MAINTENANCE WORKER

THE CITY:

The City of National City is a full-service, state-governed city serving a vibrant and socioeconomically diverse community. Its diverse population, mild climate, and central location make National City a great place to live, work, play, and do business. The City takes great pride in its rich history, strong bi-national relationships, and deep commitment to its residents, schools, neighborhoods, and thriving business districts.

As San Diego County’s second-oldest city, National City is truly at the center of it all. Located within a dynamic bi-national region of more than five million consumers, the City’s competitive advantage lies in its central location, robust transportation network, and diverse business industry. National City is just minutes from downtown San Diego, local beaches, San Diego International Airport, the U.S.–Mexico border, San Diego State University, and other colleges and universities.

National City is served by Interstates 5 and 805, as well as State Route 54, providing convenient access for residents, businesses, and visitors throughout the region and into Mexico. Public transit options are readily available through the San Diego Trolley and the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), which serve National City seven days a week.

For more information on the City please visit our website at: www.nationalcityca.gov.

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THE DEPARTMENT:
The Engineering & Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining the City's public assets, including all infrastructure, right of way, parks, facilities and the City’s vehicle and equipment fleet. The Engineering Division oversees the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Storm Water & Environmental Compliance, Traffic Safety, and Engineering Permits, Plan Checks and Inspections for private development.  The Public Works operations team provides essential services for the community through its four Divisions: Streets & Wastewater Maintenance, Parks Maintenance,  Facilities Maintenance, and Fleet & Equipment Maintenance.

THE POSITION:
Under general supervision, to perform a variety of manual tasks in the repair and maintenance of City streets, sewers, and other Public Works facilities; and perform related duties as required. Position may be assigned duties on a variety of crews, such as street, sewer or facilities maintenance, and others. This position reports to a Public Works Crew Supervisor, within either the Street section or Wastewater section of the Street & Wastewater Division. 
 
ALTERNATIVE WORK SCHEDULE:
This position typically works a 4/10 workweek from 6:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Thursday. City offices are closed on Fridays. All Crew Members have the responsibility to work Standby Duties, which consist of a 2 person, 1 week rotation, where they must be available to respond to after hours and weekend emergency call outs. There is an additional “Quality of Life Crew” rotation, which is currently a 5/8 workweek from 7:00am to 3:30pm, Monday through Friday, but is subject to change.

The following duties and responsibilities are representative of those typically performed by positions assigned to this classification. Any single position may not perform all of these duties and/or may perform similar related tasks not listed here.

• Prepares surfaces for paving, mixes cement, and breaks up paved surfaces.
• Uses such hand tools as shovels, rakes, jackhammer, and tamper.
• Loads and unloads trucks.
• Excavates and fills trenches and ditches.
• Performs a variety of semi-skilled and unskilled street and sewer maintenance and construction duties.
• Cleans, operates, and performs minor maintenance work on equipment and facilities.
• Assists in rodding, cleaning, repairing, and replacing sewer lines.
• Assists in cement work to build curbs and sidewalks.
• Cleans and cares for tools and equipment.
• Responds to emergency calls.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• This position will be required to work standby duties.
• Places traffic control devices and directs traffic in streets to ensure proper and safe traffic flow.

Any combination equivalent to training and experience that could likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities will be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities would be:
 
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• One (1) year of full-time maintenance and construction experience.

REQUIRED LICENSE/CERTIFICATE:

• Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License is required at the time of appointment.
• Possession of a California Class B Driver's License (with no restrictions) will be required within twelve (12) months after appointment.

Knowledge and Skills in: The functions, characteristics and proper use and care of common hand and power tools, such as shovels, pickaxes and jackhammers; proper operation of vehicles; proper safety methods and practices for construction and maintenance work.

Ability to: Drive light and medium size trucks; properly and safely use hand and power tools; understand and carry out verbal and written instructions; work cooperatively with others; communicate effectively with supervisors, co-workers and the general public.

Physical Requirements: Performs heavy and physically demanding work for lengthy and continuous periods of time.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Applications will be reviewed for relevant experience, education and training. Applications must be detailed and complete for proper evaluation. Resumes may be included but may not be submitted in lieu of application content. Only the MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS will be invited to the testing process, which may include any combination of oral, written and/or performance examination. Applicants must pass each phase of the testing process with a rate of 70% or higher to be placed on an “Eligibility List" which expires after one (1) year. 

HIRING INFORMATION:

All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment requirements, which may include: a pre-placement medical examination as required by job classification, criminal records check, employment history and education verification, and documentation of the right to work in the United States. 

DISABILITY ACCOMMODATION:
The City of National City provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation to participate in any portion of the application, examination, or selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department at (619) 336-4300 or by email at [email protected]. Applicants are encouraged to contact Human Resources as early as possible so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

For Exam and Interview Notices:

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in this examination or selection process, please contact Human Resources at (619) 336-4300 or [email protected] as soon as possible. 

 
 NOTE: The provisions of this announcement do not constitute an expressed or implied contract and any provisions contained in this announcement may be modified or revoked without notice.
 
 The City of National City is an equal opportunity employer, values workforce diversity and seeks to create an environment and culture that embraces employee differences. All qualified applicants are considered.
 
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