Hybrid FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST bei Lake Havasu City

*MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST*

Lake Havasu City, AZ

#OC25-195

Closes:9/4/2025         

Salary: $23.89 - $34.64/Hourly; DOQ

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt- Classified Full-Time                                                                    

Department: PW/Facilities Maintenance               

To apply for this position: You must complete the on-line application, and submit a resume. A resume submitted in lieu of a completed application will not be accepted. 

The ideal candidate will have experience in performing journey level maintenance activities for any of the following areas: Facilities Maintenance, Asset Management, concrete work, the operations of light and heavy equipment, operations of hand tools, and minor equipment repairs. Knowledge of construction safety is required.

General Definition of Work

Performs a variety of skilled work for assigned Departments/Division performing construction maintenance, building and ground maintenance, street maintenance and repair; lighting, plumbing, electrical wiring, and irrigation systems maintenance, maintaining, and repairing grounds, street maintenance and drainage work, operation of medium - heavy duty equipment; maintaining records and files, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the designated supervisor. 

Special Note: 

The incumbent works outdoors and is exposed to extreme temperatures. This position will require non-standard or rotating shift work to include days, nights, weekends, holidays, and callbacks.

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or GED and moderate experience in construction, ground maintenance, building, and street maintenance or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Special Qualifications

Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with tanker endorsement is required at the time of hire. (Facilities, Airport, Water, Vehicle Maintenance)

Must meet and maintain all training and education requirements for the position.

Valid Driver's License of the appropriate class.

Essential Functions

Oversees satisfactory and timely completion of assigned projects.

Tracks time and materials for proper completion of daily reports and work orders.

Trains others in the proper and safe operations of equipment and tools.

Operates light and heavy equipment, if assigned.

Promotes safety in the workplace and reports/repairs hazards in a timely manner.

Sets up traffic control signs directs traffic flow and communicates with the public during flagging duties.

Completes and maintains required records and reports; informs supervisor of problems with daily activities and prepares cost estimates.

Collects and verifies information from the public, receives complaints from the public, and notifies the public of work activities.

Provides exceptional customer service to internal and external customers, training, and sharing knowledge with others.

Operates and maintains motor vehicles or other work-related equipment requiring a valid driver's license. 

Meet and maintain required departmental training that may include:

Arizona Structural Pest Control Applications.

Arizona Applicator.

Forklift and Flagger.

Hazardous Materials.

Confined Space/Trenching and Shoring.

BUILDING MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST

All the above Essential Functions in addition to the following:

Maintains airport buildings and hangars; performs maintenance and repairs on general plumbing, electrical, drywall, and irrigation maintenance/repair.

Repairs streets, parking lots, and curb gutters by sealing, patching, filling cracks, and painting; sets forms and pours concrete for sidewalks, curbs, driveways, washes, and handicap ramps; installs and replaces traffic signs; lays out permanent markings; grades areas to specifications; and performs traffic control and perform general cleanup.

Operates and performs maintenance on various light to heavy equipment involved in the maintenance and upkeep of streets, such as street sweepers, sand trucks, path trucks, service trucks, backhoes, cranes, graders, front-end loaders, and dump trucks.

Paints stop bars, crosswalks, curbs, and center lines; fabricates and installs street signs, road markers, and reflectors.

Cut weeds, clear debris, clean washes, rake and shovel asphalt, hand sweep surfaces, and pick up trash.

Performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled duties in the maintenance, construction, and repair of City streets, and drainage systems.

Performs standard construction activities which include plumbing repairs, drywall repairs, painting, welding, fabrication, replacing lighting fixtures, carpentry work, and roofing.

Conducts daily inspections of various electrical equipment by checking and recording levels; makes proper adjustments.

Minimum Qualifications

High School diploma or GED and moderate experience in construction, ground maintenance, building, and street maintenance or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Special Qualifications

Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with tanker endorsement is required at the time of hire. (Facilities, Airport, Water, Vehicle Maintenance)

Must meet and maintain all training and education requirements for the position.

Valid Driver's License of the appropriate class.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

General knowledge of street maintenance and repair, drainage, buildings, grounds, utilities, landscape areas, and related construction, maintenance, and repair procedures; general knowledge of the safe use, operation, and preventive maintenance of the equipment to which assigned. 

Skill in the use of specialized equipment and hand tools assigned. 

Ability to understand and follow specific oral instructions; ability to perform manual labor for extended periods, often under unfavorable weather conditions; ability to read and write; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, supervisors, contractors, vendors, and the general public.

Working Conditions

This work requires the regular exertion of over 100 pounds of force and frequent exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, walking, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions; work requires peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm’s length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to wet humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to outdoor weather conditions, exposure to extreme cold (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather), exposure to the risk of electrical shock, exposure to vibration, wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a very loud noise location (e.g. jack hammer work, garbage recycle plant).

The City reserves the right to consider only the most highly qualified applicants. The succeeding examination processes may be required: training and experience, testing, panel interview, employment eligibility verification (EEV) requirements, personnel evaluation profile (PEP), polygraph test, background investigation, and alcohol/drug screening test. Lake Havasu City complies with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Department of Transportation Drug Testing Program. Drug and alcohol testing is conducted under the authority of City policy and the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991. Appointment is subject to a successful background investigation and City paid post-employment medical examination after an offer of employment has been made.

Applicants for employment opportunities should be aware of the Lake Havasu City policies concerning the use of drugs and alcohol. These policies have not been altered by the passage of Proposition 207. The use of recreational marijuana is a violation of the City's Drug-Free Workplace Policy. All positions within the city are required to submit to a pre-employment drug test. A positive result for drugs tested under the policy, including recreational marijuana, may be grounds for withdrawal of an offer of employment.