Parking Facility Maintenance Assistant; Internal

Parking Facility Maintenance Assistant

The current Full-Time vacancy is for Parking Facility Maintenance Assistant in the Public Works Department. This recruitment is open to City of Santa Cruz current regular and temporary employees. As an Internal recruitment, the list established from this recruitment is valid only for the current vacancy listed above.

Under supervision, the Parking Facility Maintenance Assistant cleans and maintains City parking lots, garages and sidewalks, using hand and power tools and equipment; cleans and maintains public restrooms in parking garages; performs basic landscaping around parking lots; performs minor electrical, plumbing and equipment maintenance; identifies security concerns in parking lots and garages, such as public loitering and behavioral issues, and contacts law enforcement as appropriate;

and, performs related duties as assigned.

Recruitment #27-021

Application and Selection Process:
The following process may be changed as deemed necessary by the Human Resources Director. The information contained within this announcement may be modified or revoked without notice and does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.

• On Thursday, 10/15/26 recruitment will close. All application materials must be received by the Human Resources Department by 5:00 pm; postmarks are not accepted. To apply, submit:
• Application - online application preferred; paper application accepted. Resumes are not accepted in lieu of filling out application form completely.
• Response to supplemental questions - will be a primary tool in the evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Any work experience described here must also be included in your employment history on the main application.
• Week of 10/19 and 10/26/26:
  Applications will be competitively screened based on the minimum qualifications for this position. Candidates will be notified of their status in the recruitment by 11/06/26.
• Week of 11/09 and/or 11/16/26:
  Candidates will be notified of their status in the recruitment and interviews will be tentatively scheduled.

Basic Function

Under supervision, cleans and maintains City parking lots, garages and sidewalks, using hand and power tools and equipment; cleans and maintains public restrooms in parking garages; performs basic landscaping around parking lots; performs minor electrical, plumbing and equipment maintenance; identifies security concerns in parking lots and garages, such as public loitering and behavioral issues, and contacts law enforcement as appropriate; and, performs related duties as assigned.

Distinguishing Characteristics

The Parking Facility Maintenance Assistant is an entry-level classification in the Parking Maintenance series. Under supervision, incumbents are assigned routine custodial and maintenance tasks to assist with the day-to-day maintenance of the parking garages, lots neighboring alleyways, and sidewalks. Incumbents typically work as part of a team using established procedures and guidelines and may be assigned to work alone. This classification is distinguished from the next higher level classification of Parking Control Maintenance Worker in that the latter performs more complex maintenance tasks associated with repair of parking meters, parking access equipment and coin change machines, and performs parking meter collection and coin counting tasks.

(May include, but are not limited, those duties listed below.)

• Cleans public restrooms and replenishes supplies; empties trash containers; cleans floors, fixtures, performs minor repairs to fixtures, pressure washes garages, lots and restrooms as required; operates sidewalk cleaning and other related equipment; cleans elevators in parking garages.
• Maintains parking garages and surface lots; empties waste receptacles, recycling containers, and disposes of trash; collects and disposes of garbage from parking areas; hand sweeps or operates parking lot sweeper truck, leaf vacuum and leaf blower in parking garages and parking lots; steam cleans garages and surface lots; washes off or paints over graffiti; repairs damaged wheel stops.
• Maintains landscaped areas in lots and garages and neighboring alleyways; removes trash, weeds and debris; maintains landscape plantings.
• Cleanup of bio-hazardous materials including human vomit, feces, urine, blood, syringes, and condoms.
• Operates equipment in the Central Business District. Cleans and services the sidewalk cleaning equipment.
• Drives a garbage compactor truck…