Maintenance Technician - Fleet

Position: Maintenance Technician - Central Fleet
Salary: See Position Description
Location : 188 Madaket Road, Nantucket, MA 02554
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 00314
Department: DPW
Division: DPW 01420
Opening Date: 05/20/2025
Closing Date: 12/15/2026 4:00 PM Eastern

Description
The Department of Public Works seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Maintenance Technician. Under the direction of the Central Fleet Manager, the successful applicant should have the ability to perform a wide range of skilled work. Responsible for the maintenance of work vehicles and heavy equipment. Operates a variety of light and heavy motor equipment, including but not limited to: dump trucks, sanders, snow plows, bulldozer, compactor, front-end loader, and backhoe.

Services and maintains trucks and equipment. Operates and maintains a variety of power and hand tools including but not limited to a jackhammer, chipper, and chainsaw.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Must have a High School diploma or equivalent, and up to three (3) years of experience in grounds and roadway maintenance; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Class D Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Operator's license at time of hire. Hoisting License (2A, 4E or 4G per 520 CMR 6.10) and CDL Class B with tanker endorsement required within two (2) years of date of hire.
The Town of Nantucket offers a retirement pension through Barnstable County Retirement, 90% employer sponsored health insurance plan options and a diverse selection of supplemental insurance policies.
AFSCME Union position;
Full Time;
Starting Hourly Rate $35.72
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for the performance of a wide range of skilled work including maintaining heavy equipment vehicles, operating heavy equipment. The employee is required to perform all similar or related duties.
SUPERVISION REQUIRED: The employee works under the direct supervision of the Central Fleet Manager. Clear, detailed and specific instructions govern the work or are explained with each assignment. The employee works as instructed and consults with the supervisor as needed on all matters not specifically covered in the guidelines or instructions. The supervisor maintains control by reviewing the work in progress or upon completion.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: The employee is not responsible for the regular supervision of other town employees.
CONFIDENTIALITY: The employee does not have regular access to confidential information of the department, in accordance with the State Public Records law.
ACCOUNTABILITY:The nature of work or the operation of large, complex, or potentially dangerous equipment increases the probability that errors could be serious. Consequences of errors, missed deadlines or poor judgment may include significant monetary losses, waste of material, and damage to buildings, equipment or personal injuries.
JUDGEMENT: Well defined or detailed rules, instructions and procedures cover all aspects of work. Judgment involves choosing the appropriate practices, procedures, regulations or guidelines to apply in each case.
COMPLEXITY: The work consists of routine or repetitive tasks and/or operations with few variations in well-known or established procedures.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Working conditions involve frequent exposure to intermittent machine or related noise or a combination of unpleasant elements such as odors, chemical fumes, dust, smoke, loud noises, traffic, extreme heat or cold temperatures, oil, dirt or grease. Work may involve general cleaning, occasional work at heights or in confined or cramped quarters, trenches, or work around machinery and its moving parts.

Work may also involve completing several unrelated tasks within a relatively short period of time. The employee may be required to work beyond normal business hours in response to man-made or natural emergencies such as snow or ice storms.
NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PUBLIC CONTACT: Relationships are primarily with co-worker's incidental to the purpose of the work involving giving and receiving factual information about the work. Ordinary courtesy and tact are required. Contact with the public may be required on an occasional basis.
OCCUPATIONAL RISK: Essential functions regularly present potential risk of personal injury to the employee from improper exposure to working conditions that could result in loss of time from work. Examples of injury include severe muscular strains from working with heavy materials and department equipment and working in trenches. Special safety precautions, training, or protective clothing such as gowns, coats, gloves, glasses, hard hats or safety boots is required at all times.

Essential duties/ responsibilities/ functions

• Responsible for the maintenance of work vehicles and heavy equipment.

• Performs a variety of skilled and un-skilled manual work as assigned to repair and maintain municipal roadways, sidewalks, facilities and infrastructure. Duties include, but are not limited to: street sweeping, snow plowing and sanding, patching roads,…