Laborer II - Streets

City of Woodinville•Woodinville, WA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Woodinville is comprised of 54 full-time employees whose work each day helps shape Woodinville’s community and future. Our employees play a vital role in supporting residents, businesses, and visitors through meaningful public service. The City offers a competitive compensation and benefits program designed to support employee well-being and professional growth. Woodinville, Washington is a premier tourist destination with a population of about 14,000, though the City will likely grow rapidly over the next five years or so. This growth is resulting in lots of exciting projects and programs. Located about 20 miles northeast of Seattle, Woodinville offers the benefits of a bustling urban area against the backdrop of the picturesque Sammamish River Valley. Woodinville is known for its tourism industries with over 130 wineries, breweries, and distilleries and numerous opportunities for outdoor activities. The City of Woodinville is currently recruiting for one Seasonal Maintenance Worker. The Seasonal Maintenance Worker positions will work up to five months duration, typically Monday through Friday. Occasionally, the positions may be required to work outside of typical hours, including weekends and/or evenings. The work will primarily consist of routine tasks such as removal of brush and debris from park grounds, stormwater facilities, open space, and public rights-of-way, weeding, raking, watering vegetation, mowing, edging, shoveling, and light construction, repair, and facility maintenance duties. Join our team of dedicated public servants to help ensure a safe, attractive, and enjoyable environment for Woodinville’s citizens and employees alike. The most qualified candidates will be able to use a variety of tools and equipment and have a working knowledge of maintenance and operations gained through experience and/or education. The candidates will be required to assist staff in performing regular, routine, and semi-skilled maintenance tasks within City owned facilities and public rights-of-way.

Requirements

High School Diploma AND Two years of relevant experience
Must possess a Washington State driver’s license
Operate a variety of motor vehicles, including pick-up trucks, flatbeds, medium-size dump trucks, towing trailers, and medium sized riding mowers.
Operate small engine equipment, such as small mowers, line trimmers, chainsaws, and leaf blowers in a safe manner.
Perform basic and semi-skilled mechanical tasks.
Lift up to 50 pounds.
Learn City policies and procedures.
Listen and take directions.
Communicate effectively in oral and written form.
Interact professionally with various levels of employees, officials, and customers.
Perform moderately medium to heavy manual activities.
Efficiently and effectively use cleaning materials, supplies, and equipment.
Present self as a positive role model, displaying good work habits, including good attendance, being on time, being reliable, being accessible and maintaining good personal appearance and hygiene.
Respond appropriately to emergencies and other non-routine occurrences.
Communicate in a positive, cooperative manner with co-workers, supervisors, administrators, official, and the general public.
Understand instructions.
Use analytic and problem-solving ability, initiative, precision, alertness, memory, concentration, reasoning ability and judgment.
Display patience and persuasiveness when interacting with other people.
Must frequently stand, walk, talk or hear, taste or smell, grip or feel with hands, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and lift objects up to 25 pounds; and occasionally sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and lift objects up to and exceeding 100 pounds.
Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up or down or to the left and right when vision is fixed on a given point), depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships).

Nice To Haves

Flagger Certification
City or local government Maintenance, Parks or Storm Water experience
Any combination of relevant education and experience which would demonstrate the individual’s knowledge, skill, and ability to proficiently perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed above.

Responsibilities

Performs routine tasks, such as weeding, raking, watering, mowing, edging, shoveling, field preparation, custodial duties, and litter pick-up.
Performs light construction, repair, landscaping, and facility maintenance duties as assigned.
Cleans and repairs trails, sidewalks, streets, playgrounds, play equipment, grounds, buildings, fences, and other public-owned assets.
Performs minor and semi-skilled facility maintenance operations, such as replacing drive belts and mower blades, unplugging toilets, and changing light bulbs and filters.
Conducts removal of brush and debris from park grounds, open spaces, storm water facilities, and public rights-of-way.
Work with temporary workers, contract labor, and other seasonal employees to ensure that City standards are met in maintenance and operations tasks.
Reports needed repairs, safety hazards, or other conditions that could affect staff or the public’s health, safety, security, or energy conservation to immediate supervisor.
Provides support activities for a variety of community special events, including but not limited to supporting the event management team, traffic control, site preparation, and site clean-up.
Picks up and delivers equipment, materials, parts, and supplies as required.
Responds to the daily needs of building, park, and field users.