What are the responsibilities and job description for the Building Maintenance Worker position at Redwood City?
Building Maintenance Worker #25A-75 (20667442)
Facility Services
San Francisco/Peninsula
Full-Time
10/27/2025 at 11:59pm or until 50 applicants
$7,505.00-$9,121.00 Monthly
About Redwood City
Redwood City is a Charter City operating under the council-manager form of government. The City Council consists of seven members and is the governing body elected directly by the residents of Redwood City. As the legislative branch of our local government, the Council makes final decisions on all major city matters and sets City-wide priorities and policies. The Council directs the City Manager to implement these priorities and policies. In 2020, the City Council moved to district-based elections which means City Councilmembers are elected by district instead of at-large voting, where all voters cast their ballots for all candidates in the jurisdiction. The city is a full service city with the departments of Community Development, Engineering & Transportation, Finance, Fire, Human Resources, Information Technology, Library, Parks, Recreation and Community Services, Police, and Public Works Services, along with the City Manager's Office, City Clerk's Office, and City Attorney's Office. Municipal services are delivered with the support of over 600 employees.
The City of Redwood City is a values-driven organization and a leader in the bay area. Redwood City’s Core Purpose is "Build a Great Community Together" and our employees play a vital and indispensable role in realizing this purpose. We’re looking for creative individuals dedicated to excellence, service and integrity. We offer a wide range of public service career opportunities with potential for growth and advancement. We also offer highly competitive salary and benefits, employee development opportunities, along with alternate work schedules and generous vacation and holidays. So if you’re passionate and bright, community-oriented, creative and committed, we hope you consider making the City of Redwood City your next career home.
About the Redwood City Community
Located in the Silicon Valley at the center of the San Francisco Peninsula, the City of Redwood City is known as a creative, innovative and dynamic organization and community. With a population of over 85,000, the city has a healthy blend of residential, commercial and industrial elements in a community that stretches from the San Francisco Bay to the hills of the San Francisco peninsula. The city is home to a vibrant Caltrain station where commuters from both San Jose to the south, and San Francisco to the north, arrive into one of the most tech-savvy communities in the world. Redwood City offers outstanding accommodations, top entertainment, and diverse dining options. The City's pedestrian-friendly and distinctive Downtown honors the community's heritage and is home to a growing number of restaurants, and a vibrant mix of retail to fit every consumer mood. The beautiful Courthouse Square stands as the centerpiece of Downtown and has become the gathering place for people from throughout the community and the peninsula. Redwood City enjoys a one-of-a-kind waterfront including the Redwood Shores neighborhood, with ample recreational opportunities right on the Bay. The community also boasts the only deep-water port in the south San Francisco Bay, has a yacht harbor, and offers numerous bayfront residential options. The success and health of Redwood City is built upon the community's diversity, civic pride, strong neighborhoods, and each individual's sense of responsibility for making the City a better place for all. It's a terrific place to do business, with appealing neighborhoods supported by a strong sense of community, making Redwood City a natural place to call "home".
Please review the special instructions before applying for this job opportunity.
Location
1400 Broadway Street Redwood City, 94063
Description
The City of Redwood City Invites Applications for: Building Maintenance Worker
WHY JOIN THE REDWOOD CITY TEAM?
We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by the core values of excellence, integrity, service, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication. The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride. The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career as a part of a hard-working and fun Building Maintenance team that fosters innovation, creativity and collaboration, we hope you’ll apply.
ABOUT THE POSITION
The City of Redwood City, Public Works Department invites you to apply for the position of Building Maintenance Worker position. The Building Maintenance Worker positions in this class are assigned a variety of tasks in the building trades. Although work requires the use of journey level tools and the ability to perform tasks in several of the crafts, the skill required in any one field is normally less than would be required of a journey level worker in that field. Technical supervision may be regularly exercised over one or more helpers.
Typical duties may include:
Assist in a variety of carpentry and building maintenance tasks for municipal facilities. Keep accurate and timely records of building maintenance activities utilizing a computer work order system.
Install, maintain, and repair plumbing systems and a variety of plumbing fixtures such as drinking fountains, faucets, sinks, toilets, water heaters, and aquatic facilities.
Unstop drains and toilets.
Use computerized/electronic equipment as required.
Solicit bids and order parts and materials (purchasing) as needed
Repair, install, and construct walls, cabinets, countertops, and other wood equipment and fixtures.
Perform hand and bench work, operating table saw, miter saw, drill presses, skill saws, and other woodworking machinery.
Maintain and repair structures such as barricades, fences, scaffolds and playground equipment and perform maintenance and repair on park and other City structures.
Make repairs on doors, windows, floors, lockers, gates, roofs, and ceilings.
Construct new walls, ceilings, and flooring.
Prepare surfaces for painting, wallpapering, or staining and remove graffiti.
Apply paint to building interiors and exteriors, fixtures and equipment. Prepare and paint or stain cabinets, doors, woodwork and other surfaces.
Assist in general facility maintenance duties as required
Repair, replace, and maintain electrical wiring, fuses, switches, motors, generators, lighting systems, and other fixtures and equipment
Train and assist less experienced personnel.
Perform basic preventive maintenance and repairs to heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment.
Perform work with a record of regular attendance and punctuality.
Job PDF:
PDF icon Job Flyer - Building Maintenance Worker #25A-75 Final.pdf
Ideal Candidate
Will have worked in areas such as carpentry, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, building maintenance & repairs. Will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service; be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks between skill areas; will use initiative and independent judgement; will be a team player who likes working with a variety of City staff and the public and have a sense of humor.
Benefits
See job flyer
Special Instructions
Submit your application via: www.CalOpps.org by Monday, October 27, 2025 by 11:59 pm or upon receipt of 50 applications. In-person practical exam is tentatively scheduled on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 and those who pass the practical will be invited to an in-person oral board scheduled on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.
A City application and complete supplemental questionnaire, are required. A Cover letter and a resume are optional. Applications must be filled out completely. Failure to list work experience, and education or training or stating “See Resume” in the work experience section of the application will be considered an incomplete application and subject to disqualification. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a City application.
Selection Process:
All applications will be reviewed for neatness, accuracy, completion, relevant education, experience, training and other job-related qualifications. The most highly qualified applicants will be asked to participate in the testing process, which will consist of a virtual oral board.
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Recruitment Contact
Contact phone:
(650)780-7243
Contact email:
ecorona@redwoodcity.org
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