General Maintenance Specialist I

Collier County strives to be an employer of choice, and many of our employees build long-term careers with us. The salary listed in the job description reflects the full pay range for this position, from entry level through advanced career stages.

NEW EMPLOYEES ARE HIRED AT, OR NEAR THE ENTRY POINT SHOWN, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.

• Performs semi-skilled or unskilled work associated with maintenance of equipment, buildings, and related facilities within an assigned Department/Division of the County.
• Performs general repair and maintenance work on County buildings, equipment, and related facilities within an assigned County division; performs semi-skilled and manual work involving aquatic facility maintenance, aquatic control, road/bridge maintenance, roadside maintenance, traffic operations, road sign installation, utilities maintenance, building maintenance, plumbing maintenance, custodial maintenance, or other projects within the assigned division; assists skilled-trade employees or other workers as needed.
• Performs various tasks involving maintenance of aquatic facilities; locks/unlocks facilities and checks for unsafe conditions or faulty equipment; removes pool covers; checks pool chemical levels and adds/removes chemicals as needed; conducts super-chlorination of pool water; cleans/vacuums pool; cleans/backwashes pool filters; cleans pump house and pump basket; replaces chemical hoses and rebuilds chemical pumps; cleans probes and injectors; repairs and maintains lockers;
  
  maintains and repairs exterior lighting; blows debris from pool deck and sidewalks.
• Performs various tasks involving aquatic control and maintenance of lakes, beaches, canals, or ditches; trims palm trees; rakes beach sand; cleans lakes and canals; mixes chemicals for application of aquatic herbicides and pesticides; loads chemicals; calibrates and maintains spray pumps; cuts/removes weeds, grass, cattails, or other vegetation around lake; controls vegetation in drainage system for maximum drainage; picks up and removes dead fish and animals.
• Performs various tasks involving road/bridge maintenance or roadside maintenance projects; patches potholes in road surfaces; repairs roads, bridges, and rights-of-way with asphalt and lime rock; installs, repairs, replaces, and cleans out drainage pipes; creates and maintains roadside ditches/swales; builds, installs, and repairs catch basins, curbs, sidewalks, and bike paths; cuts driveways; repairs and maintains guardrails; paints guardrails, bridges, barricades, and road striping;
  
  repairs high-pressure hoses; clears/mows right-of-way, roadside ditches, shoulders, and medians; performs vegetation control tasks; cleans/sweeps intersections, roadways, sidewalks, bike paths, and other areas; picks up and disposes of accident debris, dead animals, litter, and other debris; reports hazardous roadway conditions.
• Performs various tasks involving traffic operations and road sign installation projects; programs traffic data recorders; sets up sensors/counters and road tubes, and secures in roadway; removes and picks up sensors/counters and road tubes; collects data from traffic data recorders and downloads into computer; conducts manual counts as needed; prints traffic count data and reviews for errors; repairs counters and road tubes;
  
  installs, maintains, and repairs roadway signs, barricades, and roadway markings; reports traffic signal problems; assists in constructing signs; maintains current inventory of existing signs; trims brush from road signs or work areas; reports and/or removes roadway hazards.
• Performs various tasks involving utilities maintenance projects; inspects ground storage water tanks; maintains and paints pumps, motors, pipes, and hydrants; assists with cleaning of degasifiers/reactors and sludge systems; performs preventive maintenance on equipment; assembles and repairs backflow devices; assembles bacteriological sample stations; locates new and buried meters; repairs or replaces faulty/damaged water meters, gate valves, meter boxes, and curb stops; replaces manual meters with electronic meters;
  
  locates and repairs water leaks; reads water meters; turns meters off/on for non-payment or other reasons.
• Performs various tasks involving building maintenance projects; performs light construction projects; pressure-washes exterior walls and other areas; paints interior/exterior surfaces and equipment; performs masonry work; welds/mends broken or worn parts; replaces batteries, light bulbs, and ballasts; maintains heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems; troubleshoots HVAC leaks or other problems; cleans condenser coils and replaces filters/belts.
• Performs various tasks involving plumbing maintenance/repair projects; troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs irrigation systems and minor plumbing problems; repairs broken pipes; replaces or adjusts irrigation system sprinkler heads; turns valves and pumps on/off.
• Performs various tasks…