Maintenance Laborer - Public Works (Seasonal Extra Help)

Description

Join the City of Napa's Public Works Department as a Maintenance Laborer (Seasonal Extra Help)!

Are you looking for a hands-on role where your work makes a real impact? The City of Napa's Public Works Department is seeking dependable and hardworking individuals to join the Street Maintenance or Facility Maintenance teams as Seasonal Extra Help Maintenance Laborer! You’ll be out in the field helping maintain streets or City facilities - essential systems that keep our community safe, accessible, and functioning every day!

This role is perfect for someone who enjoys working outdoors, staying active, and seeing the tangible results of their efforts. You’ll gain valuable skills while directly supporting the day-to-day operations that keep Napa’s streets and facilities in top condition.

Qualified applicants will have a record of demonstrating the following competencies:

• Adaptability: Maintaining efficiency during change in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.
• Safety Focus: Identifying and improving conditions that affect own and others’ safety; upholding safety standards.
• Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer’s perspective is a driving force behind priorities and decisions; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
• Collaborating: Working cooperatively with others to help a team or work group achieve its goals.
  
  

Candidates must be available for one or more of the following schedules:

Facility Maintenance Division

• 4:00 AM – 12:30 AM (weekdays)
  
  

Street Maintenance Division

• 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM (weekdays with rotating days off)
• 4:00 AM – 12:30 PM (weekdays)
  
  

Part-Time Extra Help positions are not to exceed 1,000 hours in a fiscal year (July 1 - June 30). Temporary and part-time employees are at-will and not covered by the Civil Service System. Some benefits for temporary employees include sick leave, temporary employee retirement plan, and 3.5% bilingual pay if applicable.

TYPICAL TASKS

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in the maintenance tasks associated with the care of grounds, landscaping, trees, facilities, parking areas, streets, water, storm drains and electrical utilities.
• Cleans and removes debris and litter from parks, landscapes, facilities, parking lots, streets, gutters, storm drains, catch basins, drainage ditches, sidewalks, and street construction sites by shoveling, raking, sweeping, and picking up debris.
• May operate vehicles, and light equipment and power tools necessary to complete maintenance for the above assigned areas.
• Assists in breaking up pavement, digging holes, cutting trenches, excavating and filling in holes in streets, pathways and other paved surfaces, chipping, using sledge hammer, shovel, pick, spade, rake, hoe, hand tools or jackhammer as directed.
• Assist in loading, transporting, and unloading equipment, materials, debris, and other heavy objects related to maintenance.
• Assists in setting up traffic control including signs and barricades, and acts as flag person to direct traffic around work sites.
• Helps repair and maintain fences, playground equipment, gates, doors, roofs, walks and walkways, sidewalks and gutters using hammer, saws, paint brushes and appropriate hand tools, spade, pick, hoe, shovels, tamper and jack hammer as directed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

Knowledge of: Functions, characteristics and proper use and care of common hand tools and safe work practices.

Ability to: Be trained in the use of supplies, tools and equipment used in in the work areas as described above in a variety of weather conditions. Basic skills in following simple oral and written instructions; skills in performing manual work, lifting heavy objects up to 90 pounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other persons.

Special Requirements: Possession of a California Class C Driver's License.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

MISSION STATEMENT for the City of Napa

Rooted in public service, our mission is to grow a vibrant, sustainable community for all who live in, work in, and visit the City of Napa, through thoughtful leadership and dedication to excellence.

CORE VALUES for the City of Napa

• Integrity - Consistently demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct with accountability and pride.
• Service - Engaging in meaningful work to care for our community through resourceful dedication and humble actions.
• Inclusion - Creating a sense of ease and belonging through respect, acceptance, and mindfulness of our collective diversity.
• Collaboration - Working together with a shared purpose while respectfully considering all voices to achieve common goals, solutions, and greater outcomes.
  
  

What happens next? We will review applications and all supplemental materials to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. Screening will include a review of minimum qualifications, application appraisal rating of education, training and experience and relevance of background qualifications related to the target job as well as supplemental questions if applicable.

Please list all employers held within the last ten years in the work history section. Candidates may include history beyond ten years if related to the position. If you held multiple positions with one employer, please list each position separately. Failure to follow these instructions may result in disqualification.

Applicants selected to move forward may be asked to participate in any combination of the following: a written examination, job related exercise, phone interview, in-person interview(s), and/or web-based testing.

Language Equity

• If you need assistance with the recruitment and selection process in Spanish, contact us at 707-257-9505. These request will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• Si necesita ayuda con el proceso de reclutamiento y selección en español, contáctenos al 707-257-9505. Estas solicitudes se evaluarán caso por caso.
  
  

Reasonable Accommodations: Our Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination process to accommodate qualified disabled applicants. Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the testing process should advise the HR Department in writing by the final filing date. A Reasonable Accommodation Request Form is available from HR and may be acquired by calling 707-257-9505, or dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service, offering free text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, and Spanish-language services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The City of Napa is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment will improve our talents to benefit the residents we serve.

There are no benefits for this position.

01

How many years of experience do you have performing construction, landscaping, facility maintenance, or similar physically demanding work?

• None
• Less than a year
• 1-2 years
• 2 years
  
  

02

Which division(s) are you interested in being considered for? (Select all that apply)

• Public Works - Facility Maintenance
• Public Works - Street Maintenance
  
  

03

Which of the following seasonal extra-help work schedules are you available to work? (Select all that apply)

• Facility Maintenance: 4:00 AM – 12:30 PM (weekdays)
• Street Maintenance: 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM (weekdays, rotating days off)
• Street Maintenance: 4:00 AM – 12:30 PM (weekdays)
  
  

04

Do you posses a valid California Class C Driver's License?

• Yes
• No
• Required Question