PLEASE NOTE: YOU *MUST* SUBMIT A CITY OF PALMETTO JOB APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. Employment applications may be printed from our website at www.palmettofl.org or picked up at the City of Palmetto Human Resource Dept., 516 8th Ave. W. Palmetto, Fl. 34221.

Workdays: Wednesday to Sunday (hourly rate $15.91 for Wednesday through Friday and $17.91 for Saturday and Sunday), and working holidays are required if the holiday fall on a normally scheduled workday.

Days Off: Monday and Tuesday

The purpose of this class within the organization is to perform a variety of unskilled to semi-skilled maintenance work and operate equipment in the construction, repair, maintenance, and replacement of various city facilities and systems such as parks, and utilities such as water and sewer.

This class works under close supervision according to set procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this job/class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job/class as necessary.

Essential Functions: (Applies to all park restrooms located within the City of Palmetto)

• Clean and disinfect all park restrooms which includes toilets, urinals, and sinks.
• Sweep and mop all park restroom floors.
• Pressure wash park restroom floors - as needed.
• Maintain appropriate paper supplies and empty waste baskets daily to ensure a clean and neat appearance of all park restrooms.
• Pick up litter at all city parks; remove trash from trash cans and place new bags inside the cans.
• Blow leaves off and away from all park restroom building areas.
• Create workorders and enter them into the system at the end of each day.
• Maintains effective working relationships with coworkers, assigned supervisor, and the general public.

Additional Duties:

Performs required labor involved in the construction and maintenance for various systems as part of a crew including pavement cutting, ditch digging, spraying pesticides and herbicides, manhole and line cleaning, water/sewer main and pipe repair, mowing, laying asphalt, and back filling.

Inspects and repairs systems such as parks, water, storm water, and sewer to ensure that all aspects of the assigned system are functioning properly.

Add’l duties cont.

Evaluates and responds to complaints regarding assigned system and communicates those issues to the specified supervisor.

Operates light and medium-sized construction and power equipment and tools; performs routine inspection and preventative maintenance such as cleaning and repairing equipment and tools as needed.

Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts:

Data Responsibility:

Copies, transcribes, enters or posts data or information.

People Responsibility:

Serves others such as customers, attends to their requests and exchanges information with them.

Asset Responsibility:

Requires some responsibility for achieving minor economies and/or preventing minor losses through the handling of or accounting for materials, supplies or small amounts of money.

Mathematical Requirements:

Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and/or calculates ratios, rates and percentages.

Communications Requirements:

Reads simple sentences, instructions or work orders; writes simple sentences and completes simple job forms; speaks simple sentences using basic grammar.

Judgment Requirements:

Decision-making is focus of the job, potentially affecting units of the organization.

Complexity of Work:

Performs semi-skilled work involving set procedures and rules, requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results or occasional exposure to unusual pressure.

Impact of Errors:

The impact of errors is moderate – affects those in work unit.

Physical Demands:

Performs medium to heavy work that involves walking, standing, stooping, lifting, digging, pushing and raising objects and also involves exerting between 20 to 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis and 50 to 100 pounds of force on an occasional basis.

Equipment Usage:

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Leads or handles machines, tools, equipment or work aids involving moderate latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.

Unavoidable Hazards:

May at times work outside and in inclement weather, around construction equipment, have exposure to vibration, fumes or noxious odors.

Involves routine and frequent exposure to extreme noise levels; animals/wildlife.

Safety of Others: (Does not include safety of subordinates).

Requires responsibility for the safety and health of others and for occasional enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires some experience in equipment and city maintenance, public works, construction or repair, or closely related experience.
• Prefer High School graduation or GED equivalent.

Special Certifications and Licenses:

• Valid Florida Driver’s License.

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:

The City of Palmetto is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S. C. 12101 et. seq.), the City of Palmetto will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

***Please Note: This job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $15.91 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
• Wellness program

Physical setting:

• Outdoor work

Work Location: In person