What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Maintenance Worker - Solid Waste position at City of St. Cloud, FL?
Description
The City of St. Cloud is hiring a Lead Maintenance Worker for our Solid Waste Division!
This is a working supervisory role where you’ll lead by example, performing semi-skilled and skilled work while helping guide and support your team. This position plays an important part in keeping our community clean, safe, and running smoothly.
We’re looking for someone who demonstrates accountability in their daily work, takes ownership of responsibilities, and feels empowered to lead others and make decisions in the field. We also value innovation, someone who can bring ideas to improve operations and team efficiency.
In this role, you’ll help coordinate daily tasks, support crew members, and ensure work is completed safely and effectively. The work is hands-on, physically demanding, and requires a strong sense of responsibility.
Schedule: Tuesday through Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
If you’re a motivated team player who enjoys hands-on work and leadership, we’d love to have you join our team!
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules of the yard workers and scalehouse workers. Answers questions: gives advice and direction as needed.
- Creates work orders; schedules and inspects work in progress.
- Maintains records of operations, repairs, installations, personnel equipment and materials.
- Oversees all yard equipment
- Orders personnel equipment
- Can perform maintenance work, including the use of hand and power tools, mowers and other equipment.
- Performs landscaping maintenance and construction, repairs.
- Perform regular and routine maintenance, cleaning, repairs and servicing of equipment. Reports major equipment problems to the Crew Leader
- Be familiar with the Scalehouse operations; Point-of Sale CC machines and inbound and outbound procedures.
- Performs related work as assigned.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
- Requires High School Diploma or GED equivalent. Experience in Maintenance Supervision preferred.
- Must possess and maintain a valid FL state Commercial Driver's License (Class "A") with acceptable driving history OR obtain within 120 days of employment.
- Carry a Transfer Station license OR obtain within 120 days of employment.
- Obtain the TREEO Spotter course (8 hours) within 120 days of employment.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
An Equal Opportunity Employer
The City of St. Cloud is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination, harassment, or retaliation in all of its employment practices based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran or family status, genetic information, or any other status or condition protected by applicable state or federal laws. The City participates in employment eligibility verifications through E-verify. Veteran’s preference is given in accordance with Florida Law.
City of St. Cloud Benefits Package
We believe our City employees to be our most valuable asset. To attract and retain those employees, we offer a competitive wages and benefits package including on-the-job training, seminars, and performance appraisals.
We invite you to look at the benefits the City of St. Cloud has to offer. We think you will find that the rewards of the job are equal to the challenge.
All of our Full-time regular employees are eligible for the city's benefits package, which includes:
- On-Site Employee Health Care Center - free for employees and their dependents on the health insurance plan
- Paid Vacation
- Sick Leave (Ability to roll over from year to year)
- 11 Paid Holidays for General Employees and Police Officers– The Fire department employees can earn up to 156 holiday hours per fiscal year (prorated from the employee’s start date).
- One (1) Floating Holiday for General Employees and two (2) for Police Officers.
- Medical and Dental Coverage
- Pension Plan
- Awards Programs
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- Discounted Automobile Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Account
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Holiday Bonus – subject to City Council approval
- Indianapolis Plan (Police Officers)
- Life and Accidental Death (One-time annual salary paid by City)
- Long Term Disability Coverage (paid by City)
- Management Leave
- Sick Leave Bank available for all employees - for Fire Union sick leave bank information, see union contract