Maintenance Worker / Senior Maintenance Worker

Job Description:

Maintenance Worker / Senior Maintenance Worker

Description

Description

THE CITY OF TUSTIN:
Tustin is a vibrant and charming city nestled in the heart of Orange County. It remains true to its quaint heritage while warmly welcoming neighbors and planning for purposeful growth in the future. Called home by a passionate and diverse community, Tustin is a place for all generations and every walk of life. Behind this beloved community, there is a team of practiced public servants who steward the City’s future while maintaining its unique charm and rich history. By balancing the needs of today with optimism for tomorrow, the City of Tustin works to realize its vision of a safe, high-quality and thriving community.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT:
The Tustin Public Works Department is responsible for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of all public infrastructure and public right-of-way. Join our team and help the Tustin Public Works Department achieve Tustin’s mission of providing effective, high-quality services that foster safety, quality of life, and economic vitality throughout our community.
THE POSITION:
If you are interested in seeing your contributions make a meaningful impact in the Tustin community, apply to join our team as a Maintenance Worker or Senior Maintenance Worker (the positions will be filled at either level depending on qualifications). As a Maintenance Worker or Senior Maintenance Worker, you will perform unskilled to skilled labor related to the maintenance and repair of City parks, landscaping, streets, and buildings. Examples of duties can be found below.

• Maintenance Worker: $24.96-$33.59 per hour
• Senior Maintenance Worker: $27.43-$36.94 per hour

Maintenance Worker :

The Maintenance Worker is the entry level classification in the Maintenance series. This class is distinguished from the Senior Maintenance Worker level in that the Maintenance Worker is a training classification and the latter is regularly expected to perform a greater variety of skilled maintenance duties and requires a commercial driver’s license.

Senior Maintenance Worker :

The Senior Maintenance Worker is the journey level classification in the Maintenance series. In contrast with the Maintenance Worker, employees at this level have prior related experience and are able to perform a range of skilled maintenance duties and work with less immediate supervision. The Senior Maintenance Worker is differentiated from Maintenance Leadworker, which is responsible for leading the work activities of an assigned maintenance crew.

THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

Application materials will be carefully reviewed to identify those candidates who meet the minimum qualifications. The selection process may include a written exam and a panel interview. All candidates who pass the panel interview will earn placement on the eligible list, which is valid for one year and may be used for current and future vacancies in these job classifications.

Examples of Duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Repairs, removes, installs, and finishes concrete on sidewalks, curbs, and gutters
• Repairs and maintains street and alley surfaces by patching with asphalt and slurry seal to fix and remove cracks, potholes, and other hazards
• Installs, repairs and replaces street signs; stripes streets and curbs
• Cleans and maintains storm drains, catch basins, and rain gutters to remove tree limbs, leaves, and other obstructions
• Plants, prunes, and trims flowers, shrubs, and trees; mows, edges, fertilizes, weeds, and renovates lawns
• Applies pesticides and insecticides at parks and facility grounds
• Cleans parks, streets, and facility grounds of trash, plant clippings, and other debris
• Removes graffiti from public property by power washing, chemically cleaning, and painting surfaces
• Maintains and repairs indoor and outdoor light fixtures in City buildings and parking areas
• Prepares surfaces for painting and applies paint, varnish, shellac, enamel, or other protective finishes to various surfaces at City facilities
• Installs, trouble-shoots, and performs field repairs on irrigation systems at parks and facilities
• Prepares and back fills trenches and holes to facilitate installation and repair of irrigation and utility lines and for street and park construction and repair
• Inspects, repairs, and paints playground equipment, picnic tables, and related parks equipment and facilities
• Maintains and organizes City warehouse and yard to ensure a clean and safe working environment
• Operates a wide variety of equipment and tools including backhoes, loaders, dump trucks, patch trucks, boom trucks, wood chippers, jack hammers
• Maintains and cleans assigned vehicles, tools and equipment; makes minor repairs as necessary
• Responds to emergency calls for maintenance and repair activities

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

Knowledge of :

• General construction methods, materials, tools, and terminology
• Methods, practices and materials involved in the maintenance and repair of parks, landscaping, streets, and buildings
• Safe work practices

Skill to :

• Operate a variety of hand tools, power tools, and heavy equipment
• Operate a motor vehicle in a safe manner

Ability to :

• Understand and apply maintenance and repair procedures involved in park, landscape, street, and building maintenance
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships with staff, management, the general public, and others encountered in the course of work
• Handle disputes and complaints in a calm, courteous, and tactful manner
• Work independently and efficiently with a minimum amount of on-site supervision
• Perform a wide variety of physically strenuous tasks on a regular basis

Minimum Qualifications

A combination of education, experience, and training that has provided the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities is required for entry into the classification. A typical combination includes :

Education and/or Experience:

Maintenance Worker :

Graduation from high school; and one (1) year of experience performing unskilled maintenance work involving parks, landscaping, streets, or buildings.

Senior Maintenance Worker :

Graduation from high school; and two (2) years of experience performing a variety of semi-skilled to skilled maintenance and repair work involving parks, landscaping, streets, or buildings.

Licenses and/or Certificates:

Maintenance Worker :

Possession of a valid California Class C driver’s license and an acceptable driving record.

Senior Maintenance Worker :

Possession of a valid California Class B commercial driver’s license and an acceptable driving record.

Special Requirements:

Satisfactory results from a background investigation, physical examination, and administrative screening. May be called to respond to emergencies outside of regular work hours (e.g. evenings, holidays, and weekends). Employees with a commercial driver’s license are subject to random drug/alcohol testing pursuant to Department of Transportation regulations.

Working Conditions & Physical Demands

Information on the physical demands, mental demands, and work environment for these job classifications can be found within each respective class specification for Maintenance Worker or Senior Maintenance Worker .

The City of Tustin is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

The City of Tustin offers a comprehensive compensation and benefit program that includes:

FLEXIBLE BENEFIT PLAN
The City provides a specific dollar amount to each employee to use toward the purchase of individual or family health coverage, dental plans, vision coverage, additional life insurance, deferred compensation, and other optional benefits. Currently, the flexible benefit amount for Employee + 2 is $1735per month.

The City contracts through CalPERS medical program (PEMHCA) which offers multiple PPO and HMO options for health insurance providers. Employees also have the choice of Delta Dental PPO or HMO plans.

RETIREMENT
Employees will be enrolled in a defined benefit (pension) plan with the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). CalPERS determines the retirement plan in which a new employee will be enrolled based on the individual's membership status with CalPERS or a reciprocal retirement system on the individual's first day of employment with the City.

Classic CalPERS members will be enrolled in the 2% @ 60 plan, with an employee contribution of 10% (pre-tax). New CalPERS members, as defined by the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 ("PEPRA"), will be enrolled in the 2% @ 62 plan, with an employee contribution of 6.25% (pre-tax). The City does not participate in Social Security, though participation Medicare is mandatory (1.45% employee contribution).

DEFERRED COMPENSATION
Employees may defer earnings, on a pre-tax basis, into a 457 deferred compensation program. This is an optional program and the City contracts with Nationwide Retirement Services.

GENERAL LEAVE
General Leave may be used for vacation and/or illness. Annual accrual amounts increase from 160 to 248 with years of service.

HOLIDAYS
The City has 13paid holidays per calendar year.

LIFE INSURANCE
Full-Time employees receive a $100,000 life insurance policy.

LONG-TERM DISABILITY
The Long-Term disability program provides 60% of the employees' income when the employee becomes disabled because of an illness, injury or accident.

ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULE
The 9/80 alternative work schedule is available for most full-time positions.

RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE
Employees who retire from the City of Tustin with ten (10) years of full-time service and continue enrollment in the City's health plan are eligible for reimbursement of $250 per month toward retiree health insurance costs. Employees first hired into a benefitted position with the City of Tustin prior to July 1, 2011 are eligible for this benefit after five (5) years of service.

TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
After passing the probationary period, employees may request reimbursement up to a maximum of $4000 per calendar year for tuition and related expenses when attending a community college or four year university.

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Employees are enrolled in an Employee Assistance Program that provides a variety of legal and counseling services.

MEDICARE
All newly hired employees contribute a portion of gross salary for Medicare coverage. The employee contribution to Medicare is 1.45%.

SECTION 125 MEDICAL & DEPENDENT CARE PROGRAM
The section 125 program is optional for employees and provides a method to pay medical and dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis.

SPECIALITY PAY
The City has specialty pay for designated positions. Examples of specialty pay include Bilingual Pay, Water Certificate Pay, Stand-by Pay, Call-Back Pay, and Shift Differential.

Closing Date/Time: 2/27/2025 5:00 PM Pacific

Salary:

$4,326.40 - $6,402.93 Monthly