Maintenance Worker

THE CITY

The City of National City is a full-service, state-governed city serving a vibrant and socioeconomically diverse community. Its diverse population, mild climate, and central location make National City a great place to live, work, play, and do business. The City takes great pride in its rich history, strong bi-national relationships, and deep commitment to its residents, schools, neighborhoods, and thriving business districts.

As San Diego County’s second-oldest city, National City is truly at the center of it all. Located within a dynamic bi-national region of more than five million consumers, the City’s competitive advantage lies in its central location, robust transportation network, and diverse business industry. National City is just minutes from downtown San Diego, local beaches, San Diego International Airport, the U.S.–Mexico border, San Diego State University, and other colleges and universities.

National City is served by Interstates 5 and 805, as well as State Route 54, providing convenient access for residents, businesses, and visitors throughout the region and into Mexico. Public transit options are readily available through the San Diego Trolley and the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), which serve National City seven days a week.

The Engineering & Public Works Department is responsible for maintaining the City’s public assets, including all infrastructure, right of way, parks, facilities and the City’s vehicle and equipment fleet. The Engineering Division oversees the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), Storm Water & Environmental Compliance, Traffic Safety, and Engineering Permits, Plan Checks and Inspections for private development. The Public Works operations team provides essential services for the community through its four Divisions:
Streets & Wastewater Maintenance, Parks Maintenance, Facilities Maintenance, and Fleet & Equipment Maintenance.

Under general supervision, the position performs a variety of manual tasks in the repair and maintenance of City streets, sewers, and other Public Works facilities; and performs related duties as required. Position may be assigned duties on a variety of crews, such as street, sewer or facilities maintenance, and others. This position reports to a Public Works Crew Supervisor, within either the Street section or Wastewater section of the Street & Wastewater Division.

This position typically works a 4/10 workweek from 6:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Thursday. City offices are closed on Fridays. All Crew Members have the responsibility to work Standby Duties, which consist of a 2‑person, 1‑week rotation, where they must be available to respond to after‑hours and weekend emergency call‑outs. There is also a “Quality of Life Crew” rotation, currently a 5/8 workweek from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday, but is subject to change.

The following duties and responsibilities are representative of those typically performed by positions assigned to this classification. Any single position may not perform all of these duties and/or may perform similar related tasks not listed here.

• Prepares surfaces for paving, mixes cement, and breaks up paved surfaces.
• Uses such hand tools as shovels, rakes, jackhammer, and tamper.
• Loads and unloads trucks.
• Excavates and fills trenches and ditches.
• Performs a variety of semi‑skilled and unskilled street and sewer maintenance and construction duties.
• Cleans, operates, and performs minor maintenance work on equipment and facilities.
• Assists in rodding, cleaning, repairing, and replacing sewer lines.
• Assists in cement work to build curbs and sidewalks.
• Cleans and cares for tools and equipment.
• Responds to emergency calls.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• This position will be required to work standby duties.
• Places traffic control devices and directs traffic in streets to ensure proper and safe traffic flow.

• One (1) year of full‑time maintenance and construction experience.

• Possession of a valid California Class C Driver’s License is required at the time of appointment.
• Possessio…