DOWNTOWN MAINTENANCE WORKER I - 6005

GRADE 10

PAY RANGE - $17.38/hr

6:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Monday through Friday

General Statement of Duties:

Maintains and beautifies municipal downtown areas, including main streets, adjacent side streets, alleys, parking lots, parking garages and related areas; performs directly related work as required.

Examples of Essential Work:

• Performs custodial and preventative maintenance duties within municipal facilities in the downtown area, including flooring, cleaning up spills, windows, window ledges, restrooms signage, and related;
• Collects litter and disposes of debris throughout the downtown area;
• Responds to inquiries regarding sharps waste and safely handles and disposes of these items;
• Uses hand tools such as waste picker, picks, shovels and rakes;
• Operates power equipment, including blowers, snow blowers, power trimmers, watering apparatus, Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV), paint sprayers, pressure washers and related;
• Operates Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) and/or city truck for downtown maintenance and waste removal;
• Cleans, weeds, waters, and mulches flower beds and planters as needed;
• Prunes shrubbery and occasionally mows as needed;
• Sanitizes and cleans kitchen areas, outdoor eating/sitting spaces, restrooms according to set policy and procedure to meet health standards;
• Inventories, replaces supplies and properly stores cleaning items and equipment;
• Cleans and paints downtown seating areas, planters, garbage receptacles, bike racks, and related for downtown beautification, as needed;
• Provides a safe, healthy downtown environment for all patrons and residents of the City;
• Operates several pieces of machinery associated with building maintenance operations;
• Monitors elevators, escalators and related pieces of equipment to ensure all functioning in a safe manner;
• Performs snow removal, salts, sands and maintains safe surfaces during inclement weather;
• Informs supervisor of any needed repairs and/or maintenance beyond the scope of position;
• Maintain an awareness of pedestrian and vehicle traffic in pedestrian areas and ensures safety of the public and City employees in painting and related operations;
• Monitors, cleans and maintains equipment in a safe operating condition and reports all damages to supervisor;
• Cleans, checks and maintains equipment used including oil, fuel, spark plugs, tires etc.;
• Provides needed information and demonstrations concerning how to perform certain work tasks to new employees in the same or similar class of positions; and more..

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Graduation from High School or possession of a GED; and
• Some experience in landscaping or related operations; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications:

• Valid New Hampshire driver’s license.