Consolidated Maintenance Worker III

Job Description

Job Description

$28.96 to $35.21 Hourly with a 5% COLA on 7 / 1 / 26

Are you ready to make a positive impact on the vibrant community of Morro Bay? The City of Morro Bay is seeking a dedicated and skilled Maintenance Worker III. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors alike while enjoying the beautiful coastal surroundings. If you're a strong multi-tasker, have a passion for public works maintenance, and a desire to contribute to the success of Morro Bay, we want to hear from you!

This is the intermediate – journey level class in the maintenance class series. Under general supervision, performs a wide range of tasks to ensure the upkeep and functionality of City parks, streets, and facilities. They assist in street resurfacing, pavement preparation, and drainage maintenance, while also handling vegetation care such as mowing, trimming, planting, and tree pruning. They operate a variety of heavy and light equipment, as well as hand and power tools, to complete tasks including traffic sign installation, sidewalk grading, and herbicide application. Facility maintenance duties include carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, HVAC maintenance, roofing, drywall repair, and occasional custodial work.

PARKS & STREETS

• Assists a crew in patching and resurfacing streets and alleys.
• Breaks up pavement, prepares surfaces for paving, and rakes and spreads asphalt.
• Assists in a variety of other maintenance activities, including, but not limited to, cleaning drains and ditches, maintaining and installing traffic signs, traffic painting, discing and application of herbicides to vacant land, and preparing grades for construction of sidewalks, curbs, and gutters.
• Operates trucks, light and heavy construction equipment, including motor graders, street sweeper, backhoes, and mowers, as required.
• Operates a variety of hand and power tools, including jackhammers, air compressors, building machines, cutters, welders, grinding machines, and boring and tapping machines.
• Plants, fertilizes, cultivates and sprays flowers, shrubs, and trees.
• Mows, trims, and fertilizes lawns and other grass areas.
• Prunes and sprays trees, and performs some tree maintenance work.
• Keeps tools and equipment in a clean and safe working condition.
• As necessary, performs unskilled and manual tasks on assigned maintenance projects.
• May provide direction or supervise volunteers and work crews such as CMC, CCC, and community service workers.
• May be required to be on-call, in event of emergency, on weekends, or in the evening.
• Performs related duties as required.

FACILITY MAINTENANCE

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of :

Ability to :

Education and Experience :

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT USED

Motorized vehicle, lawn and landscaping equipment, including tractors, mowers, airifier, chain saw, edgers, weed trimmers, electric motors, pumps, sprinklers, irrigation systems; miscellaneous hand and power tools for turf maintenance, carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, and cement finishing work; dump truck, utility truck, street sweeper, motor grader, backhoe, skip and drag, street roller, manlift, tamper, plate compactor, saws, pumps, aeroil propane kettle, compressors, sanders, generators, common hand and power tools, shovels, wrenches, detection devices, ditch witch; floor buffers, steam cleaners, washers, power and hand tools and equipment for carpentry and general construction work, such as saws, drills, sanders and hammers, mobile radio, and telephone.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must possess strength, stamina, and mobility to perform heavy physical work, use varied hand and power tools, drive a motor vehicle and heavy construction equipment, and lift and move materials. The employee is regularly required to walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch; to frequently use hands to finger, handle, feel, and operate objects, tools, or controls, as well as reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to read printed materials as well as have hearing and speech to communicate both in person and over the telephone or radio. The employee must frequently lift and / or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and / or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to wet and / or humid conditions and vibration. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

APPLICATION PROCESS : Individuals can apply through the City website at https : / / www.morrobayca.gov / 832 / Employment -Opportunities

APPLICATION DEADLINE : Position is open until filled.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. It is the City's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all persons seeking employment or promotion to assure equal employment opportunity based upon ability and fitness to all persons regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, childbirth, breast-feeding, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity, gender expression, genetic characteristics or information, military or veteran's status, and / or any other category protected by federal and / or state law.