Water Agency Maintenance Worker

Overview

Join the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) as a Water Agency Maintenance Worker I - Extra Help. Multiple positions available! At Sonoma Water, Maintenance Workers perform a range of semi-skilled, light, and heavy manual tasks involving flood control and vegetation management, including maintenance of water channels and at wastewater facilities. Typical duties may include:

• Performing trail and access road maintenance by mowing, pruning, and chipping vegetation (brush and trees)
• Operating power tools and heavy and light equipment
• Working outside, on sites throughout Sonoma County

Typical work schedule is 40 hours per week (10-hour days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

Our ideal candidates are punctual and safety-oriented individuals who are interested in physically demanding outdoor work. Additionally, they will have an interest in learning new skills and possess:

• A California Driver's license
• Experience with vegetation management or landscaping
• Knowledge of riparian ecology and fire fuel reduction concepts such as shaded fuel breaks
• Experience operating large vehicles and/or pulling trailers is a plus

Sonoma Water is a special district formed by the California State Legislature in 1949 and is responsible for providing a safe and reliable water supply to its customers in Sonoma and Marin counties. Sonoma Water also maintains 75 miles of flood control channels and provides sanitation services. Employing approximately 250 employees, Sonoma Water consists of four divisions including Engineering & Resource Planning, Environmental Resources, Business Services & External Affairs, and Water/Wastewater Operations & Maintenance.

Sonoma Water supports the concept of environmental sustainability, focusing on renewable power sources, and strives to be a leader in its water use efficiency and fishery restoration programs.

Employees of Sonoma Water are employees of a special district and are not subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Ordinance of the County of Sonoma.

Extra-help employees relieve or augment permanent staff. Temporary, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions. In addition, they do not receive most employee benefits such as long-term disability insurance coverage; accrual of vacation; participation in the County retirement program; or eligibility to take promotional examinations. Temporary, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of one calendar year.

These employees must be off of work for three months before they can be re-employed on an extra help basis. Extra-help employees who meet the eligibility requirements may qualify for a County contribution toward medical coverage.

Sona­ma Water is seeking qualified candidates to fill multiple temporary, extra-help Water Agency Maintenance Worker I positions. This employment list may also be used to fill future extra-help openings as they occur during the active status of the list.

Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire be completed.

Experience and Education: Any combination of education, training, and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities listed. Normally, this would include some experience in construction which includes performing heavy physical labor, or maintenance work which includes the use of light mechanical machines and hand tools.

Driver's License: Possession of a valid driver's license at the appropriate level including special endorsements, as required by the State of California, may be required depending upon assignment to perform the essential job functions of the position. A valid State of California Class A Commercial Driver's License, including any valid and appropriate California Endorsement(s) (e.g. tank endorsement), is desirable.

The position advertised on this announcement does require possession of a valid California Driver's License.

Working Knowledge of: general construction materials, safety practices, and tools commonly used in wastewater…