Graffiti & Maintenance Technician

City of Fort Collins•Fort Collins, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Fort Collins Streets Department is seeking a Graffiti Abatement & Maintenance Technician to join our team! The Graffiti Abatement team performs daily removal of graffiti on City property and works closely with local businesses and residents to assist in the removal of graffiti. In addition to graffiti removal, the person in this role will have mowing and weed-whipping responsibilities. This role involves working with pressure washers, airless sprayer systems, and a riding mower. This is an hourly, non-benefited position and the schedule is Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend days requested.

Requirements

Excellent customer service and communication skills.
Knowledge of local graffiti problems and potential solutions.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with property owners, civic groups and other public and private organizations.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.
Ability to prepare and maintain records, reports, photographs, and documentation.
Ability to coordinate equipment, materials, supplies and personnel to accomplish the removal of graffiti-defaced surfaces.
Knowledge of the geography of Fort Collins.
Basic knowledge of landscaping maintenance
Highschool diploma or general education degree (GED)
Valid driver’s license.
Unrestricted driver’s license
Must be 18 years old
Successfully pass a drug screening test, Motor Vehicle Record and background check

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

Responsibilities

Visit sites to determine extent of graffiti offenses and work required; reviews dimensions of sites, materials, textures and colors of defaced surfaces.
Directly responsible for the removal of graffiti; facilitating/scheduling of graffiti removal by others (e.g. volunteers and/or contractors), as needed; and documenting all pertinent data.
Receives and documents complaints concerning graffiti incidents and offenders.
Keeps records of supplies required; research graffiti removal products.
Performs computer data entry, manual journal entry, file updates, and other records; maintains graffiti abatement database.
Maintains graffiti camera and its documents.
Assist with cleaning and removing trash
Tow and operating equipment such as tractor, riding mower, push mower, weed whip, leaf blower etc.