Buildings and Grounds Maintenance

Overview

Position

Purpose:

The purpose of this position is to perform custodial duties and general upkeep of the Racine Wastewater Utility’s buildings, structures, and grounds.

HIRING PAY RANGE: $47,473 - $55,851.

• Performs general housekeeping and custodial duties, including: cleaning of buildings, structures, vehicles, and equipment.
• Performs snowplowing, grass cutting, and landscaping on plant grounds as well as remote station locations.
• Performs all types of painting work including surface preparation, caulking, patching and final painting.
• Cleans drains and pipelines, removes snow from walkways, driveway and equipment, sweeps, mops, scrubs, and generally keeps all property and ground of the plant in a clean and orderly condition.
• Performs floor maintenance on various types of flooring surfaces.
• Maintains small gasoline engines and related equipment.
• Works cooperatively with other Utility departments and staff to respond appropriately to emergency situations, or assist on projects in the plant.
• Adheres to all safety procedures as defined by the Utility work and safety rules.

• High School graduation, or GED equivalent, and at least 18 years old.
• Pesticide Application License and/or Facility Operating Engineer 3rd Class (Boiler) License is a plus. Must obtain within 6 months of hire.
• A valid state-issued driver license required.

• Two years of prior professional commercial or industrial complex building & grounds experience with applied knowledge of floor care, landscape and building maintenance.

• Ability to apply good work practices by planning work and utilizing materials efficiently.
• Skill in using specialized tools and equipment common to building & grounds maintenance functions and have good mechanical aptitude.

Language and Interpersonal Communication

• Ability to utilize, interpret, and apply a variety of advisory data and information such as instructional pamphlets, blueprints, line diagrams, meters, gauges, operation and maintenance manuals, charts, and graphs.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing with varied and diverse contacts, such as Utility personnel, vendor representatives, contractors, and seasonal workers.
• Ability to understand and follow specific written and oral instructions; and perform duties with a minimum of direct supervision.

Judgement and Situational Reasoning

• Ability to apply rational and ethical judgment, tact, courtesy, and diplomacy when dealing with Utility personnel, public customers, contractors, and vendors.

Physical Requirements

• Must have good dexterity with ability to hand operate power equipment and tools.
• Ability to exert strenuous physical effort to lift and carry objects up to 50 lbs, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling.
• Must not have fear of heights (work off ladders or scaffolds).
• Must be able to enter and work in confined spaces.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment, such as goggles, face shields, gloves, boots, steel-toed shoes, masks, respirators, and ear plugs or ear muffs.

• Ability to work outdoors under severe weather conditions; hot and cold.
• Ability to work under moderately safe and comfortable conditions where exposure to environmental factors such as toxic agents and machinery poses a slight risk of injury; exposure to water treatment chemicals, noise, odor, step climbing, slip and trip hazards, and large water basins with fall risk.
• Ability to work at times in less than desirable conditions (such as wastewater treatment basins, tunnels) under potentially unsafe and uncomfortable conditions, where exposure to environmental factors such as odors, dampness, chemicals, noise, pathogens, electrical currents, and/or dusts can cause a risk of injury.

• Lawn mowers, portable pumps, weed whacker, edger, floor scrubber and buffer, pressure washers, steam cleaner, painting equipment, fire hoses, miscellaneous hand tools, shovels, snow blowers, power vehicles, Bobcat, fork lift, hoists, hoses, step…