Seasonal Maintenance Worker

City of Kinston; Kinston (NC); On-site; USD 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Kinston is seeking a Maintenance Worker to perform manual labor such as cleaning, sweeping, cutting, weeding and digging across City areas. You may learn to operate equipment and assist in maintaining vehicles, facilities, and grounds.

Applicants should be able to work outdoors in varied weather, be willing to collaborate with others, be able to lift up to 50 pounds, and possess or obtain a valid North Carolina driver's license. Must be 18 or older.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must possess a valid North Carolina driver’s license.
• Experience with hand and yard tools or ability to learn.
• Able to perform physical tasks up to 50 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Performs manual labor such as cleaning, sweeping, cutting, weeding, and digging at City of Kinston locations.
• Assist with maintenance of vehicles, equipment, and city facilities.
• Maintain land and grounds including mowing, landscaping, pruning, planting; perform related tasks as required.

Skills

Outdoor work in varied weather

Team collaboration

Good judgment in emergencies

Must be 18+

Tools

Hand and yard tools

Lawn mowers

Shop hand tools

Power tools

Small tractors

Job description

Performs manual labor cleaning, sweeping, cutting, weeding, and/or digging at multiple areas throughout the City of Kinston. Must be able to use or learn to use equipment needed to do maintenance work. Work could include parks and facilities. Reports to Crew Leader in department.

• Assist with maintaining vehicles and equipment.
• Assist with maintenance of city facilities.
• Assist with maintaining land and grounds (i.e. mowing, weeding, landscaping, pruning, planting).
• Performs related tasks as required.

• Demonstrates good judgment and sound decision making skills in emergency situations.
• Ability to work outdoors in diverse weather conditions.
• Experience, or ability to learn, working with hand and yard tools, lawn mowers, shop hand and power tools, small tractors, and other equipment.
• Ability to get along with others.
• Must be 18 years of age.
• Must possess a valid North Carolina drivers license.
  

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing, frequently standing, walking and using hands to finger, handle or feel and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires depth perception, color perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. streets, parks).