Maintenance Trades Worker - North County - R19803

Maintenance Trades Worker

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Are you someone who takes pride in hands-on work and loves the outdoors? As the Maintenance Trades Worker, you will spend your days ensuring the upkeep of our beautiful North County neighborhood parks. Become a vital member in keeping our parks safe, clean, and accessible for both our residents and visitors. Apply today to make a difference in the community!

About the Position :

• Clean, landscape, and maintain the parks, restrooms, facilities, playground areas and equipment, dog parks, parking lots, storage areas, pavilions, and hard-court surfaces.
• Perform minor repairs such as fencing, signs, restrooms, etc.
• Daily cleaning can include emptying trash and picking up litter both inside and outside the park.
• Remove refuse and paper from grounds and buildings.
• Work on maintenance projects, set up and dismantle tables, chairs, and decorations associated with special functions, and room / facility utilization.
• Operate light automotive equipment, light landscape equipment, and hand tools.
• Keep operating records, and complete material requests, service requests, and work orders.
• Keep a schedule of maintenance for assigned area(s).
• Perform daily safety checks and repairs.
• Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers at all times.
• Submit work orders to address issues that cannot be handled on-site.

About the Schedule : Work Hours :

About You :

Minimum Qualifications :

Physical Demands : Must occasionally lift and / or move more than 50 pounds.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening : This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for five (5) years.

Starting Pay : $17.72 (Step 1)

Potential higher pay (steps) for those with multiple years of experience.

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and / or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents.

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options :

https : / / www.uscis.gov / i-9-central / form-i-9-acceptable-documents

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above List C Documents.)

Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!

For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.

Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.

Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)

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We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service internally and externally.

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application / selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords : ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free / Drug-Free Workplace.