Operations & Maintenance Assistant; Facility Services

Position: Operations & Maintenance Assistant (Facility Services)

The Incentive Pay program is set up to provide a Desert Branch Assignment Premium to qualifying employees as follows: 5% for all employees assigned to Gene Camp or Hinds Pumping Plant for the Operations and Maintenance Assistant position.

At the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, we deliver reliable water to a region with 19 million people—and to accomplish this, we rely on a team of Talented Employees: innovators, problem-solvers, and collaborators who make it all possible.

The Metropolitan Water District's Integrated Operations, Planning and Support Services Group currently has three (3) openings for Operations and Maintenance Assistant (Facility Services) one (1) at our Hinds Pumping Plant in Desert Center and two (2) at Gene Camp in Parker Dam.

The Operation and Maintenance Assistant (Facility Services) is part of the Integrated Operations, Planning, and Support Services Group. This role is responsible for performing general maintenance, commercial janitorial, and custodial services across Southern California desert facilities to ensure continuous operational readiness.

Because this is a multi-faceted regional support role, the Operation and Maintenance Assistant (Facility Services) must be willing and able to travel up to 250 miles daily and rotate across multiple locations, including industrial sites, pumping plants and residential housing. The primary assigned home facilities are Hinds Pumping Plant in Desert Center and Gene Camp in Parker Dam.

What You'll Do:
Facility Services Janitorial & Custodial Maintenance

• Performs comprehensive industrial, commercial, and residential custodial services across pumping plants and regional offices.
• Assists various regional teams daily to maintain facility readiness and support ongoing desert operations (storage areas and facilities) meeting cleanliness and hygiene standards.
• Assists with ground maintenance such as digging ditches; operates relevant tools and equipment.
• Performs other related Operations & Maintenance Assistant job duties as required.

Cross-Functional Team Support & General Labor

• Assists with general administrative duties, which may include filing and data entry.
• Picks up, sorts, and delivers mail, packages, and freight.
• Operates vehicles, forklifts, scissor lift, or light equipment.
• May perform traffic control duties, including flagging, to safely direct and regulate vehicle and pedestrian traffic through temporary work zones.
• Travels frequently and provides cross-facility support, ensuring service continuity at multiple remote desert locations.

Required Knowledge of:

Current office technology and equipment.

Required

Skills and Abilities

to:

Problem solve; prioritize and multi-task; communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work; work independently and in a team environment; and operate current office equipment including computers and supporting applications. See bullet points below:

Custodial & Janitorial

• Sanitation standards:
  Knowledge of deep-cleaning methods for commercial and residential properties.
• Cleans facilities, vehicles and watercraft; and assists with routine operations and maintenance.
• Chemical safety:
  Experience handling industrial cleaning agents and sanitizers
• Waste management:
  Ability to properly dispose of facilities and kitchen
• Prefer prior Commercial Janitorial experience.

Physical Adaptability

• Physical stamina:
  Ability to perform heavy lifting, bending, and standing for long periods.
• Climate resilience:
  Capacity to work comfortably in high-temperature desert environments.

Work Location:

Primary Assigned Home Facility:
Hinds Pumping Plant in Desert Center and Gene Camp in Parker Dam. Travels frequently to California Desert Region facilities: (Eagle Mountain, Hinds Pumping Plant, Iron Mountain, and Gene Camp).

WORK SCHEDULE (Part-Time 3/10)

Monday-Wednesday or Wednesday-Friday (part-time hours will vary).