Senior Maintenance Technician

Senior Maintenance Technician

The City of Malibu is seeking an experienced, hands-on, and service-oriented Senior Maintenance Technician to oversee and participate in the maintenance, repair, and improvement of City facilities, infrastructure, and public spaces. This position serves as a lead worker, providing technical guidance and training to staff while ensuring that City assets are maintained safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards.

The successful candidate will be a skilled maintenance professional who takes pride in public service, demonstrates strong problem-solving abilities, and is committed to delivering quality results that enhance the community's quality of life.

The ideal candidate is a knowledgeable and versatile maintenance professional with experience in public works, facilities maintenance, parks maintenance, or municipal operations. Must possess strong technical skills across multiple trades and fully comfortable leading projects, coordinating contractors, and training employees. Experience with budget oversight and management is essential, including tracking expenditures, forecasting maintenance costs, managing vendor contracts within approved budgets, and identifying cost-saving opportunities without compromising service quality.

This individual is self-motivated, organized, and capable of independently assessing maintenance needs, prioritizing work assignments, and implementing effective solutions. They understand the importance of maintaining public infrastructure and facilities in a safe, attractive, and operational condition.

The successful candidate is known for being dependable, resourceful, and customer focused. They build positive relationships with residents, contractors, and coworkers and demonstrate professionalism when responding to service requests, complaints, and community concerns.

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Demonstrates strong leadership skills and leads by example through professionalism, accountability, and a commitment to excellence.
• Fosters a collaborative work environment that promotes teamwork, mutual respect, and shared responsibility for achieving departmental goals.
• Effectively motivates, trains, and mentors staff while encouraging continuous learning and professional development.

• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with employees, contractors, residents, businesses, and City officials.
• Builds positive working relationships through professionalism, responsiveness, and a customer-service mindset.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and the ability to resolve conflicts, address concerns, and communicate technical information clearly and effectively.

• Exercises sound judgment and independent decision-making when assessing maintenance needs, prioritizing work, and responding to unexpected issues.
• Evaluates situations objectively and develops practical, cost-effective solutions that support operational goals and service delivery.

• Possesses strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to plan, coordinate, and oversee multiple maintenance projects simultaneously.
• Effectively manages resources, schedules, contractors, materials, and staff to ensure projects are completed safely, efficiently, and on time.
• Maintains accurate records, work schedules, and project documentation while monitoring progress and performance.

• Demonstrates a strong commitment to workplace safety and compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Promotes accountability through consistent follow-through, attention to detail, and adherence to quality standards.
• Embraces a public service orientation and is dedicated to maintaining City facilities, infrastructure, and public spaces in a manner that enhances community satisfaction and trust.

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities, urgent service requests, and competing demands.
• Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in responding to operational challenges, emergencies, and evolving community needs.
• Effectively balances multiple priorities while maintaining high-quality service, productivity, and responsiveness.

Examples of Duties

• Oversees and participates in specialized, technical, and complex maintenance and repair work on assigned City buildings, facilities, streets, sidewalks, storm drains, landscaping, and park and recreational facilities.
• Develops specifications and obtains bids for maintenance projects; coordinates work of contractors for the best utilization of available staff and resources; estimates supplies and materials required to perform work; examines work areas to review work in progress and resolves work problems; inspects work upon completion.
• Oversees, operates, and maintains a variety of maintenance vehicles, tools, and equipment; inspects equipment and ensures compliance with safety practices; responds to maintenance needs and schedules appropriate services and repairs.
• Inspects assigned City infrastructure, facilities, and parks for maintenance needs and recommends appropriate actions; assists in developing work plans, procedures, and schedules.
• Maintains and repairs landscape irrigation systems; performs tests to ensure the proper operation of such systems; repairs valves, pipes, sprinkler heads, couplings, and similar parts.
• Contributes to the overall quality of the department's service by reviewing and implementing procedures to meet City needs.
• Assists with preparation for public events, sports events, meetings, and gatherings; moves furniture, sports equipment, assists with seating arrangements; assists with clean-up after each event.
• Patrols through assigned parks and recreation facilities to check for and report any major damages, vandalism, graffiti, etc.; cleans up and paints over graffiti and other damages.
• Performs basic maintenance and ensures cleanliness of public facilities; opens and closes facilities; performs minor plumbing, painting, custodial work, and carpentry in and around facilities.
• Receives and resolves complaints from the public regarding assigned functional areas and contractor activities; contacts residents and businesses to inform them of work to be performed.
• Trains employees and contractors in work methods, the operation of equipment and vehicles, hand tools, and communications systems, and relevant safety precautions.
• Maintains logs and records of work performed; prepares periodic and special reports related to functional area as required.
• Ensures that contractors provide a high degree of service to both internal and external customers and support achieving the departments and the City's mission, objectives, and values.
• Observes and complies with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• Performs related duties as required.

Typical Qualifications

Education and Experience:

Any combination of training and experience which would provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Education :

Equivalent to completion of twelfth (12th) grade, supplemented by specialized training or coursework in construction, landscape management, or the skilled trades.

Experience:

Four (4) years of experience in the maintenance and repair of a variety of municipal infrastructure and facilities, including contract administration experience.

Licenses and Certifications:

Possession of a valid California Driver's License and a satisfactory driving record, to be maintained throughout employment.

Knowledge of:

• Maintenance principles, practices, tools and materials for construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, facilities, streets, sidewalks, storm drains, landscaping, and park and recreational facilities.
• Principles and practices of contract administration and supervision, including work planning, assignment, review, and the training of staff in work procedures.
• Principles and practices of leadership.
• Principles of providing functional direction and training.
• Basic methods and principles of carpentry, painting, custodial work, and plumbing.
• Safety equipment and practices related to the work, including the handling of hazardous chemicals.
• Methods of trouble-shooting maintenance and repair projects.
• The structure and content of the English language to effectively perform the work.
• Basic mathematics and shop arithmetic.
• Traffic control procedures and traffic sign regulations.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations as well as industry standards and best practices pertinent to the assigned area of responsibility.
• City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• Techniques for providing a high level of customer service, by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
• Methods of estimating time, labor, and materials necessary to perform assigned work.
• Record keeping and reporting practices.
• Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination, including computers and software programs relevant to work performed.

Ability to:

• Effectively provide staff leadership and work direction.
• Plan, organize, and coordinate the work of assigned staff.
• Oversee and participate in construction, modification, maintenance and repair work on buildings,