Maintenance Helper, Fleet

Hourly Rate

$22.00 per hour (based on relevant experience)

Position Title

Maintenance Helper, Fleet (Hourly)

Requisition #

req
8363

Department

Operation Services

Location

Fleet Services Facilities, Fort Collins, CO

Employment Type

Part‑Time Hourly

Wage

$22.00 per hour

Final date to receive applications: 3:00 p.m. MT on 3/13/2026.

• Background check (considered in relation to responsibilities and requirements of the position)
• Motor vehicle report
• Drug test within 96 hours of offer
• Post‑Offer Employment Test (P.O.E.T)

The Maintenance Helper, Fleet cleans and maintains building appearance and delivers pool cars and city vehicles.

This hourly position allows up to 29 hours per week.

• Maintain building appearance.
• Operate snow removal equipment to maintain parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways.
• Perform custodial duties such as cleaning buildings, sweeping, scrubbing floors, and emptying trash.
• Deliver city vehicles to outside vendors.
• Inspect pool vehicles and perform minor maintenance such as tire repairs, checking fluids, and fueling.

This position does not supervise regular city employees.

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultures.
• Strong learning orientation, leveraging resources and being creative in learning for self‑adaptation to changing issues and trends.
• Ability to understand diverse customer needs and create experiences that exceed expectations.
• Ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

• Ability to operate and maintain vehicles and equipment such as snowplows and forklifts.
• Basic math skills.
• Ability to pass a pre‑employment fit‑for‑duty test.
• Submit to pre‑employment drug test.

High school diploma or GED; one to two years of related experience in vehicle and equipment maintenance; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with supervisors, coworkers, customers, and citizens.

Apply common sense to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

• Valid driver’s license.

Regularly stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. Frequently climb or balance. Occasionally sit. Maintain lifting of up to 10 pounds on a regular basis and up to 50 pounds frequently.

Exposure to moving mechanical parts and vibration; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock; fumes or airborne particles; and typically loud noise levels.

The City is a drug‑free workplace and will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana, enforcing a written policy that prohibits working while marijuana is in the body.

The City of Fort Collins is committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Employment decisions will comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. The City will provide reasonable accommodations for access to services and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities.

Compliance with all laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment. Prohibition of discrimination or retaliation against individuals who raise workplace violations of health or safety rules.

Note:

Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.