What are the responsibilities and job description for the MAINTENANCE WORKER position at City of National City, CA?
Description
THE CITY:
National City’s multi-cultural population, mild climate and central location make National City a great place to live and work. The City takes great pride in its rich history and traditions, diverse cultures, dynamic and progressive atmosphere, strong community spirit, schools, neighborhoods and vibrant business districts. National City, San Diego County’s second oldest city, is truly “In the center of it all.” National City is 10 minutes from everywhere and positioned for prosperity, with proximity to the San Diego Bay, US-Mexico border, downtown San Diego, international airport, rail, San Diego State University, and other colleges and universities. National City is circled by interstates 5 and 805, and highways 54 and 15. For more information on the City of National City, please visit our website at: www.nationalcityca.gov
THE DEPARTMENT:
The Engineering & Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining the City's public assets, including all infrastructure, right of way, parks, facilities and the City’s vehicle and equipment fleet. The Engineering Division oversees the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Storm Water & Environmental Compliance, Traffic Safety, and Engineering Permits, Plan Checks and Inspections for private development. The Public Works operations team provides essential services for the community through its four Divisions: Streets & Wastewater Maintenance, Parks Maintenance, Facilities Maintenance, and Fleet & Equipment Maintenance.
THE POSITION:
Under general supervision, to perform a variety of manual tasks in the repair and maintenance of City streets, sewers, and other Public Works facilities; and perform related duties as required. Position may be assigned duties on a variety of crews, such as street, sewer or facilities maintenance, and others. This position reports to a Public Works Crew Supervisor, within either the Street section or Wastewater section of the Street & Wastewater Division.
ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULE:
This position typically works a 4/10 workweek from 6:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Thursday. City offices are closed on Fridays. All Crew Members have the responsibility to work Standby Duties, which consist of a 2 person, 1 week rotation, where they must be available to respond to after hours and weekend emergency call outs. There is an additional “Quality of Life Crew” rotation, which is currently a 5/8 workweek from 7:00am to 3:30pm, Monday through Friday, but is subject to change.
Key Responsibilities
The following duties and responsibilities are representative of those typically performed by positions assigned to this classification. Any single position may not perform all of these duties and/or may perform similar related tasks not listed here.
- Prepares surfaces for paving, mixes cement, and breaks up paved surfaces.
- Uses such hand tools as shovels, rakes, jackhammer, and tamper.
- Loads and unloads trucks.
- Excavates and fills trenches and ditches.
- Performs a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled street and sewer maintenance and construction duties.
- Cleans, operates, and performs minor maintenance work on equipment and facilities.
- Assists in rodding, cleaning, repairing, and replacing sewer lines.
- Assists in cement work to build curbs and sidewalks.
- Cleans and cares for tools and equipment.
- Responds to emergency calls.
- Performs other related duties as required.
- This position will be required to work standby duties.
- Places traffic control devices and directs traffic in streets to ensure proper and safe traffic flow.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination equivalent to training and experience that could likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities will be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities would be:
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
- One (1) year of full-time maintenance and construction experience.
- Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.
- Possession of a California Class B Driver's License (with no restrictions) will be required within twelve (12) months after appointment.
Ability to: Drive light and medium size trucks; properly and safely use hand and power tools; understand and carry out verbal and written instructions; work cooperatively with others; communicate effectively with supervisors, co-workers and the general public.
Physical Requirements: Performs heavy and physically demanding work for lengthy and continuous periods of time.
Examination Process
All applications will be reviewed and only those candidates determined to be most qualified on the basis of experience and education, as submitted, will be invited to participate in the selection process. The selection process may include but is not limited to an oral interview and/or written exams and/or a field test. Successful candidates will be placed on the employment eligible list from which hires may be made. An eligible list is valid for up to one year unless exhausted sooner.
The City of National City is an Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status or disability.
