Effective 6/22/2024:
$26.91 - $34.05 Hourly
$4,664 - $5,902 Monthly
$55,973 - $70,824 Annually
The City of Buena Park is seeking an experienced Senior Maintenance Worker with ample experience in concrete, asphalt, irrigation, and tree trimming. This position will be responsible for handling skilled task along with submitting inspection requests on a hand held device. The ideal candidate will have expertise skills in operating heavy equipment. If you would like to join the Public Works - Streets Division APPLY NOW!
GENERAL PURPOSE
Under general supervision, performs a variety of skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled tasks in the construction, maintenance, monitoring, and repair of city streets, buildings, parks, parkways, landscaped areas, medians and other areas; and does related work as required.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
The Senior Maintenance Worker is distinguished from the Maintenance Worker in its performance of more complex tasks requiring more frequent and precise use of tools and heavier equipment, more specialized knowledge of installation, troubleshooting, and repair procedures and work under lesser supervision. The Senior Maintenance Worker is distinguished from the Lead Maintenance Worker, who is responsible for training maintenance personnel, assigning tasks, checking work, and enforcing safety procedures.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the class.
All Operations:
- Maintains and repairs buildings, grounds, and equipment; diagnoses work problems and needs and performs mechanical, carpentry, painting, and electrical work, as assigned.
- Loads and unloads tools and supplies; places and removes traffic control signs, cones, and road delineators, as needed; hauls away debris.
- Drives medium and light equipment such as pick-up trucks and dump trucks, and uses conventional and more specialized hand and power tools at worksites.
- Explains work methods, monitors equipment use, and answers questions regarding work procedures from less experienced maintenance personnel.
- Completes basic work and activity records and communicates with the public regarding maintenance needs, work procedures, and safety requirements.
- May clean up material spills.
- May assist in the set up and break down of equipment and areas for special events.
Streets
- Prepares street surfaces for paving or reconstruction work; breaks up asphalt, concrete or hardened surfaces using a jackhammer, concrete saw, shovel or pick.
- Seals cracks and patches streets; rakes, smoothes and levels asphalt and concrete mix using shovels, rakes and small hand tools.
- Identifies areas to be repaired and level of mix to be used; applies asphalt, concrete, and pre-mix materials to streets, sidewalks, and pedestrian ways; uses levels or visual guides to confirm proper temperature conditions and level of mix to be applied.
- Constructs and lays forms for curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and concrete finishing work and uses finishing tools.
- Operates larger and smaller rollers to smooth asphalt or patch truck for asphalt and slurry work in small areas; operates concrete grinders and saws.
- Cleans and repairs drains, gutters, mains, and laterals, and clears drainage areas; operates a dump truck or larger vehicles to move debris.
QUALIFICATIONS GUIDELINES
Knowledge of:
Maintenance procedures, repair methods, and troubleshooting techniques at job sites and involving equipment; use of a variety of maintenance equipment and proper use of hand and power tools for varied jobs; safety rules and practices pertaining to maintenance and construction work; repair and basic inspection tasks; effective customer service techniques.
Ability to:
Operate light and heavier motorized equipment and small power and hand tools in performing maintenance work on a regular basis, including backhoes, boom trucks, or specialized tools and equipment required to complete tasks; safely operate jackhammer, concrete saw or other mobile power tools and equipment; perform assigned maintenance tasks following established procedures and techniques; follow proper safety rules and procedures; communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, management, and the general public; understand and carry out oral or written instructions; complete basic work activity records and time reports.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this class, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach above and below shoulder level with hands and arms. The position primarily works in field settings. The employee must be able to sit, stand, and walk. The employee must be able to talk, and hear. The employee is expected to bend, stoop, squat, kneel, climb, and crawl, depending upon work tasks, and to lift up to 50 pounds given materials moved and tools used or move heavier objects with the assistance of co-workers or mechanized devices. The employee may be expected to operate loaders and backhoes, and related maintenance vehicles and jackhammers, stump grinders, concrete cutters, and other specialized equipment, and use shovels, hoes, brooms, and other tools given job assignments. Specific vision abilities required by this class include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Mental Demands
While performing the duties of this class, the employee must be able to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; interpret policies and procedures; use math and mathematical reasoning; learn and apply new information or new skills; work under deadlines with interruptions; and interact with co-workers, supervisors, management, contractors, vendors, and the general public.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The employee constantly works outdoors and is subject to variable weather conditions and traffic, heat, dust, moisture and wetness as well as mechanical and electrical hazards, and applied chemicals. The employee is subject to loud construction noise in particular areas such as power tools, compressors, chippers, and large-scale motorized equipment. The employee may work in vaults and underground storage chambers.
All applicants must submit a City application online through the Human Resources Department web page at www.buenapark.com/hr. Applications may be accompanied by a resume describing experience, education, and training in relation to the requirements of the position, however, resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City employment application.
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 oral presentations. 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 Buena Park 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.
Americans with Disabilities:
Applicants with disabilities who require special testing arrangements must contact Human Resources. If you have a disability for which you require an accommodation, please contact Human Resources at (714) 562-3515 no later than 5business days before the test date.
Fingerprinting:
Applicants who are selected for hire are fingerprinted during the pre-placement processing period. All fingerprints will be processed with the Department of Justice to verify criminal records or absence thereof.
Physical Examination:
Employment offers are conditional based, upon the successful completion of a medical examination which may include drug and alcohol screening. Physicals are performed by the City's designated physician at the City's expense.
