Maintenance Worker Water Temp

Overview

Job Summary: Our Maintenance Worker I - Water Treatment Plant (Temporary) assists the Water Treatment Plant Maintenance Worker II to help ensure safe, clean, well-maintained grounds and facilities at the Water Treatment Plant. This position is temporary (10-month maximum), working 40 hours per week. The pay range is $20.97 to $28.32 per hour, with a hiring range of $20.97 to $24.64 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.

This opportunity will remain open until filled.

• Helps ensure well maintained grounds, trees, shrubs and flower beds by assisting the Maintenance Worker II and operations staff with mowing, planting, watering, mulching, tree removal, landscaping, pesticide and fertilizer application, weeding, and performing small equipment engine maintenance.
• Assists the Maintenance Worker II with cleaning restrooms, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning the breakroom and kitchen, and cleaning buildings that house treatment facilities.

• Assists with department projects as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• There are no supervisor/manager expectations.

Education:

• Required:
  
  High School/GED

Experience:

• Required:
  
  1 year experience in grounds or parks maintenance or related field with emphasis on duties most closely related to the essential job functions, including operating various types of equipment.

Certifications:

• Must possess a valid Driver’s License

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be able to follow oral and written instructions and communicate effectively in written form and verbally with a variety of people directly and using a two-way radio system.
• Ability to walk throughout facility grounds of various topographical conditions to visually identify needed work and inspect work results.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

• Frequent:
  Strenuous to extreme physical effort that includes frequent use of heavy objects and may require strenuous application in awkward positions.

• Occasional to frequent exposure to heat, noise, and working outside in the elements.

• Ability to do strenuous physical work and to work in all weather conditions, including:
• Operating various tools and equipment related to landscape or facilities maintenance.
• Lifting and carrying heavy items and materials.
• Removing snow by hand with shovel and snow blower.
• Digging, sweeping, raking landscaping materials.
• Working in below ground level trenches and from above ground level ladders or scaffolds.

This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.

Apply today to join more than 800 employees who work to meet the core values of accountability and integrity, transparency and honoring the public trust, collaboration, innovation, safety, excellent service with courtesy and kindness. The City of Loveland is a diverse and welcoming community organization and our employees enjoy a competitive benefits program, various opportunities for growth and development, and an exceptional work-life balance.

• Retirement – 457 employee funded plan
• Medical Leave – Up to 48 hours accrued. Accrue 1 hour of leave per 30 hours worked
• Per the ACA, employees working 30 Plus hours per week are eligible to enroll in one of the two medical plan options – HRA & ACO

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The City of Loveland provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. The City of Loveland participates in E-Verify. Upon hire, the City will provide Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S. E-Verify Notice of Participation.

Learn more at E-Verify.gov. Employment offers are conditional on the successful completion of a driving record and criminal history background check.