Maintenance Specialist - Streets

Maintenance Specialist

Anchored in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada - 20 miles east of Sacramento and about 1.5 hours from Lake Tahoe - the City of Folsom is comprised of beautiful parks and trails, and boasts excellent schools, family-orientated neighborhoods, and outstanding shopping, dining, and cultural options. Folsom is a high-tech, forward-looking city, with firms ranging from small to large international corporations.

Niche recently released its list of the Best in America for 2025, and Folsom swept the honors with seven elementary, two middle, and two high schools making the list.

The Public Works Department is currently recruiting for two (2) Maintenance Specialists to join the Streets Division. This is a non-exempt position, represented by the Local 39 IUOE union. The work schedule is Monday - Thursday, 5:30 AM - 4:00 PM, and this position must be willing to participate in the on-call rotation after successfully completing probation.

The ideal candidate will possess a valid Class A Commercial Driver's License and have strong experience in all aspects of crack sealing, including routing, blowing, squeegeeing, and properly operating the wand on a crack seal machine. They should be confident and experienced in concrete, asphalt, and storm drain maintenance, and be comfortable operating and troubleshooting all of our department's equipment. This position will serve as the lead on jobs when the Senior Maintenance Worker is unavailable, so the candidate must be dependable, confident making decisions, and able to lead a crew.

Under the supervision of the Streets Operations Supervisor, the Maintenance Specialist for the Streets Division performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled troubleshooting, maintenance, modification and repair work in assigned maintenance operations areas such as parks, landscape and lighting, facilities, service center, traffic signs and streets/drainage, park grounds, outdoor facilities, trails, traffic signs and streets/drainage, recreational and water facilities; maintains complex systems and performs specialized work on systems and facilities such as traffic signs, street lighting systems, irrigation systems, vehicle and equipment service and maintenance, pest and weed control and electrical systems;

and performs related work as required.

This is the experienced-journey level of the field maintenance class. Incumbents are primarily responsible for performing skilled work in a specific area of expertise requiring special licenses and/or certification for a preponderance of the time. Assignments may be department-wide or restricted to a specific facility, park or section and incumbents may be assigned to both monitor and coordinate installation, maintenance and repair work in their occupational specialty and to perform general trade and maintenance activities as a crew member under direction of a Senior Maintenance Worker or Maintenance Supervisor.

The class is distinguished from the Maintenance Worker I/II in that the latter performs a variety of semi-skilled field maintenance work that does not require certification. The Maintenance Specialist is distinguished from the higher level Senior Maintenance Worker by the latter's primary responsibility to act as lead person for field maintenance crews.

The level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the "Examples of Essential Duties" section of this specification. Knowledge of:

• Methods and techniques of carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical, concrete, and related craft trades used in the maintenance and repair of parks, asphalt, or crack sealing depending on assigned department.
• Safe work practices.
• Repair and maintenance of irrigation components depending on assigned department.
• Pool filtration and chemical feeder systems depending on assigned department.
• Basic methods, techniques, tools, materials, and equipment used in specialized grounds and facilities including the aquatics center, depending on assigned department.
• The operation and minor maintenance of a variety of hand and power tools, vehicles, and light to heavy power equipment.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations.
• English usage, spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and punctuation.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contracts, and City staff.

Ability to:

• Operate a variety of hand and power tools safely and correctly.
• Learn to operate a variety of equipment used depending on assigned department.
• Follow oral and written instructions.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Safely and effectively use and operate hand tools, mechanical equipment, power tools, and light to heavy equipment required for the work.

Education:

High School diploma, GED equivalent, or the equivalent to the completion of the 12th grade.

Experience:

One (1) year of…