Maintenance Worker

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Why it's a great opportunity: Start a great career with Pierce County as a Maintenance Worker on the Maintenance & Operations Team in our Planning and Public Works Department.

You will be performing various maintenance functions across Pierce County on roads, surface water areas, and facilities.

These tasks will include flagging, performing repairs to roadways, roadway shoulders and related structures, installing and removing culverts, picking up debris, and dead animal removal from roadways.

The work will also include cutting brush, trees, and other vegetation in the areas of right of way, ponds, and flood control facilities to assist in the landscaping upkeep of various County roads and properties.

Why it's a great department: PPW stewards a healthy and vibrant community by collaboratively planning and investing in our people, infrastructure, systems, and policies.

PPW’s team has more than 800 members that collaborate, innovate and inspire in performing essential services to the community.

The department is responsible for the County road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, building permits, environmental review, sustainability, community planning, and code enforcement - just to name a few!

Learn more about Planning and Public Works here.

How to be successful in the role: Your success will come from showing up on time, caring about the quality of the work you do, functioning well in a team, an eye for detail, desire to learn, and growing your skills.

This is a physical job in all kinds of weather, so it takes strength and commitment to be successful.

This position requires daily driving of a Pierce County vehicle therefore a safe driving record is a must.

Your future in this role: You will have access to professional development through robust online learning and other training opportunities throughout your career to ensure your success.

This position has multiple career growth and promotional opportunities in Pierce County to build on a great career while directly impacting the communities in Pierce County.

Core daily responsibilities:

• Perform repairs to roadways, roadway shoulders and related structures such as bridges, guard rails and guard rail posts; install and remove culverts; pick up rubbish, debris and dead animals; clean ditches and culverts by using a hand shovel; sweep bridges and traffic islands.

Cut brush, trees and other vegetation on the right of way; assist in the landscaping of County road rights-of -way and in the planting and maintenance of a variety of ground cover, plants and trees.

Plant, transplant, trim, prune, weed, sow seeds, fertilize, mulch, collect and dispose of litter, stakes, water landscaped areas; trim and mow grass.

• Perform preventive maintenance on equipment and hand tools; paint, replace and repair guard rail posts and beams; fabricate and paint signposts, barricades and buildings with a brush, roller or spray gun.
• Square and clean holes in the roadway and knock off rough edges with a pneumatic hammer or other tools and patch with Portland cement concrete, or hot or cold asphalt mix.

Perform routine road maintenance such as brushing, cleaning culverts, cleaning ditches with a hand shovel or scoop, blading, reshaping and improving shoulders and clearing debris from the roadway surface and right-of-way.

Maintenance includes grading, snow clearing and removal, hauling gravel, rock and asphalt oil, as well as sanding and salting ice and snow.

A classification description with a more detailed list of essential functions can be found here.

Qualifications

• One or more years of experience performing skilled or semi-skilled labor such as road maintenance, landscaping, or heavy construction.
• Possession of a valid Driver's License and a safe driving record is required.

As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.

Satisfactory physical condition, as evidenced by a county approved physical examination, may be required prior to appointment to the position.

Additional Information

To be considered for this opportunity please:

• Complete and submit a detailed online Pierce County Employment Application by selecting "APPLY" above or go to: www.piercecountywa.org/jobs.
• If you have a question about this opportunity, please email the Recruitment Team at PCHRRecruit@piercecountywa.gov and specify the Job Number and Title.
• If you do not have internet access, you may visit your local public library or any WorkSource location and use their computers.
• Individuals needing accommodation in the application, testing process or need this job announcement in an alternative format may call Human Resources at (253) 798-7480, at least two days prior to the need.

This is a competitive selection process. Your application will be reviewed and evaluated for the quality and quantity of education/experience in the areas listed.

Applicants whose qualifications most closely correspond to the County's needs will be eligible for further consideration.

Notification of application status normally occurs 2 to 3 weeks after the closing date.

Short notice may be given to applicants to participate in further selection processes which may include assessments, phone screen, and interviews.

At Pierce County, diversity, equity, and inclusion means commitment, not a single step.

We strive to foster an inclusive environment that supports equitable access to opportunities throughout your career.

We want to recruit, develop, and maintain a talented workforce from various backgrounds, cultures, lifestyles, and perspectives, committed to our vision.

Employees of the County have local, direct, and visible impact in our diverse community. Will you join us in keeping Pierce County a place people are proud to call home?