Maintenance Worker

Laborer

This is full-time, hourly position that reports to a Crew Leader, or designee. The position performs unskilled and limited semi-skilled manual work in the performance of laboring tasks and a variety of construction and maintenance work.

Essential Job Functions

Essential Job Functions:

• Road repairs (asphalt, limerock, etc.). Installs road signs. Clears trees, brush, and vegetation from roadside. Removes and installs concrete.
• Loads and unloads heavy material from trucks. Moves equipment and large bulky objects. Performs custodial duties.
• Flags traffic on roads under repair.
• Maintains grounds. Rakes grass and water plants. Weeds flower beds. Shapes hedges and trims trees. Cuts grass. Plants and fertilizes flowers. May operate tractor-mower in mowing grass on right-of-way on a training basis.
• Loads trash on truck. Unloads trash and other material. Picks up boxes and other materials left by residents.
• Performs repair to equipment. Digs ditches.
• Operates gasoline or other powered machinery such as cement mixers, air hammers, compressors, pumping machinery, saws and etc.
• Performs manual laboring tasks as assigned.
• Required to assist with emergency support functions (ESF) during emergencies or other related emergency duties.

(These essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job related marginal duties as required.)

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of tools used in maintenance and construction work.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards connected with laboring work.
• Ability to perform manual labor.
• Ability to learn methods of operating and maintaining equipment and tools.
• Ability to follow, read, and understand written and oral instructions.
• Skill in using hand tools.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Completion of the eighth (8) grade.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, OR REGISTRATIONS

• Ability to possess and maintain a valid Florida Driver's License.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL SKILLS

• Sufficient physical strength, agility, and freedom from disabling defects to perform heavy manual labor.
• Heavy lifting and carrying (45 pounds and over).
• Acceptable vision (with or without correction).
• Acceptable hearing (with or without hearing aid).
• Pulling, pushing, balancing.
• Walking, standing, kneeling, bending, stooping.
• Climbing a step ladder.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• Works inside and outside in varying weather conditions.
• Exposure to dust and dirt.

(Reasonable accommodation will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability or disabilities.)

Benefits

An organization is only as good as the people it employs. To attract and retain the best team possible, the Putnam County Board of County Commissioners offers a competitive benefit program. We believe that if we expect our employees to support the County, we must first support the health and financial well-being of our employees and their families today, and as they plan for their future. Below is a summary of the County Benefits for full-time employees:

CORE BENEFITS • Medical/Health Insurance • Employee Life Insurance (up to $50,000) • Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • Florida Retirement System • Employee Assistance Program OPTIONAL BENEFITS • Supplemental & Dependent Life Insurance • Deferred Retirement Program (ICMA, Nationwide, & Valic) • Flexible Spending Accounts - Putnam County pays the monthly administrative fees. • Tuition Assistance Program - Subject to budgetary constraints.

FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM (FRS) The Florida Retirement System is a retirement plan designed to provide an income to a vested employee and his/her family when the employee retires, becomes partially or totally disabled, or dies prior to retirement. A defined benefit or defined contribution option may be chosen by the employee.

TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (for Board of County Commissioner employees only) Regular, full-time employees are eligible for reimbursement of educational assistance funds. Contact the Human Resources Department for program details.

HOLIDAYS are as follows:

New Year's Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Good Friday Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day Veteran's Day Thanksgiving Day Day after Thanksgiving Christmas Eve Christmas Day Birthday Holiday - (for Board of County Commissioner employees only)

ANNUAL (VACATION) LEAVE – All regular full-time employees assigned to a 37.50 work week will earn 90 hours to 150 hours, depending on classification and length of service. All regular full-time employees assigned to a 40 hour work week will earn 96 hours to 160 hours, depending on classification and length of service. Note: Leave accruals may differ for bargaining unit employees.

SICK LEAVE – All regular full-time employees will earn sick leave at a rate of 13 days per year. Regular part time employees will accrue sick leave on a pro-rata basis. Note: Leave accruals may differ for bargaining unit employees. OTHER BENEFITS Bereavement Leave Cost Saving Incentive Program Employee of the Quarter Program Jury Duty Pay