Job description

City of Falcon Heights

Public Works Senior Maintenance Worker
Updated April 2023

Supervisor: Public Works Director

Type: Salary, non-exempt, full time

Salary: $55,000 + or -, DOQ/DOE

Primary Objective:

This position carries out a wide variety maintenance activities without requiring oversight.

These duties including mowing parks and boulevards, fertilizing city grounds, street and

sidewalk repairs, snow and ice control activities including snow plowing and shoveling.

Essential Duties:

• Parks and Grounds- Trash collection and removal, mowing and trimming grass, planting and weeding flower beds, general building maintenance, cleaning, painting, and minor repairs.
• Street and Sewer- Assist in patching, mowing, cleaning, and sign maintenance.
• Snow and Ice Control- Snow plowing and salting as assigned, shoveling, snow blowing.
• Keep supervisor informed of any concerns or issues.
• Perform other related duties as requested by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills with an outgoing attitude and willingness to take on new challenges.
• Ability to work independently and organize, manage and prioritize a variety of tasks.
• Ability to maintain an organized work environment and record keeping.
• Attention to safety.
• Ability to maintain and enhance effective working relationships.
• Willingness to initiate and follow-through on communication with the public.
• Ability to handle and prioritize a multitude of tasks and complete work in a timely manner..
• Ability to move about the office and to drive around and to get around the city outside a vehicle in all types of weather.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and run, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.
• The employee must be able to lift/and or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distant, color and peripheral vision.

• Perform in an outdoor work environment subject to seasonal heat and adverse weather conditions

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum age 18 years old.
• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Class C CDL or progress towards obtaining a Class C CDL
• Experience in construction, landscaping or trades.

Preferred Qualifications

• Class C CDL or greater.
• Experience in public works maintenance and knowledge of/experience with relevant power and hand tools.
• Ability to work with little or no direct supervision.
• Utilize sound reasoning and common sense in a variety of situations.
• Experience working with both small and heavy machinery.
• Construction and/or mechanic experience.

Work Schedule

This is a full-time, non-exempt position with daytime hours between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday. The employee is expected to be on call as defined in the Personnel

Manual, with the expectation that the employee will be available during the winter months for snow removal.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• On call
• Overtime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Saint Paul, MN 55113: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Maintenance (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)
• CDL C (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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