Maintenance Worker, General Labor

Position Information

Build your career with the County of Sonoma as an Extra-Help Maintenance Worker.

Multiple positions available with a starting salary of $27.70/hr!*

Sonoma Public Infrastructure (SPI) leads the way to a safe and sustainable community by planning, building, managing, and maintaining Sonoma County's investment in quality services and infrastructure. SPI is responsible for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the County-maintained public road system and airport facilities. Every year, they manage numerous capital paving, construction, and road safety improvement projects. Their Maintenance Workers perform a variety of unskilled and semi-skilled road maintenance and facility management tasks, including:

• Performing pavement maintenance (pothole patching, culvert cleaning, sign installation, vegetation removal, paint striping)
• Operating various vehicles and small power tools used in road maintenance activities
• Performing preventive maintenance on various equipment such as trucks, other vehicles, and equipment needed for road maintenance activities

The ideal candidates for these positions will have a current, valid driver's license and are:

• Experienced in road construction and maintenance
• Committed to working safely
• Skilled at using light mechanical machines and hand tools
• Able to follow through when given multiple directions and complete work accurately
• Dependable, with a strong work ethic and a positive team player attitude
• Experienced using computer software to complete daily time records

Maintenance Workers may be assigned to the Airport, Culvert, Road, Traffic, or Countywide crews, and may work at any of the Road Maintenance Yards located in Cotati, Guerneville, Healdsburg/Annapolis, Santa Rosa, and/or Sonoma.

Job duties of the Maintenance Worker I position require sitting, standing, walking on level, uneven, sloped, and slippery surfaces at various heights, reaching, kneeling, bending, stooping, crawling, squatting, crouching, and grasping. They also need to lift, carry, and push equipment, materials, and supplies weighing up to 100 pounds. Incumbents are required to be available for after-hours emergency response; work in close proximity to moving traffic;

and work in all weather conditions, including rain, cold, heat, fumes, dust, and other air contaminants which may cause eye and skin irritation. The nature of the work also requires incumbents to climb ladders, ride personnel lifts, work in confined spaces, handle noise-producing tools and equipment, and drive a motorized vehicle. Under the Federal Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). incumbents will be subject to random drug testing if they operate vehicles and/or equipment that require DOT testing.

Extra-help employees relieve or augment permanent staff. Temporary, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions. In addition, they do not receive most employee benefits such as long-term disability insurance coverage; accrual of vacation; participation in the County retirement program; or eligibility to take promotional examinations. Temporary, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of one calendar year.

These employees must be off of work for three months before they can be re-employed on an extra help basis. Extra-help employees who meet the eligibility requirements may qualify for a County contribution toward medical coverage.

This recruitment is being conducted to fill multiple temporary, extra-help Maintenance Worker I positions in Sonoma County Public Infrastructure. This employment list may also be used to fill future extra-help (temporary) positions as they occur during the active status of the list.

* Salary is negotiable within the established range.

Application submissions require the Supplemental Questionnaire be completed.

Experience and

Education:

Any combination of education and training which would provide the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed. Normally this would include:
Some experience in road construction or maintenance work that includes the use of light mechanical machines, hand tools, and in performing heavy physical labor.

License: Possession of a valid driver's license at the appropriate level, including special endorsements as required by the State of California, may be required depending upon assignment to perform the essential job functions of the position.

Knowledge of: basic construction materials; safety practices and tools commonly used in construction and maintenance; and preventive maintenance and safe operations of trucks, light construction equipment, machines and power tools.

Ability to: perform a variety of semiskilled manual maintenance and construction tasks for extended periods and under unfavorable weather conditions; safely operate light…