Maintenance Worker Apprentice

At the City of Plymouth, we all work together to add quality to life. This mission and our guiding values – CIVIC: customer focus, integrity, visionary, inclusion and connection – shape our work as we advance the City Council’s strategic priority to be a city of choice. We are seeking candidates who are eager to adopt and champion our mission and values.

The maintenance worker apprentice program will provide hands-on training, education and experience required for a municipal maintenance worker position. The apprentice position will rotate throughout the streets, utilities and parks and forestry divisions over the course of 24 months.

The maintenance worker apprentice will learn to carry out daily operations, maintenance and repair to the city’s various infrastructures which includes water and wastewater collection systems, streets, and parks, and forestry.

Throughout the duration of the maintenance worker apprentice program, training and equipment will be provided to allow the candidate the ability to test for a MN Class A commercial driver’s license (CDL), which will include tanker endorsement.

Provide exceptional customer service to internal and external customers.

• Interact with others in a manner that is professional and inspires open communication.
• Help to create and maintain a respectful workplace culture and champions equity and inclusion.
• Participate in citywide training designed to strengthen competencies in areas such as communication, leadership, decision making and problem solving.

Street, traffic control and right-of-way maintenance and repair.

• Perform maintenance and repair to roadways: sweeping, asphalt repair, trash and debris removal.
• Install and maintain traffic signs/signals.
• Conduct seasonal snow removal and ice control functions.

Municipal sewer, water and drainage system maintenance and repair.

• Assist in water distribution system repair, replacement of water main pipes and valves; ensure hydrants are operational.
• Perform preventive maintenance to water distribution system via watermain flushing, infrastructure locating and valve exercising.
• Perform preventative maintenance to sanitary sewer system, checks the operations of lift stations, cleans sewer lines with various pieces of equipment, such as sewer jet or vac related equipment.
• Perform storm sewer maintenance to maintain drainage, inspects culverts, catch basins and ditches, remove debris and trash, and rebuilds as needed to the system.

Maintenance and repair of park facilities and infrastructure, horticulture maintenance, turf maintenance and support events.

• Perform horticulture maintenance, preparing sites for planting, watering and weeding areas, trimming, pruning.
• Perform turf grass maintenance, mowing, fertilizing, and seeding; prepare athletic fields.
• Conduct inspections and repair park facilities and amenities.
• Perform tree maintenance including pruning, removal and planting of trees.
• Assist in reforestation program including the determination of planting locations and maintenance of plant.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid Minnesota driver’s license. Training and equipment will be provided to allow the candidate the ability to test for a MN Class A commercial driver’s license (CDL) with tanker endorsement.

• Valid Class A or Class B Minnesota commercial learner permit (CLP) or Class A or Class B Minnesota commercial driver’s license (CDL).
• A valid Driver’s License with the ability to obtain a Class A MN commercial driver’s license (CDL) with air brake and tanker endorsement with appropriate training.
• Previous experience in a municipal maintenance position.
• Ability to operate with light/heavy duty equipment.
• Ability to operate a computer or tablet and necessary programs.

To perform the essential functions of this position, the employee will frequently be required to stand, sit, walk, kneel (bend leg at knee and rest on knee), crouch (bend at knees), use arm muscles over extended periods, use leg muscles over extended periods, perform overhead work (over shoulder height), lift, push/pull, carry, climb, bend…