Maintenance Worker

Maintenance Worker

**Job Summary:** The maintenance worker position carries out general maintenance duties of property and facilities managed by the Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions available.

**Supervision:** Primary direction and supervision is received from the Maintenance Manager/Coordinator

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

- Maintains and cleans towers, Marquette Commons, parking lots, walkways, and sidewalks in downtown by sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and trash removal

- Consults with and keeps supervisor informed of activities, needs, and problems related with ground and facility maintenance

- Cleans walks and green spaces using rakes, brooms, hoses, shovels

- Performs snow removal of sidewalks, walkways, stairways, and public areas within downtown

- Mows and trims green spaces, repairs and plants new landscaping as instructed

- Performs daily watering of flower baskets

- Removes snow from doorways, stairways, walkways. Spreads salt and sand to prevent slipping

- Performs painting as needed

- Set-up and tear down of Marquette Commons for events as requested

- Provides necessary set-up and tasks for DDA functions

- Delivers and picks-up items for DDA as requested

- Will be required to competently operate residential tractor, powered industrial vehicles, including municipal articulated tractor, small articulated loader, full-sized pickup truck with trailer after training

- Remove sand and snow from sidewalks using powered industrial vehicles

- Basic mechanical skills, including changing fluids, filters, fuses in vehicles

- Ability to adhere to safety guidelines and procedures

- Participate in continuing education and licensure of job-related activities

- Performs other duties and tasks as requested

**Qualifications:**

- High school education or equivalent

- Ability to use independent judgment in carrying out tasks

- Ability to maintain effective working relationship with supervisor, co-workers, and general public

- Ability to read and understand instructions, construction plans, maps, etc.

- Knowledge of basic equipment operating

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- Ability to communicate orally in clear manner

- Knowledge of safe work practices

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- Valid Driver's License

- Must be able to work early morning and flexible shifts

- Must be able to work weekends

**Material and Equipment Used:**

- Hand tools, snowblowers, power tools, mowers, saws, pressure washers, paint sprayers and other tools as necessary

- Residential tractor, powered industrial vehicles, including municipal articulated tractor, small articulated loader, full-sized pickup truck with trailer, utility vehicles

- Maps, copiers, cell phone

- Lubricants, fluids, solvents, adhesives, compressed gases, paints, aggregates, fertilizers, and other hazardous materials

**Physical Demands:**

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee may work in outside weather

- conditions. The employee may be exposed to cold, wet and/or humid conditions, or airborne particles

- Lifting 100 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds

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- Frequent standing, walking, sitting, and driving

- Must be capable of using hands/feet for repetitive single grasping, fine manipulation, pushing, pulling, and operating controls

- Frequently reaching and climbing with bending, twisting, squatting, or grappling

- Physical strength and dexterity to climb ladders, scaffolding, steps, etc.

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