Maintenance Worker

This is full-time, hourly position that reports to a Crew Leader, or designee. The position performs unskilled and limited semi-skilled manual work in the performance of laboring tasks and a variety of construction and maintenance work.

Essential Job Functions:

Road repairs (asphalt, limerock, etc.). Installs road signs. Clears trees, brush, and vegetation from roadside. Removes and installs concrete. Loads and unloads heavy material from trucks. Moves equipment and large bulky objects. Performs custodial duties. Flags traffic on roads under repair. Maintains grounds. Rakes grass and water plants. Weeds flower beds. Shapes hedges and trims trees. Cuts grass. Plants and fertilizes flowers. May operate tractor-mower in mowing grass on right-of-way on a training basis. Loads trash on truck. Unloads trash and other material. Picks up boxes and other materials left by residents. Performs repair to equipment. Digs ditches. Operates gasoline or other powered machinery such as cement mixers, air hammers, compressors, pumping machinery, saws and etc. Performs manual laboring tasks as assigned. Required to assist with emergency support functions (ESF) during emergencies or other related emergency duties. (These essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related marginal duties as required.)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of tools used in maintenance and construction work. Knowledge of occupational hazards connected with laboring work. Ability to perform manual labor. Ability to learn methods of operating and maintaining equipment and tools. Ability to follow, read, and understand written and oral instructions. Skill in using hand tools.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Completion of the eighth (8) grade. (A comparable amount of training, education, or experience may be substituted for the above minimum qualifications.)

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, OR REGISTRATIONS

Ability to possess and maintain a valid Florida Driver's License.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS

Sufficient physical strength, agility, and freedom from disabling defects to perform heavy manual labor. Heavy lifting and carrying (45 pounds and over). Acceptable vision (with or without correction). Acceptable hearing (with or without hearing aid). Pulling, pushing, balancing. Walking, standing, kneeling, bending, stooping. Climbing a step ladder.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Works inside and outside in varying weather conditions. Exposure to dust and dirt. (Reasonable accommodation will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability or disabilities.)