Maintenance Worker -II

Maintenance Worker I-II )

City of San Mateo

Description

The City of San Mateo Public Works Department is looking for a Maintenance Worker I-II. The Public Works Department is comprised of the Engineering and Facilities Services Division (EFSD) and the Environmental Services Division (ESD). Each division is led by a Deputy Director reporting to the Director of Public Works. The department is responsible for the City’s major capital projects and infrastructure including streets, street lights, traffic signals, sewer and storm conveyance systems, wastewater treatment plant, pump stations, a major lagoon, and dams and levees.

A key player on this team is the Maintenance Worker. You would be joining over 500 people whose mission is to serve the San Mateo community with a collaborative, innovative and professional spirit.

• Operate construction and maintenance equipment such as backhoes, motor graders, boom trucks, tractors, vac‑all and small sweepers, and skip loaders for a variety of construction and maintenance operations involving streets, sidewalks and gutters, sewer lines, and drainage channels.
• Use concrete cutting and braking equipment; operate a jackhammer; pour and finish concrete; construct concrete forms and perform rough carpentry work.
• Operate maintenance equipment and tools such as trucks, power tools, sewer rodder, hydraulic jet cleaner, vac‑all, front loader, backhoe, compressor, sandblaster, power wench, boom truck, cc TV unit, main and auxiliary pumps, pneumatic and electro‑mechanical controls, diesel power plants, and related equipment and tools.
• Assist pump mechanics to install, repair and modify pump station machinery and control.
• Paint traffic markings on streets, crosswalks, parking lots, and curbs; operate a striping truck.
• Assist in performing a variety of routine electrical maintenance and repair tasks.
• Assist in trash and debris control activities such as picking up of litter and other street maintenance activities as required or when weather does not permit sweeping operations.
• Fully utilize the computerized work systems in accordance with work flow processes.
• Work cooperatively and effectively with co‑workers.

Who You Are

Maintenance Worker I – This is the entry‑level class in the Maintenance Worker series. Positions in this class will usually perform most of the duties required of Maintenance Workers I and II, however, as compared to the Maintenance Worker II, is not expected to function at the same skill level and will usually exercise less independent direction and judgment on matters related to work procedures and methods.

Knowledge and abilities include:

• Uses and Purposes of general construction tools and equipment using safe work practices.
• Perform unskilled and semi‑skilled tasks in a variety of construction and maintenance activities.
• Perform heavy manual labor.
• Ability to use computers and electronic communication devices in the course of work.

Qualifications

Maintenance Worker II – This is the journey level in the Maintenance Worker series. Positions in this class are flexibly staffed and are normally filled by advancement from the Maintenance Worker I class, or when filled from the outside, require prior experience in the construction and maintenance of streets, sewer, traffic, or building‑related facilities. All positions assigned to this class require the ability to work independently exercising judgment and initiative.

Knowledge and abilities include:

• Methods, techniques and tools and the operational characteristics of mechanical equipment used in the construction and maintenance of streets, traffic signals, sewers, sidewalks, signs, storm drains, park ways, municipal buildings, street sweeping and Maintenance.
• Perform skilled maintenance, construction and repair work in the area of work assigned.
• Operate a variety of vehicular and stationary mechanical equipment in a safe and effective manner.
• Read and interpret basic maps and blueprints.

Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

• One…