Maintenance Leadworker bei City of Glendora, CA

Duties will vary depending on the division. Streets assignments may include asphalt and concrete repairs, painting, and sign installation. Facilities assignments may include preventative and general building maintenance across City facilities, including the use of power tools, familiarity with plumbing, electrical, HVAC, drywall repair, and related skills. 

Some of the typical duties of the Public Works Maintenance Leadworker include but are not limited to, the following:

• Participates and leads the work of the traffic crew engaged in installing and

maintaining street signs and maintaining street markings; lays out traffic striping and legends prior to painting; prepares a variety of reports; uses a variety of equipment and tools such as welders, paint striper, and airless painter; sets up traffic control and safety zones.

• Participates and leads the work of crews engaged in the painting of streets, crosswalks, safety zones, curbs and parking stalls; the maintenance, replacement, and repair of street signs and traffic signs. 

• Participates and leads the work of a crew engaged in the removal of graffiti

Including sandblasting chemically cleaning and painting surfaces; uses a variety of equipment and tools such as sandblaster, airless pump machine, rollers, trucks, etc.; maintains a variety of records related to graffiti removal.

• Participates and leads the work of a park maintenance crew in operating power and hand tools, edging, and weeding lawns, flower beds, and other landscaped areas; cutting and planting sod; spreading seed and fertilizer; planting or removing flowers and trees; pruning and trimming trees, operating, maintaining, repairing and/or installing in-ground sprinkler systems; cleaning walks, parking areas, and other areas of leaves and other debris; removing trash; operating power mowers, blowers, sweepers, edger’s, hedge trimmers, clippers, sprayers, and other equipment or vehicles; cleaning and repairing restrooms and park equipment; making minor repairs to equipment.

• Participates and leads the work of the street maintenance crew engaged in repairing and replacing concrete sidewalks, curbs, gutters and other concrete structures; repairing and maintaining city streets and alleys by patching with hot or cold asphalt mix; operates a variety of equipment and uses a variety tools such as rollers, dump trucks, jackhammers, air compressors, tractors; sets up traffic control and safety zones.

• Operates light and heavy equipment; performs routine maintenance and repair on equipment and/or arranges for vehicle and equipment repairs.

• Makes specific work assignments to crew members and prepares performance

evaluations; conducts preliminary disciplinary actions; prepares and submits records and reports concerning materials and equipment used; orders materials and supplies; obtains estimates and submits requisitions.

• Ensures work of crew is performed in a safe and efficient manner; trains

            subordinates in semi-skilled and skilled operations, work methods, and safety

practices and procedures; acts as supervisor in his/her absence.

• Answers emergency calls from the public and other agencies taking appropriate action such as placing barricades, removing fallen trees and limbs, removing trash or foreign objects from roadways, replacing street signs and emergency patching of streets or flood control facilities.