Maintenance Worker
| Location | Santa Rosa, 100 Santa Rosa Ave |
| Date Posted | November 25, 2024 |
| Category |
Political / Government
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| Job Type |
Full-time
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| State | California (CA) |
Description
THIS RECRUITMENT IS BEING REOPENED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO APPLY, ENHANCING OUR CANDIDATE POOL FOR MULTIPLE VACANCIES. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY APPLIED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, YOUR APPLICATION IS STILL ON FILE. REPEAT APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
In addition to offering a challenging, rewarding work environment and excellent salary, the City of Santa Rosa provides a generous suite of benefits, including retirement through CalPERS, a competitive leave accrual package, your choice of health plan, and top of the line employer paid (FREE) vision and dental coverage. More information regarding benefits associated with this position can be found on our Miscellaneous Employee Benefits Page.
Additional benefits include:
- 12 paid holidays annually, plus 1 to 3 'floating holidays' per year depending on hire date and years of service.
- $500 annually for wellness
ABOUT THE POSITIONS:
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS IN STREETS MAINTENANCE WILL POSSESS:
- Experience in repair of asphalt and concrete, street signs, and roadway marking
- Experience in operating heavy equipment used in street maintenance
- Ability to operate heavy equipment; obtain a Class A commercial license.
- Experience in construction and general interior and exterior maintenance duties
HOW TO APPLY:
Please complete a thoughtful, thorough Supplemental Questionnaire submission. As part of the selection process, your responses to these questions will be scored using criteria specific to this position. Incomplete responses, or responses such as "See Resume" can result in disqualification from the selection process.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Additional requirements, such as successful completion of a physical exam, drug screen, satisfactory driving history, etc., may apply, depending on the duties and responsibilities of the position. If you receive a conditional job offer for the position, the requirements upon which the offer is contingent will be outlined in the conditional job letter.
THE SELECTION PROCESS:
The selection process will include a minimum qualifications assessment and may also include an application and supplemental questionnaire review, followed by department selection interviews.
For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Karen Rodriguez at krodriguez@cpshr.us.
Examples of Duties and Responsibilities
Transportation and Public Works Department:Maintenance Workers in the Transportation and Public Works Department assist in the maintenance and repair of asphalt and concrete streets, bus signs, bus shelters, traffic signs; and assist in building and repairing a variety of City facilities, structures, and equipment.
Essential Duties:
- Repair asphalt and concrete streets by crack sealing, overlay, light patching, pothole patching and removing failing sections of street and replacing with asphalt or concrete;
- remove and replace failing asphalt and concrete with backhoe, loader, skid steer, or by hand;
- prepare streets for annual slurry seal contract and provide notification and traffic control for slurry application;
- install and repair farebox, bus signs, bus shelter solar lighting, video surveillance equipment, traffic signs, sign poles and guard rails;
- use special sign-making equipment and tools to lay out and fabricate signs of wood, plastic or metal;
- clean storm ditches, creeks, drains, catch basins, culverts;
- perform general interior and exterior building maintenance;
- dig trenches and post holes;
- measure, mark off and paint traffic markings in streets;
- eradicate street markings and install new markings with thermo plastic;
- remove and replace pavement markers, buttons and reflectors;
- pour and finish concrete;
- layout and form pedestrian ramps to meet ADA standards;
- hazardous material response and cleanup;
- Perform general building cleaning and custodial duties including graffiti removal;
- perform general interior and exterior building maintenance involving carpentry, painting and plumbing;
- repair, move, and install furniture, cabinets, shelves, workstations, and gates;
- assist in building and painting a variety of City facilities and structures; and
- Maintain buildings.
Required Qualifications
In addition to the abilities listed above, qualifications for Maintenance Worker in specific assignments include the following:
- Ability to operate heavy equipment; obtain a Class A commercial license.
Additional Information
Selection Process:
Incumbents must have the strength, flexibility, and coordination to perform the following repetitive movements: hand-arm, bending, stooping, squatting, climbing, lifting, reaching and shoveling of various contents. Lifting and reaching can be above shoulder level and/or overhead. Repairing small objects requires making skillful, controlled manipulations, precise arm-hand movements, static arm-hand positions and fine, highly controlled manipulations. A computer keyboard is used to enter and retrieve data.
Incumbents must have the hand and foot coordination to operate vehicles and machinery with automatic or manual transmission requiring coordinating the movement of more than one limb simultaneously. Operation of heavy equipment will require making fine, highly controlled muscular movements to adjust the position of a control mechanism.
Incumbents are required to move objects weighing up to 95 pounds for distances of up to 20 feet and objects weighing up to 50 pounds for more than 20 feet.
A Maintenance Worker must have auditory ability to hear alarms and other warning devices and visual acuity to see hazards, read written material and discriminate among and match colors.
Verbal communication is generally conducted face to face, although may also be conducted on the telephone and in a group setting.
The City of Santa Rosa is located just 55 miles north of San Francisco and 30 miles east of the Pacific Ocean with a population of approximately 180,000. Santa Rosa is the seat of Sonoma County and the center of trade, government, commerce, and medical facilities for the North Bay. The surrounding area is home to over a hundred wineries and vineyards and many beautiful parks and recreational facilities, including golf courses. Santa Rosa is in the center of a nationally recognized cycling area. We boast many attractions associated with large cities, including a symphony, performing arts center, theater productions and internationally recognized restaurants, yet still retain the warmth and small town feel of decades past. Santa Rosa has been named one of the 50 greenest cities in the United States with one of the top five mid-sized downtowns in California.
The City does not discriminate on the basis of disability in employment. Requests for reasonable accommodations needed to participate in the recruitment process may be made by submitting a Request for Reasonable Accommodation Form within five (5) business days of being noticed that an event requiring accommodation is occurring. You may also contact the Human Resources Department at (707) 543-3060 or jobs@srcity.org.