SUMMARY

Under general supervision, performs a variety of manual and semiskilled tasks involving the construction, repair, maintenance, and cleaning of streets, sidewalks, other concrete structures, storm drainage and related Public Works facilities. Operates light power driven, hand held, and “walk- behind” equipment. Job assignments are rotated annually between painting, signs, asphalt, potholes, sidewalk repair and storm pump maintenance.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Maintenance Worker I is the entry level to the classification series. Initially under close supervision, incumbents perform the least skilled and most repetitive tasks, while learning to use and apply the methods, materials, tools and equipment involved.

Maintenance Worker II is the full working level of the series. At this level, incumbents perform more skilled tasks, work with greater independence, and perform more light equipment operation. Incumbents in these classifications may work alone or in pairs without direct site supervision. These classifications are distinguished from the Senior Maintenance Workers, which have lead responsibility, perform the more technical work, and operate medium to heavy duty equipment. Equipment operated by the II excludes (except in a training capacity) the vactor and power rodder (may assist Seniors on these), backhoes, loaders driven by tractors over 100 horsepower, trucks over 3 tons in capacity, and any equipment requiring a Class B license.

• Performs manual and semiskilled work in street excavation and repair, asphalt laying, cold tar patching, concrete work, weed control spraying, street painting, street signing, and flushing, clearing and maintaining sewer and storm drainage pipelines, culverts, and pumping stations.
• Uses shovels, rakes, other hand tools, jackhammers, asphalt saws, tampers, packers, dump trucks, rollers and spray equipment in the excavation, building up, patching and surfacing of streets.
• Performs or assists in finished concrete work by excavating and clearing areas, constructing forms, trucking and pouring concrete. Performs or assists with concrete leveling, floating, and finishing.
• Removes debris and assists in cleaning and clearing of sewer lines, catch basins, canals, pipelines, and pumping stations.
• Assists in maintenance, repair, or replacement of pumps, motors, valves, gates, and pipelines.
• Prepares, and installs traffic signs and related posts per specifications.
• Places traffic barriers and warnings signs and directs traffic.
• Performs street painting and striping per specifications, using a variety of materials and related equipment.
• Assists in emergency repairs of Public Works facilities.
• Completes daily time activity reports.
• May be assigned to operate heavy motorized street sweeping equipment to clean residential and commercial streets of trash and other accumulations.
• Performs related duties as required.