Park & Building Maintenance Technician I

City of Benicia; Benicia (CA); Sur place; USD 42 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The City of Benicia is seeking a Parks Landscape Maintenance Worker I to perform a range of unskilled and semiskilled maintenance tasks in parks, buildings, cemeteries, and related facilities under direct supervision. This entry-level role requires physical work, ability to operate light equipment, and a valid California driver’s license.

Completion of the twelfth grade is expected. Join the Parks & Community Services Department and potential progression to journeyman after probation.

Qualifications

• Uses and purposes of basic tools and equipment employed in repair and maintenance work.
• Basic construction, landscape and maintenance methods and terminology.
• Safe work practices.

Responsabilités

• Assists in the maintenance, construction, and repair of City cemetery, park and recreation structures, facilities, and equipment.
• Performs unskilled and semiskilled landscape maintenance and construction work.
• Maintains, mows, cuts, trims, installs, and waters lawns, shrubs, flowers and ground cover.
• Opens and closes gravesites.
• Cultivates and fertilizes lawns.
• Participates in the applications of agricultural chemicals for control and eradication of plant, tree, and lawn pests, weeds and diseases.
• Rakes leaves and trash from park areas.
• Cleans gutters and park pathways.
• Cleans and disinfects rest rooms, to include floors, windows and fixtures.
• Assists in installing and repairing sprinkler systems and domestic water lines in all park and recreation areas.
• Prepares park buildings and structures for painting by cleaning surfaces, patches, fills, tapes, textures and sands, paints building and structure interiors and exteriors, applies paint, varnishes and lacquers by using brushes, rollers, or spray equipment; mixes paint; does sign lettering on wood; maintains painting equipment and tools; provides information on the time and materials it took to complete the job.
• Replaces and repairs, inspects, installs, alters and maintains plumbing systems and fixtures, including minor repairs to water, sewer and gas lines, valves, drains, sinks, toilets, faucets, pipes, drains and other plumbing installations; clear clogged sewer and water lines; maintains plumbing equipment and tools.
• Operates trucks, light mowing equipment and light mechanical equipment such as mowers brush chipper, light tractors, roto-tiller, hand and power tools, skip loader, light dump truck and other equipment below Class B requirements.
• Plants, removes, maintains, prunes, and protects city street and park trees to provide safe and healthy park, street and sidewalk clearance by identifying street safety hazards caused by trees and shrubs; inspects sidewalks damaged by city trees and notifies the proper supervisor; maintains tools and equipment used in park maintenance and gardening. Performs minor mechanical repair work and assists in the repair of more complicated mechanical work, sharpens blades, attaches implements to heavy machinery, changes spark plugs, tires, air filters and similar equipment.
• Makes minor repairs to wood structures or plumbing fixtures, and assists in assembling and constructing more complicated park and building structures.
• Performs other park maintenance duties as assigned.

Connaissances

Tool knowledge

Construction knowledge

Safe work practices

Formation

12th grade completed

Description du poste

The City of Benicia is seeking a Parks Landscape Maintenance Worker I to perform a range of unskilled and semiskilled maintenance tasks in parks, buildings, cemeteries, and related facilities under direct supervision. This entry-level role requires physical work, ability to operate light equipment, and a valid California driver’s license.

Completion of the twelfth grade is expected. Join the Parks & Community Services Department and potential progression to journeyman after probation.