• Washes windows and walls.
• Operates a variety of equipment, including scrubbers, strippers, buffers, extractors, shampooers, and window washers.
• Moves and rearranges furniture, chairs, desks, tables, etc.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Education, Training and Experience Guidelines:

High school diploma or GED and one (1) year of maintenance experience, including facility maintenance, custodial, construction, or related experience.

Knowledge of:

• Facility and custodial maintenance and repair practices and methods
• Basic carpentry, plumbing, and electrical maintenance and repair methods and practices
• Employee safety practices
• Operation of motorized construction and maintenance equipment and vehicles. Modern cleaning and disinfecting practices
• Effective time management
• Modern office methods, practices, procedures, and equipment, including software and database programs
• English usage, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and basic mathematical principles

Skill and Ability to:

• Provide excellent customer service
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Organize with the ability to prioritize work and exercise independent judgment, wisdom, common sense, and initiative
• Thoroughly carry out verbal and written instructions
• Use patience, tact, diplomacy, and courtesy in dealing with the public and employees
• Use initiative, discretion, and judgment within established procedures, guidelines, and rules
• Operate power and basic hand tools and motorized equipment and vehicles
• Maintain basic written records
• Define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Manage situations requiring diplomacy, fairness, firmness, and sound judgment
• Pay attention to detail
• Operate a personal computer and various software applications
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, including City and other government officials, community groups, and the general public
• Apply safe work practices
• Perform setup and cleanup for special events

Must be performed with or without reasonable accommodations

• This position works primarily in an indoor office environment
• May be required to climb ladders
• Work is performed in a variety of environmental conditions, both indoors and out and with exposure to diverse weather conditions such as wind, heat, cold, and rain
• Positions in this class typically require balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions with or without reasonable accommodation
• Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally (up to 1/3 of workday), and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently (1/3 to 2/3 of workday), and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly (2/3 or more of workday) to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work
• Incumbents must be able to see and hear in the normal range with or without correction and communicate verbally and in written form with great facility and must be able to be understood
• Incumbents will be required to respond to emergencies after regular working hours and on weekends, and must be willing to work an irregular schedule, which may include weekends, holidays, evenings, and/or varying shifts