Maintenance Worker-3 Internal & Promotional-Only Recruitment

Job Status: 
Closed - no longer accepting applications
Job Closing Date: 
Tuesday, August 23, 2022 - 5:00pm

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

MAINTENANCE WORKER-3

Salary: $29.22/hr - $35.55/hr - Plus Comprehensive Benefits

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 by 5:00 pm

This is an Internal & Promotional-Only Recruitment - Only open to City of Capitola Employees
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SUPERVISON RESPONSIBLITIES 

Trains and acts as Crew Leader to work crews consisting of both Maintenance Worker 1’s and 2’s. 

GENERAL PURPOSE

Under general supervision, performs a variety of skilled and routine maintenance tasks, construction work, and repair work in the upkeep of the city's streets, parks, beaches, and facilities; performs other work as assigned or required. Serves as crew leader in the field of small crews made up of Maintenance Workers-1's and 2's. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Responds to after-hours service requests and emergencies.

  • Performs asphalt patching and pothole repair. • Installs and maintains road markings and city signs. • Clears brush and debris from storm drains, wooded areas, streets, creeks, and ditches. Cleans up after various types of road spills and vehicle accidents following proper department procedure.

  • Distributes and collects barricades for traffic control during and after city festivals, recreational activities, and flooding of streets and beaches following high tides and heavy storms. Cleans sidewalks, picks up litter along streets, and dumps trash cans throughout the city.

  • Maintains city buildings, cleans roofs and rain gutters, replaces lights and fixtures, and other tasks as needed. • Builds and maintains city owned walls and fences. • May operate power equipment and trucks. • Maintains and makes minor repairs of equipment.

  • Maintains the Capitola Wharf; cleaning bathrooms and performing minor repairs to buildings and structure. • Mows and edges lawns, weeds, waters, prunes shrubs and trees; in city parks, street islands, and other city right-of-ways and landscaped areas. • Installs, inspects and repairs sprinkler systems.

  • Applies fertilizers and herbicides as necessary. • Assists in installing, repairing, and maintaining park and recreational equipment.

  • Cleans and maintains parks and recreational area restroom facilities.

  • May serve on various employee or other committees as assigned.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE 

  • Graduation from high school or GED equivalent, and

  • Three (3) years of experience as a Maintenance Worker 2 with the City of Capitola

  • Any equivalent combination of education and experience. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Starting requirements:

  • Possession of a valid California Class C Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

Desired licenses:

  • California Class A drivers

  • California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)

  • Qualified Applicators Certification (QAC)