MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST - Lake Havasu City
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86404
About the Job
Closing Date/Time: 06/21/2024 at 5:00 PM
Salary: Hourly $21.58 - $31.50 Hourly
Job Type: Classified/Exempt (Full-Time with benefits)
Location: Lake Havasu City, Arizona
Department: Public Works / Street Maintenance
Class Description:
Performs intermediate semiskilled work performing lighting, plumbing, electrical wiring, and irrigation systems maintenance and repairs, maintaining and repairing grounds, maintaining records and files, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the assigned supervisor.
Special Note:
Incumbent works outdoors and is exposed to extreme temperatures. This position will require non-standard, or rotating shift work to include days, nights, weekends, holidays and call back.
The ideal candidate will have experience in performing journey level maintenance activities for the Maintenance and Repairs of Streets/Right-of-Ways/Washes to include concrete setup and finishing, asphalt patching, operations of light and heavy equipment including Bobcats, Loaders and Sweepers. Knowledge of roadway traffic control and construction safety is required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
High School diploma or GED and moderate experience in construction, street maintenance, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Possession of, or the ability to obtain, a valid Arizona Commercial Driver License Class B with a Tanker Endorsement, $1.00/hr. stipend will be added to base pay upon obtaining an Arizona Commercial Driver License Class B with a Tanker Endorsement. Candidates will be considered a trainee until certification and/or CDL requirements are obtained. Candidate is required to successfully complete the probationary period of no less than six (6) months and remain on probation until the required certification and/or CDL is obtained, which must be obtained within one year of hire.
Possession of or ability to obtain Forklift certification issued by a nationally recognized agency within one (1) year of hire based on assignment.
National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) training based on assignment.
Must meet and maintain all training and education requirements for the position.
Valid Arizona Driver License of appropriate class.
STREET MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST
All the above Essential Functions in addition to the following:
Work requires considerable skill in manipulating medium to heavy motor equipment and constant attention to safety of operation to prevent accidents.
Paints stop bars, crosswalks, curbs, and center lines; fabricates and installs street signs, road markers and reflectors.
Patch holes, repair roads and perform general clean-up work.
Cut weeds, clear debris, clean washes, rake and shovel asphalt, hand sweep surfaces, and pick-up trash.
Performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled duties in the maintenance, construction, and repair of City streets, and drainage systems.
Repairs streets, parking lots and curb gutters by sealing, patching, filling cracks and painting; sets forms and pours concrete for sidewalks, curbs, driveways, washes, and handicap ramps; installs and replaces traffic signs; lays-out permanent markings; grades areas to specifications; and performs traffic control and perform general cleanup.
Operates and performs maintenance on various light to heavy equipment involved in maintenance and upkeep streets, such as street sweepers, sand trucks, path trucks, service trucks, backhoes, cranes, graders, front-end loaders, and dump trucks.
Operates a two-way radio.
Operates power tools such as chain saws, concrete saws, air hammers, pavement breakers, and tampers.
Sprays herbicides, as needed; cleans public restrooms, pickups trash and checks trash cans throughout the City.
Drives paint striping trucks, back-hoe, and front loaders.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
This work requires the regular exertion of over 100 pounds of force and frequent exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, walking, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions; work requires peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm's length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to wet humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to outdoor weather conditions, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock, exposure to vibration, wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a very loud noise location (e.g. jack hammer work, garbage recycle plant).
Applicants for employment opportunities should be aware of the Lake Havasu City policies concerning the use of drugs and alcohol. These policies have not been altered by the passage of Proposition 207. The use of recreational marijuana is a violation of the City's Drug Free Workplace Policy. All positions within the City are required to submit to a pre-employment drug test. A positive result for drugs tested under the policy, including recreational marijuana, may be grounds for withdrawal of an offer of employment.
The City reserves the right to consider only the most highly qualified applicants. The succeeding examination processes may be required: training and experience, testing, panel interview, employment eligibility verification (EEV) requirements, personnel evaluation profile (PEP), polygraph test, background investigation and alcohol/drug screening test. Appointment subject to successful background investigation and City paid post-employment medical examination after offer of employment has been made.