Maintenance & Construction Worker

Overview

The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources is seeking Maintenance and Construction Worker (MCW) positions to be based at the Badlands Landfill, Moreno Valley, Lamb Canyon Landfill, Beaumont, and throughout Riverside County. A list of eligible candidates will be established to fill current and future vacancies. Competitive candidates will have a strong maintenance and construction background and experience with heavy manual labor using various hand and power tools, and exposure to light to medium construction equipment.

Responsibilities include appliance removal, hazardous material removal; grounds maintenance at the landfill site; graffiti removal; facilities maintenance; and cleaning up illegally dumped trash and litter on county-owned roadways.

Under general supervision, the MCW performs a variety of field maintenance or construction work; operates hand tools, power tools, trucks, and/or other motorized equipment; and performs other related duties as required.

• Perform a variety of field maintenance or construction tasks under general supervision.
• Operate hand tools, power tools, trucks, and/or other motorized equipment in maintenance or construction projects.
• Contribute to road and flood control construction and maintenance, refuse disposal site operations, maintenance, recycling, excavations, fence building, weed abatement, signing, rodent control, and tree trimming.
• Construct and maintain roads, fencing, flood control channel walls and levees, culverts, and related infrastructure.
• Perform maintenance and recycling work at refuse disposal sites; spray and cut weeds; patch holes in blacktop roads; clear roads, channels, and facilities of storm debris and damage.
• Install signs; chop and clear brush; mix and pour concrete; erect traffic and street signs.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools; operate dump trucks to load, haul and deliver debris and materials; operate water spray trucks, loaders, mowers and other light motorized equipment.
• Perform traffic direction and set up and maintain traffic signs at refuse disposal sites.

Experience: One year of performing construction work or field maintenance work (e.g., roads, flood control facilities, refuse sites, recycling facilities, public works projects or closely related work) which required operation of light trucks and related construction equipment.

Knowledge: The operation and maintenance of trucks and light motorized equipment; equipment and traffic safety procedures; the tools and materials commonly used in field maintenance, recycling, or construction work.

Ability: Safely operate trucks and light motorized equipment; perform a variety of semi-skilled maintenance or construction tasks; operate power saws, chippers, and a variety of hand tools; follow oral and written instructions.

Possession of a valid Class C California Driver's License at the time of application as the incumbent will be driving a county vehicle daily throughout Riverside County.

The majority of this position will entail working outdoors in inclement weather conditions (rain, sleet, wind, and summer temperatures exceeding 115 degrees Fahrenheit). Prolonged physical exertions include standing (5-8 hrs), lifting tools, traffic signs, appliances, waste, carrying, reaching, bending, pushing, pulling, and climbing.

For positions designated by the Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). safety-sensitive, applicants are required to complete a DOT mandated alcohol and drug-screening. A positive test or refusal to test during the past two years will disqualify an applicant from consideration for County employment. Reference checks from former DOT regulated employers are also required. Applicants must submit a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) driving record prior to hire.

Employees in safety-sensitive positions are subject to DOT alcohol/drug testing in the following situations: random, reasonable suspicion/cause, return-to-duty, and post-accident.

This recruitment is open to all applicants.

General information

If you have any questions regarding this posting, please contact Valeria Ramirez at varamirez.