City of Palm Beach Gardens
Maintenance Technician - Regular Part-Time
COMMUNITY SERVICES
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Duties
Parks & Grounds:
- Performs skilled maintenance on city grounds, athletic fields, medians, and rights-of-way related to pruning, relocation and removal of trees
- Performs general maintenance on department equipment, such as lawn and power equipment, located throughout the City's parks, grounds and athletic fields
- Operates tractors, mowers, jack hammers, welders, trucks, steam cleaners, buffers, washers, and other equipment, as needed
- Assists with the preparation of facilities for all related recreation activities, special events, and tournaments
- Maintains detailed records and reports regarding the status of a variety of parks related systems, repairs made and related expenses
- Participates in the maintenance of athletic fields, landscape areas, playgrounds, and irrigation systems
- Maintains and adjusts specialized Parks equipment and tools, including chain saws, pole saws, tractors, mowers, carts, sprayers, chippers and stump grinders
- Assists with the operation lighting systems on designated athletic fields, basketball, and tennis courts lighting systems
- Operates a variety of hand, electric and air driven tools
- Assists in the training of part-time employees or community service workers
- Document work in approved work order software; log hours in daily work orders and special projects
- Performs duties as assigned during emergency response conditions
- Performs any other related duties as required or assigned
Streets & Stormwater:
- Performs work in the construction and maintenance of streets, drainage facilities and swales
- Participates in the rebuilding and repair of all culverts and construction of new culverts on all City properties
- Performs maintenance, construction and repair of drainage pipes, swales and sewer lines
- Follows plans, instructions and standard operating procedures in performing maintenance, construction and repairs
- Performs a variety of construction duties per area of assignment, i.e., breaking pavement, setting concrete and asphalt, and filling potholes
- Pours and finishes concrete, clearing runways and taxiways
- Performs routine sewer maintenance work
- Mows canal banks, cleans and repairs culverts and catch basins, and constructs new culverts.
- Operates a variety of light to medium equipment, i.e., mowers, edgers, weed-eaters, chippers, chainsaws, and blowers
- Drives truck hauling crews, equipment and materials to and from work sites
- Drives trucks of various sizes and weights in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment, gravel, concrete, and sand
- Operates equipment such as compactor, trencher, concrete saw, etc.
- Performs preventative maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects or needed repairs to supervisor
- Cleans equipment
- Performs duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards
- Arranges for the transport of equipment and machinery across private property or public thoroughfares as directed
- Answers any complaints as directed by supervisor
- Performs mosquito spraying under the direction of a licensed technician
- Documents daily work actions and hours in work order software
- Performs emergency operations as required
- Performs other duties as required
Minimums
- High School diploma or equivalent, and
- Previous experience in the field of construction, maintenance and repair
- Any related combination of education, training, and experience
How to apply
- Valid Florida State driver's license
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