PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Public Works Crew Openings

The City of Brentwood is accepting applications to fill two openings for its Public Works crew. Help maintain the roads, drainage systems, street signs and rights-of-way residents use every day. Depending on your assignment, you may operate and maintain equipment and machinery such as mowers, chippers, dump trucks and grapple trucks. This is outdoor, hands-on work with visible results around the community. Candidates who meet the Senior Maintenance Technician qualifications may be hired at that level. This position will remain posted until filled.

Maintenance Technician starting pay: $20.63 per hour ($42,910.40 annual base pay). Senior Maintenance Technician starting pay: $23.12 per hour ($48,089.60 annual base pay). Schedule: Choose four 10-hour days or five 8-hour days. Your regular workdays will be set when you start, based on department needs. Additional compensation: Annual transportation allowance of $1,600 for the 4/10 schedule or $2,000 for the 5/8 schedule; $2,000 annual CDL supplement for eligible employees; and up to a 5% pay increase upon successful completion of the six-month probationary period.

Benefits include City-paid employee health and vision premiums with shared dependent coverage costs; a pension; paid vacation, sick leave and holidays; dental and tuition reimbursement. The City also offers deferred compensation, life and disability coverage, attendance and longevity bonuses, a discounted recreation center membership, an employee assistance program, and bank, credit union and library memberships.

The Public Works Department maintains more than 500 lane miles of roadway and right-of-way. Depending on assignment, duties may include: maintaining roads, signs, roadsides, ditches and storm drains; collecting brush and removing litter; operating and maintaining tools, trucks and equipment such as mowers, chippers, chainsaws, dump trucks and grapple trucks; assisting with asphalt and drainage repairs, pipe work, right-of-way mowing, street sweeping and other maintenance projects; responding to snow and storm damage when needed; completing work orders and communicating with coworkers and residents.

Maintenance Technician: A high school diploma or GED and some construction, maintenance or labor experience are preferred. Senior Maintenance Technician: A high school diploma or GED and one to two years of construction and maintenance labor experience are required. Both levels: A valid driver's license is required. The work is outdoors and requires safe use of tools, vehicles and equipment. A CDL is not required to apply but must be obtained within 12 months of hire. For either level, an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.

The City of Brentwood offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: employee choice of a 4/10 or 5/8 work schedule, with specific workdays based on departmental needs; transportation allowance; CDL supplemental pay for eligible employees; health and vision insurance, with the City paying the employee's premium and sharing the cost of dependent coverage; retirement pension program; paid vacation; paid sick leave; paid holidays; attendance bonus; longevity bonus; tuition reimbursement program; dental reimbursement program; life and AD&D insurance; short-term disability; long-term disability; deferred compensation; YMCA membership; discounted Williamson County Recreation Center membership; bank and credit union membership; library membership; Employee Assistance Program.