PT Maintenance Worker

City of Los Banos; Los Banos (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Los Banos seeks a part-time Maintenance Worker to perform construction, maintenance and repair of streets, sidewalks, buildings and parks. Work involves a variety of tasks with emphasis on quality, safety, and dependable attendance.

Position is limited to 19 hours per week with shifts that may include evenings or weekends. Supervisors provide general guidance while Foreman offers technical direction as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen by application date.
• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.
• Possession of a valid California Class C driver license.

Responsibilities

• Perform construction, maintenance and repair activities to provide quality streets, sidewalks, traffic control systems and City facilities.
• Labor in construction and maintenance projects as part of a crew; apply materials for street/sidewalk restoration and signage.
• Operate and maintain City vehicles and heavy equipment as assigned; repair signs and irrigation systems.

Skills

General construction tools

Safe work practices

Heavy equipment operation

Education

Twelfth grade completion

Job description

This position is limited to a maximum of 19 hours per week. Work schedules may vary based on department needs and may include evening and/or weekend shifts.

Qualified applicants will be contacted after the recruitment closes.

DEFINITION

To perform a variety of construction, maintenance and repair duties related to City’s streets, sidewalks, buildings, and parks.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Receives general supervision from an assigned supervisor; receives technical and functional supervision from a Public Works Foreman.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Reliable and dependable attendance and punctuality
• Perform construction, maintenance and repair activities designed to provide quality streets, sidewalks, traffic control systems and related City public facilities.
• Perform required labor involved in construction and maintenance projects as part of a crew, including applying reclamite, emulsion, crack filler, hot mix and cold mix overlays to reconstruct and repair streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters; apply striping, delineators, signs and other traffic control devices.
• Spray right-of-ways, planters, ball fields and other City areas with herbicides and pesticides; perform manual weed abatement activities.
• Trim, prune, plant and maintain City trees; operate a chain saw, chipper, stump grinder and root cutter; notify supervisor of diseased and/or damaged trees.
• Mow, edge, fertilize and maintain grass and turf; remove weeds, prune shrubs, plant and maintain plants and flowers; operate a mower, edger, blower and tractor.
• Remove graffiti from City buildings and infrastructure.
• Perform routine carpentry, plumbing, painting and repair of City facilities and buildings.
• Prepare and maintain ball fields; water down, drag and chalk fields.
• Clean and maintain City restrooms, picnic areas, buildings and other public facilities.
• Clean up debris from parking lots, walkways, ditches, alleys, streets and storm drains.
• Maintain records related to the inspection and repair of City facilities and infrastructure.
• Contact residents and business owners in areas where streets will be temporarily closed for maintenance or repairs; respond to citizens questions.
• Operate and maintain City vehicles and heavy equipment, i.e. tractors, loaders, and various power tools.
• Repair signs.
• Maintain and repair public sprinkler systems; monitor and make routine corrections to irrigation systems servicing parks or other landscaped City areas.
• Inspect, maintain and make routine repairs to playground equipment.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, other City employees and the public using principles of good customer service.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of

• Basic uses and purposes of general construction tools and equipment.
• Safe work practices.
• The operation of heavy equipment.

Ability to

• Learn to perform routine maintenance City streets, parks, buildings and related facilities and infrastructure.
• On a continuous basis, know and understand operations, and observe safety rules; intermittently analyze problem equipment; identify and locate equipment; interpret work orders; and remember equipment location.
• Intermittently, sit while studying or preparing reports; bend, squat, climb, kneel and twist when performing construction and maintenance duties; perform simple and power grasping, pushing, pulling, and fine manipulation; and lift or carry weight of 75 pounds or less.
• Keep clear, concise, accurate and legible written reports and records.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be age eighteen (18) by date of application.
• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.
• Possession of a valid California Class C driver license.