Job Description

Posting number: 2603371

Department: Water Resources Department

Division: Water Distribution

Job classification: Maintenance Worker I - Senior

Posting type: Open

Categories: Public Works

This position provides complex maintenance and repairs to public works.

Examples of duties

• Assists an assigned crew; ensures the crew has adequate supplies to complete the assignment.
• Cleans offices, hallways, lunch and break rooms, meeting rooms, and stairways, including sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping; washing windows and mirrors; dusting furniture and fixtures; and emptying trash.
  
• Performs general grounds maintenance and landscaping duties: mows and edges grassy areas, trims hedges, prunes trees, pulls weeds, plants flowers, and spreads mulch.
  
• Maintains sprinklers; repairs broken pipes as needed.
  
• Transports vehicles to city shop for routine maintenance and services as needed.
  
• Troubleshoots basic maintenance problems involving plumbing and equipment repair or replacement; painting; or related repair or installation.
  
• Maintains landscaping, storm drainage, and irrigation systems; treats plants and turf for disease; installs and maintains backflow prevention devices;
  
• Performs preventative maintenance on various pumps and motors.
  
• Monitors water quality and chemistry; sizes and replaces mechanical seals; installs, calibrates, and troubleshoots chlorination controllers; and installs, repairs, replaces, and modifies water lines, mains, valves, and related distribution equipment.
  
• Estimates cost of repairs; selects and requisitions necessary equipment and related supplies; oversees all work in progress to ensure quality, timeliness, and safety; inspects completed work to ensure quality and conformance to code.
  
• Provides maintenance and repair work and supervises a small work crew; assigns, reviews, and inspects work; guides task performance; trains and develops employees; provides input to employee performance appraisals; promotes and observes safe work practices.
  
• Performs general maintenance duties
  
• Cleans and maintains job site, including laying sod, weed eating, brush removal, removing litter, streets, utilities, and other equipment.
  Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

Requires a high school diploma or GED equivalent; less than one year of related maintenance experience is necessary.

Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving history.

May require the following certifications/licenses:
Confined Space Safety Certification
ICS100 and ICS700
Bloodborne Pathogens
Traffic control flagging certification.

Supplemental information

Knowledge of equipment and tools necessary to perform essential duties.
Knowledge of job-related safety hazards and precautionary methods
Skill in establishing priorities and organizing work.
Skill in the operation of assigned vehicles and equipment.
Skill in oral communication.

Minimum Standards
SUPERVISORY CONTROLS: Work is performed under the close supervision of the Supervisor. The supervisor
spot-checks completed work for compliance with instructions and established procedures, accuracy, and the
nature and propriety of the final results.
GUIDELINES: Guidelines include the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. These guidelines are generally
clear and specific but may require some interpretation in application.
COMPLEXITY: The work consists of related maintenance duties. Regular and repetitive tasks, processes, or
operations requiring the selection and execution of actions based on defined procedures. Inclement weather and
heavy traffic conditions contribute to the complexity of the position.
SCOPE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this position is to assist in the performance of traffic maintenance duties.
Supportive, informational, recording, or other services to assist others in producing correct and effective results;
minor consequences. Successful performance in this position contributes to the efficiency and safety of city
roadways.
PERSONAL CONTACTS: Little or no contact required except with immediate associates and direct supervisor.
Contacts are typically with co-workers, other city employees, and members of the general public.
PURPOSE OF CONTACTS: Contacts are typically to give or exchange information, provide services, and resolve
problems.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, bending, crouching,
stooping, or walking. The employee frequently lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, and uses tools or
equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity. This is medium work requiring the exertion of 50 pounds of force
occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work is typically performed outdoors. The employee may be exposed to noise, dust,
dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, and cold or inclement weather. The work requires the use of
protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves. One or more disagreeable elements (heat, fumes, cold,
vibration or wetness) are regularly present and objectionable, or continuing exposure to work situations that
could result in incapacitating accidents or periodic exposure to situations involving hazards that could result in
total disability, critical illness, or loss of life.
SUPERVISORY AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY: None.