Transit VM Utility Service Worker - SDA/TLT

Full Job Description

*This recruitment is open to all King County employees and the general public. *

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King County Metro’s Vehicle Maintenance team is hiring multiple Special Duty Assignment (SDA) /Term-Limited Temporary(TLT) Transit Utility Service Workers who will be responsible for cleaning the interiors of buses and other vehicles and related tasks to ensure a safe, enjoyable experience for our riders.

Vehicle Maintenance invests in its staff development and SDA/TLT positions give candidates a chance to gain knowledge, skills, and experiences that can be applied to future opportunities.

Experience a world where hard work and great pay create a place where you can learn by doing, meet new challenges, work alongside some of the greatest team members around, and have a little fun along the way!

Utility Service Workers in the Vehicle Maintenance section may be assigned to one of seven maintenance bases throughout King County and work one of three shifts (Day, Swing and Graveyard).

New hires are frequently assigned to the swing and night shifts.

Swing and graveyard shift employees receive a shift pay differential (Shift pay is 5% for second shift and 7.5% third shift, on top of base hourly pay).

Employees work a 40 hour per week schedule and are eligible for overtime pay. Schedules may have mid-week regular days off (Monday-Tuesday, Tuesday-Wednesday, etc.).

Employees must be able and willing to work any shift, any location.

Recruitment Information: This recruitment will be used to fill multiple Special Duty Assignment (SDA)/ Term-Limited Temporary (TLT) positions and will have a duration of at least 18 months (with the possibility for extension).

These initial vacancies are temporary in duration but are full-time, benefit eligible, and may have the opportunity to convert to career service (permanent) positions when possible.

An eligibility list of qualified candidates may be created to fill future Utility Service Worker positions as they become available.

If the eligibility list is created, it will remain active for up to 12 months from the posting date and may be used at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Required Forms and Application Materials: See the supplemental information section of this job posting for complete details.

Requirements

Applying equity and social justice principles is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. In this role, you will apply equity and social justice principles that exemplify shared values, behaviors, and practices to all aspects of the work.

As a Utility Service Worker you will also:

• Deep clean and detail buses and other vehicles, including but not limited to the following services:

• Perform simple numeric record-keeping tasks, by hand, to keep track of coaches cleaned.
• Report to the immediate supervisor when buses are in need of repair.
• May perform work in cold weather conditions, such as repairing chains and filling both sanding and salting equipment.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

We are seeking candidates who possess the following minimum qualifications:

• At least six months of experience with professional cleaning in vehicle detailing or related environments such as commercial kitchens, hotels or similar settings
• Good communication skills and the ability to read, write, and follow written and verbal instructions.
• Related experience and recent familiarity with cleaning equipment and products.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse team.
• Ability to accurately perform simple numeric and alphabetic record keeping tasks by hand.
• Ability to work independently without supervision and the initiative to request additional assignments when another is completed.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team; demonstrated punctuality, dependability, and regular, reliable attendance.
• Willingness and availability to work different shifts on weekdays, night, weekends, and holidays.

Physical Requirements:

The job requires a range of physical skills associated with cleaning and maintenance activities including standing, kneeling, bending, crouching, crawling, squatting, reaching above and below the waist and carrying items up to 30lbs.

Necessary Special Requirements:

Additional Information

To Apply

This position is open to the general public and current King County employees that have passed their initial King County probation period.

Required application materials: To be considered for this position, candidates must submit the following application materials:

Submit an updated online application at www.kingcounty.gov. The work history section of your application should include any/all relevant work experience as it relates to this recruitment.

Include accurate dates of employment and clearly list the detailed job duties: what you did, how you did them, and any tools or systems you used.

Answer all supplemental questions

Application and Selection Process

An online employment application, to include all relevant employment history and experience related to this role as well as responses to supplemental questions is required. No attachments will be reviewed during the screening process, so please do not include any attachments with your application.

Applicants will be screened for completeness and competitiveness. The most competitive candidates will be invited to participate in a panel interview.

Please note: The "duties" section in the Work Experience area of the application is free text and should be used to detail how you specifically meet the experience we are seeking.

You should list all information you feel is important for the team reviewing your application to take into consideration. You may also leave nontransferable skills off your previous duties.

For example, if you worked as a chef in the last ten years you would list that employment, but you don't need to list job duties that aren’t applicable, such as, "cooked food to order".

You should, however, list any transferrable skills that the job taught you, such as specific teamwork skills. Finally, you should always list detailed information.

As an example, rather than listing, "Able to use a variety of specialized equipment", you should list, in detail, the actual equipment and how you used it.

Vacancy Information

This recruitment will be used to fill the immediate need for multiple term-limited temporary (TLT) and special duty (SDA)vacancies. These positions will be full time and have full benefits.

Applications received may also be used to create an eligibility list for future SDA/TLT vacancies in the same classification that might occur over the following 12 months, at the discretion of the hiring authority.

SDA/TLT employees will be converted to career service in the order that they are hired, once a career service position has been approved.

Work Schedule:

Employees in this non-exempt classification work a 40 hour per week schedule with two consecutive days off, but not necessarily Saturday and Sunday.

Work schedules and locations are based on a seniority system and schedules are bid on twice a year.

Employees must be able and willing to work any shift, including any combination of days off, at any location. Third(graveyard) or second (swing) shift vacancies will be the most likely openings.

These positions are FLSA non-exempt and therefore eligible for overtime pay.

Work Location

This position may work at any of Metro's transit bases around King County, including bases in Downtown Seattle, Shoreline, Bellevue, and Tukwila.

Union Status

Positions in this classification are represented by Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 587.

Class Code

9454100 Transit Utility Service Worker

For more information regarding this recruitment, please contact the recruiter:

Calvin Chon (he/him)

Human Resource Talent Advisor

cchon@kingcounty.gov

About King County and Metro Transit Vehicle Maintenance - #TradesJobs

As a mobility agency, we move hundreds of thousands of people in our region each day, helping connect them to greater opportunities such as new jobs, better education, critical medical appointments, or a chance to start over.

Metro Transit's Vehicle Maintenance Division operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and we take pride in meeting our customers' expectations by providing safe, dependable, clean, and environmentally sound vehicles.

Metro has long been an innovator in green vehicle technology and is steadily pursuing our goal of becoming a zero-emission fleet by transitioning to battery-electric buses.

Our Vehicle Maintenance Division values teamwork, communication, diversity, and social justice, and we are committed to working in a timely, cost-effective, and environmentally sensitive manner.

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Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference?

Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Guided by our "True North", we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce.

To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity.

Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards.

We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.

King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer: No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class.

Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay, or other forms of compensation.

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