Senior Maintenance Worker

Senior Maintenance Worker

Help shape Hesperia, where rural charm meets opportunity! Join the City of Hesperia's Public Works Department as a Senior Maintenance Worker and be part of a team driven by service, integrity, innovation, and efficiency. Help us create a safe, thriving community while experiencing true Hometown Hospitality.

The Senior Maintenance Worker is the lead class responsible for assigning and overseeing crews involved in the maintenance of streets, rights-of-way, traffic control, grounds and facilities, water or wastewater divisions; provides a regular preventive maintenance program for assigned areas. This classification is distinguished from the next lower classification of Maintenance Worker by the performance of the lead responsibilities and more difficult and complex tasks of the work group.

Education and/or Experience: Any combination of education and experience that has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for a Senior Maintenance Worker. A typical way of obtaining the required qualifications is to possess the equivalent of three (3) years of directly related maintenance experience, and a High School diploma or GED.

License/Certificate:

• Possession of a valid Class "A" California driver's license within one (1) year of appointment.
• When assigned to water: Possession of, or ability to obtain, a Grade 3 Water Distribution Operator Certificate, per the State of California, Department of Health Services, within one (1) year of appointment.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a Grade 1 Water Treatment Operator Certificate, per the State of California, Department of Health Services, within one (1) year of appointment.

Standard Employment Benefits:

• Prior Public ServiceCalPERS Formula 2.7% @ 55 (Employee contributes 8% (employee cost) and 1% (cost sharing) of annual salary)
• CalPERS Pension Reform Formula 2% @ 62 (Employee contributes 7.75% (normal cost) of annual salary)
• Health Benefits up to $1,750 per month toward medical, dental and vision insurance
• City Paid - Employee Only Premium for Dental Insurance - Employee Only Premium for Vision Insurance - Life Insurance
• Vacation (80 hours accrued during first year)
• 13 holidays
• Sick leave (96 hours per year)
• Employee Assistance Program available
• 457 (b) Deferred Compensation Program available
• IRS 125 Plan Flexible Spending Accounts available
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance participation required
• Adjusted Workweek Schedule participation required
• The City does not participate in the Social Security program, except for the mandatory 1.45% Medicare Contribution

Teamsters Local 1932 Additional Benefits:

• Tuition Reimbursement Program (Up to $3,000 per fiscal year available for eligible employees).
• Life Insurance - Teamsters Employees ($50,000)