Town Maintenance Specialist

Douglas County, NV; Nevada (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Town of Minden is seeking a Town Maintenance Specialist to help care for parks, facilities and roadways through custodial tasks, landscaping, and event support. The role involves varied duties across buildings and grounds, with emphasis on quality workmanship and teamwork.

A safety sensitive position with possible weekend or holiday shifts for special events, and required compliance with screenings. High School diploma or GED and two years of related experience are required.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED and two years of experience with landscaping, buildings, streets, and heavy equipment operation; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain roadways and other paved areas by cleaning surfaces, laying and raking asphalt, and striping and marking pavement.
• Mow, trim, edge, fertilize, and water parks, playing fields and landscaped areas; weed, prune, mulch, fertilize and spray trees, plants and shrubbery.
• Install, repair and maintain irrigation systems; read blueprints; prepare as-built sketches.
• Set up and tear down for special events; install and remove banners and decorations.
• Drive Town vehicles and equipment to perform varied tasks related to job duties.
• Collect residential and commercial waste and recycling from various receptacles and locations.
• Perform custodial duties: cleaning floors, carpets, restrooms; dusting and polishing surfaces.
• Perform basic building repairs and graffiti removal; maintain drinking fountains.

Skills

Landscaping

Building maintenance

Heavy equipment operation

Job description

Performing a variety of tasks from custodial duties, to landscaping maintenance, to assisting with the preparation and clean-up for special events, and more, the Town Maintenance Specialist is an important part of the team that keeps the parks, facilities, and roadways of the Town of Minden clean, safe, and functional for the enjoyment of town residents and community members. If you are the type of person who enjoys remaining active, takes pride in performing high quality work, and is willing to play their part in achieving team objectives, the Town of Minden's Maintenance Specialist position could be the right fit for you.

Position requires work on weekends or holidays as needed for special events.

Primary Objectives

Performs intermediate work performing skilled and semi-skilled tasks in the care and maintenance of buildings, facilities and grounds; performing sanitation duties; performs related tasks as apparent or assigned.

This is a safety sensitive position and is subject to random and pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.

Supervision Exercised

None

1. Maintains and repairs roadways and other paved areas by cleaning surfaces, laying and raking asphalt and striping and marking pavement.
2. Mows, trims, edges, fertilizes, and waters parks, playing fields and other landscaped areas; weeds, prunes, mulches, fertilizes, and sprays trees, plants and shrubbery; prepares soil for planting; seeds and re-sods lawn areas; plants trees, seedlings and shrubs; applies pesticides and fertilizers.
3. Installs, repairs and maintains irrigation systems; adjusts, repairs and replaces timing mechanisms; reads and interprets standard plans, specifications, blueprints and schematics; prepares as-built sketches.
4. Performs set-ups and tear-downs for special events; installs and removes banners and decorations.
5. Drives a variety of Town vehicles and equipment to perform various tasks related to job duties.
6. Collects residential and commercial waste and recycling from a variety of receptacles and locations.
7. Performs building custodial duties: sweeps, mops, scrubs, and polishes floors; sweeps, vacuums and spot cleans carpeted areas; dusts and polishes furniture and woodwork; dusts counters, windowsills, window blinds and similar fixtures; washes doors, windows, walls, ceilings, window blinds and furniture; polishes metalwork; cleans and disinfects restrooms; restocks restroom supplies as necessary.
8. Cleans lighting fixtures and replaces bulbs/tubes.
9. Empties, cleans and lines waste receptacles and disposes of trash.
10. Performs basic building repair work; may paint facilities and perform graffiti removal; maintains drinking fountains.
11. Maintains vehicles, equipment, materials and supplies in proper condition.
12. Observes safe working practices, including maintaining storage areas in a safe condition.
13. Maintains open communication with coworkers and management team in person or via Town-issued cell phones.
14. Answers questions and provides standard information to the public.
15. Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
16. Completes basic records of work performed and materials used utilizing software such as Microsoft Word or Excel, as well as timely completion of time sheets.
17. Represents the County with dignity, integrity, and a spirit of cooperation in all relationships with staff and the public.
18. Contributes effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School diploma or GED and two (2) years of experience with aspects of landscaping, buildings, streets, and heavy equipment operation and repair; OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES

• ValidClass B Commercial Driver's License with air brake endorsement within one (1) year of date of employment.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10 Certification within one (1) year of date of employment.
• CPR and First Aid certification within six (6) months of date of employment.

WORKING CONDITIONS

The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands, physical agility, sensory requirements, and environmental exposures required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• This work requires the regular exertion of up to 25 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 50 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force.
• Work regularly requires standing, speaking or hearing, using hands and reaching with hands and arms; frequently requires walking, kneeling or crawling, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions; occasionally requires sitting and climbing or balancing.
• Work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels.
• Work requires visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, use of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arms length, operating machinery, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. heavy traffic, large equipment).
• Work regularly requires working near moving mechanical parts and exposure to outdoor weather conditions; frequently requires exposure to vibration; occasionally requires exposure to wet/humid conditions (non-weather), working in high/precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock and exposure to bloodborne pathogens (may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.
2. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background/screening.
3. Douglas County participates in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each applicant’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. All candidates who are offered employment must complete Section 1 of the Form I-9 along with the required proof of their right to work in the United States and proof of their identity prior to starting employment. Please be prepared to provide required documentation as soon as possible after the job offer is made.
4. This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities and other essential functions expected of the incumbent. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Incumbent may be asked to perform other duties as required.