Senior Maintenance Worker - Department of Transportation
Senior Maintenance Worker - Department of Transportation
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Job Description
Our diverse and inclusive workforce of more than 7000 employees play a key role in the success of San Jos the heart of the Silicon Valley. All City of San Jos employees work together as one team to make San Jos a vibrant innovative and desirable place to live and work.Visithere to learn more about our One Team Leadership Values and Expectations including quality and excellent customer service and hereto learn more about San Jos.
The City of San Jos is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for all job openings will be considered without regard to age race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation disability veteran statusor any other consideration made unlawful under any federal state or local laws. The City of San Jos is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability please contact us at711 (TTY) or via email at .
About the Department
The Department of Transportation (DOT) plans develops operates and maintains transportation facilities services and related systems which contribute to the livability and economic health of the City. We comprise a team of more than 500 people ready to serve the needs of our residents to improve the efficiency and safety of San Jos streets.We are an energetic and innovative team that is improving transportation in the nations 10th largest city while focusing on safety sustainability and active public life!For more information about DOT visitwww.sanjoseca/transportation.
Position Duties
DOT is currently seeking to fill multiple vacancies for the Senior Maintenance Worker position. If you are interested in employment in these classifications you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
Under general supervision by a Maintenance Supervisor employees in the Senior Maintenance Worker positions have important field responsibilities including frontline supervision and leadership of field crews the prioritization and distribution of work assignments oversight and responsibility for the safety of the crews communication with residents at job sites evaluation of staff performance and other duties typical of a Senior Maintenance Worker. Senior Maintenance Workers have a considerable amount of direct interaction with the community and general public and are major contributors to DOTs efforts to provide exceptional service to its customers. Individuals in this classification are required to work alternate work shifts including grave and swing weekends holidays overtime and oncall.
Senior Maintenance Worker key responsibilities:
PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE: This position provides direction and supervision to the employees who carry out the daytoday field operations involved in performing scheduled preventive maintenance and emergency repairs to City streets.
ROADWAY MARKINGS MAINTENANCE: This position tracks plans schedules and assigns work involved in the maintenance of roughly 5.4 million square feet of roadway markings and provides direction and supervision to the employees in this section.
TRAFFIC SIGN MAINTENANCE: This position supervises provides lead direction and participates in the provision of signage in new residential and business developments and special sign projects. Projects requiring signage include signal installations street improvements neighborhood traffic studies/projects parking program projects and other trafficrelated capital projects.
SANITARY SEWER & STORM MAINTENANCE: Providing lead direction to and participating in a crew responsible for keeping the sanitary lines free of blockage performing scheduled preventative maintenance at sanitary and storm pump stations and working towards reducing current backlog of sewer repair projects. Keeping the sanitary lines free of blockage may require the use of highpressure units rodding units and Vactor trucks. As assigned operates a motorized street sweeper in an assigned district including driving to assigned routes to clean streets and gutters and remove dust and litter.
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE: This position provides direction and supervision to the crews responsible for maintaining the landscape of roadways backups and designated locations in the public areas throughout the City.
More information on the typical duties can be found in the Class Specifications for Senior Maintenance Worker.Minimum Qualifications
EDUCATION: Completion of high school or equivalent (General Education Development GED Test or California Proficiency Certificate)
EXPERIENCE:Four 4)years of experience in the maintenance and repair of streets sewers parks street landscaping or public facilities including at least one 1 year experience providing lead direction to a crew engaged in semiskilled and skilled maintenance and repair of parks facilities and infrastructure groundskeeping or landscaping.
ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTIONS:Cumulative chitted up experience from a lower class to lead capacity at a level such as Maintenance Worker II Gardener Parks Maintenance Repair Worker II Facility Worker I or Athletic Stadium Groundskeeper with the City of San Jos may be substituted on a yearforyear basis 2080 hours 1 year).LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS:
Possession of a valid drivers license in the State of California is required.
As a condition of employment in some designated positions possession of a valid State of California Class A or B drivers license with applicable endorsements is required.
Selected candidates will be required to submit a DMV Release of Driver Record Information form at the time of conditional offer and will be enrolled in the DMV Employer Pull Notice (EPN) Program. Refusal to do so will be considered withdrawing from the recruitment process.
EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jos will NOT sponsor represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.Other Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the most desirable combination of training skills and experience as demonstrated in past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:
JOB EXPERTISE Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills and displays openness to other peoples ideas and thoughts.
COMPUTER SKILLS Experienced with common business computer applications including but not limited to: MS Outlook MS Word MS PowerPoint MS Access and MS Excel.
TEAMWORK & INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Develops effective relationships with coworkers and supervisors by helping others accomplish tasks and using collaboration and conflict resolution skills.
CUSTOMER SERVICE Approaches problemsolving by focusing on customers first. Advocates for customer results point of view.
CONSTRUCTIVE ENERGIES A demonstration of energy and drive that comes from within and a willingness to approach all aspects of work with a generally positive attitude; possessing the inclination to take appropriate action rather than waiting to be told what to do; examples of Constructive Energies include but are not limited to: enthusiasm honesty integrity empathy dedication reliable proactive respectful confidence ethical and a willingness to help others.
MULTITASKING Can handle multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously; has handled a wide variety of assignments in past and/or current position(s).
PLANNING Acts to align own units goals with the strategic direction of the organization; Defines tasks and milestones to achieve objectives while ensuring the optimal use of resources to meet those objectives.
PROBLEM SOLVING Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of problem; collects information; uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome.
RELIABILITY Completes quality work assignments in a timely and efficient manner; fulfills responsibilities and maintains confidentiality as appropriate.
Selection Process
The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicants training and experience based on the application and responses to all the job specific questions. You must answer all questions to be considered or your application may be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Only those candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process.
If selected the Conditional Offer of Employment is contingent upon you providing proof of a valid State of California drivers license and an assessment of your California DMV Employer Pull Notice (EPN) as per the DMV Release of Driver Record Information form. Failure to pass the DMV Pull Notice assessment will deem you ineligible for employment.
If you have questions about the duties of this position or the selection or hiring processes please contact Jasmine Medrano at .
Additional Information:
Employment Eligibility: Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor represent or sign any documents related to visa applications/transfers for H1B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.
You must answer all jobspecific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays/responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.
Please note that applications are currently not acceptedthrough CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.
Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION please email and we will research the status of your application.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
