General Maintenance Worker

About the Position

As a General Maintenance Worker, you will work outdoors year-round in Arizona’s desert environment, playing a hands‑on role in building and maintaining the flood control structures that protect our communities. Through skilled and unskilled construction and maintenance work, you directly support public safety while helping preserve the natural landscape.

Beyond flood protection, the Flood Control District maintains multi‑use facilities, including hiking trails, bike paths, and open spaces, that enhance the quality of life across Maricopa County. This is more than a maintenance job; it’s an opportunity to help protect neighborhoods and care for community spaces residents use and value every day. The Flood Control District of Maricopa County provides essential public services to residents and visitors, which may require employees to work alternate work schedules.

In such cases, employees will be given reasonable notice by their supervisor.

Flood Control? In a desert? Absolutely!

Though Maricopa County is in a desert, floods occur during two distinct rainy seasons – the summer monsoon and winter frontal rains. Although the Flood Control District has made significant progress over the years, work remains to be done. Maricopa County continues to be one of the fastest‑growing counties in the United States, with over 200 people moving here daily!

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• Work with a greater purpose

• Tuition reimbursement

• Exceptional work‑life balance

• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County

• Low‑cost, high‑value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents

• Child care benefits, including access to our on‑site center, Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families

• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave

• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive

• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring an 11.98% per paycheck contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1

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• One year of general maintenance work experience

• High school diploma or GED

Successful candidates must currently possess, or have the ability to obtain, a valid Arizona driver’s license by the time of hire.

• Three or more years of general maintenance experience

• Experience working in the public sector

• Knowledge of landscape and roadway maintenance and repair methods and materials

• Knowledge of traffic laws and regulations involved in truck and equipment operations

• Knowledge of occupational hazards and safety precautions, and First Aid

• Skill to safely and efficiently operate and maintain trucks and equipment in accordance with standard operating and safety procedures

• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

• Ability to use a personal computer

• Perform manual labor assignments in the building and maintenance and repair of roadways and Flood Control structures; maintain landscaping and clear brush and debris from roadways, structures, and facilities

• Operate a variety of trucks, equipment, and hand tools in accordance with all safety regulations and procedures. Clean and maintain equipment as needed

• Perform traffic control activities as needed; report safety hazards; perform tasks in the interest of public safety and property protection during emergencies

• Load and unload materials, supplies, and equipment, and deliver to job sites as directed

• Performs other duties as assigned or required

• Exerting 50 - 100 pounds occasionally, 10 - 25 pounds frequently, or up to 10 - 20 pounds constantly

• Incumbent may be subjected to extreme temperatures, wetness/humidity, respiratory hazards, and noise and vibration

• Incumbent may be subjected to moving mechanical parts, vibrations, fumes, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures, inadequate…