Maintenance II

Job Details

Salary: $32,279.00 Annually
Location: Weslaco, TX
Job Type: Regular Full Time
Job Number:
Department: Hidalgo County - Precinct 1
Opening Date: 05/27/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Status: External Advertisement
Open Positions: 03
Advertisement details and/or special instructions: Please submit resume with application.
Grade: 05

Performs journey level maintenance and construction work. This is a responsible position that may involve minimal instruction or supervision. This is an unskilled manual labor position involved with maintenance of County roads and right-of-way, or servicing an operation such as brush collection, road patch work, and drainage clearing. Performs all kinds of welding, brazing, and cutting using gas and electric welding equipment.

Work may involve maintaining and repairing buildings, utility systems, and stationary equipment, and operating motorized equipment; may train others.

Works under moderate supervision, with minimal latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

• Road & Bridge
  • Performs maintenance and construction duties including installing culverts.
  • May operate chainsaw to clear brush from right of way.
  • May drive County vehicle to haul materials to and from the worksite.
  • Tamps, packs and levels dirt, gravel or asphalt.
  • Uses hand tools to dig ditches or holes.
  • Loads material, trash, brush, etc., onto truck; may sometime unload the same.
  • May replace tires on County vehicles.
  • Checks daily construction schedule to keep appraised of materials needed on the job.
  • Regular attendance is a must.
  • Ability to work well with others.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
• Parks
  • Maintains parks, swimming pool grounds, BBQ pits and playground equipment.
  • Loads material, trash, brush, etc., onto truck; may sometime unload the same.
  • Assists in cleaning equipment, hand tools and truck.
  • May perform minor repairs to the tools, equipment and truck.
  • Acts as groundskeeper, involving lawn care, trims, cuts and prunes trees and shrubbery on county property and parks.
  • May apply pesticides as directed.
  • Pulls weeds, digs flowerbeds and plants.
  • Cleans buildings and public restrooms, washes windows and empties trash cans.
  • Maintains and repairs wood parts of buildings, including fence building, repair and painting.
  • Maintains and repairs County building plumbing and electrical systems.
• Sanitation & Landfill
  • Familiarization with all duties of the attendants, maintenance I and truck drivers for the Sanitation Department.
  • Check daily operations at the citizen collection stations and reports to the Sanitation Director.
  • Schedules all work orders for truck operators and serves as dispatcher for the operation.
  • Mobilizes heavy equipment at all citizen collection stations and recovery centers.
  • Works closely with the Solid Waste Enforcement Officers for schedule clean-up campaigns.
• Facilities Management
  • Performs maintenance and repair work such as plumbing, painting, electrical, steam, air conditioning, and mechanical.
  • Performs carpentry work such as the installation, alteration, repair, and maintenance of buildings, doors, windows, wood fixtures, and furniture.
  • Performs gas and electric work such as welding, brazing, and soldering on ferrous and nonferrous metals.
  • Performs inspections of equipment, operating machinery, systems, and building accessories and appliances.
  • Maintains and repairs electrical outlets, control panels, switches, fixtures and accessories.
  • May maintain records on work orders or projects.
  • May maintain a workshop for the repair, alteration, refinishing, and construction of furniture, fixtures, and equipment.

Graduation from a high school or equivalent.
One (1) year of experience in building maintenance and repair work.

Must have a current valid Texas motor vehicle operator's license.
Must be able to be insured by the County's insurance carrier.

Must have basic knowledge of hand tools associated with manual labor and minor repair of equipment.
Employee working in the installation of signs may use a jackhammer, pole-hole digger, hole-auger, air compressor, etc., but all employees will be trained on the job to handle such tools.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, maintenance instructions and procedure manual.
Knowledge of the repair, maintenance, and operation of buildings and electrical systems.
Bilingual (Spanish and English) with the ability to converse fluently in both languages preferred.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure.
Ability to solve simple and common sense problems and interpret simple instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Ability to understand, follow and give oral and written instructions.
Employee may be assigned other duties in addition to those listed.
Duties may change according to the changing…