Location: Tacoma,WA, USA
Salary: $32.13 HourlyLocation : Frederickson, WAJob Type: Career Service - Full TimeJob Number: 24-00866Department: Planning and Public WorksDivision: PPW River Roads Maintenance OperationsOpening Date: 09/16/2024Closing Date: 9/29/2024 11:59 PM PacificDescriptionPosition Summary Why It's a Great Opportunity:This is a great opportunity to potentially start or re-start your career. As a Maintenance Worker with Pierce County, you are an integral part of the Maintenance & Operations Team in our Planning and Public Works Department. This position offers both variety and stability while maintaining the various roads, surface water areas, and facilities. Come and make a difference to your community and build a better future for yourself. Why It's a Great Department: PPW is a diverse and fast-moving department filled with motivated professionals working to ensure Pierce County is positioned to handle growth while building, operating, and maintaining reliable infrastructure to support livable communities. PPW is responsible for a broad and complex portfolio of services that provides unique opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and inspire. We are responsible for the County road and levee systems, sewer systems, airports, ferries, building permits, environmental review, sustainability, community planning, and code enforcement - just to name a few! Learn more about Planning and Public Works here. How to be Successful in the Role: In this role you'll perform various maintenance functions across Pierce County. Some of those tasks include flagging, performing repairs to roadways, roadway shoulder and related structures, installing and removing culverts, picking up debris, and dead animal removal from roadways. The work will also include cutting brush, trees, and other vegetation in the areas of right of way, ponds, and flood control facilities to assist in the landscaping upkeep of various County roads and properties.Your Future in this Role: Pierce County cares about your career and personal development. After your 1-year probationary period is over you will the opportunity to apply for positions that can help you move upward in pay, and responsibility. You will also become a certified flagger, be trained in First Aid/CPR, and have your forklift certification. Pierce County offers professional development through the Leadership Certification program, robust online learning, and other training opportunities throughout your career to ensure your success. Core Daily Responsibilities:Perform repairs to roadways, roadway shoulders and related structures such as bridges, fencing, guard rails and guard rail posts; install and remove culverts; pick up rubbish, debris, and dead animals; clean ditches and culverts by using a hand shovel; sweep bridges and traffic islands. Cut brush, trees, and other vegetation on the right of way; assist in the landscaping of County roads and properties; and in the planting and maintenance of a variety of ground cover, plants and trees. Plant, transplant, trim, prune, weed, sow seeds, fertilize, mulch, collect and dispose of litter, stakes, and waters landscaped areas, trim, and mow grass. Perform preventive maintenance on equipment and hand tools; paint, replace and repair guard rail posts and beams; fabricate and paint signposts, barricades and buildings with a brush, roller, or spray gun.Perform routine road and pond maintenance such as brushing, cleaning culverts, cleaning ditches with a hand shovel or scoop, blading, reshaping, and improving shoulders and clearing debris from the roadway surface and right-of-way. Maintenance includes grading, snow clearing and removal, hauling gravel, rock, and asphalt oil, as well as sanding and salting ice and snow. Excavate and back fills trenches with hand tools; load and unload trucks with heavy materials; shovels asphalt, cinders, rocks, sand, and gravel; spreads and rakes asphalt.May operate Class I equipment on a regular basis.Perform other related maintenance work as required.May be on 24-hour call and be assigned to shops in various locations in the County.Lift, carry, or move parts or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications:One or more years of experience performing skilled or semi-skilled labor such as road maintenance, landscaping, or heavy construction.Possession of a valid Washington State Driver's License and a safe driving record is required.As a condition of employment, the applicant will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.Satisfactory physical condition, as evidenced by a county approved physical examination, may be required prior to appointment to the position. Supplemental Information To be considered for this opportunity please:Complete and submit a detailed online Pierce County Employment Application by selecting APPLY above or go to: If you have a question about this opportunity, please email the Recruitment Team at and specify the Job Number and Title. If you do not have internet access, you may visit your local public library or any WorkSource location and use their computers.Individuals needing accommodation in the application, testing process or need this job announcement in an alternative format may call Human Resources at (253) ###-####, at least two days prior to the need. This is a competitive selection process. Your application will be reviewed and evaluated for the quality and quantity of education/experience in the areas listed. Applicants whose qualifications most closely correspond to the County's needs will be eligible for further consideration. Notification of application status normally occurs 2 to 3 weeks after the closing date. Short notice may be given to applicants to participate in further selection processes which may include assessments, phone screen, and interviews. At Pierce County, diversity, equity, and inclusion means commitment, not a single step. We strive to foster an inclusive environment that supports equitable access to opportunities throughout your career. We want to recruit, develop, and maintain a talented workforce from various backgrounds, cultures, lifestyles, and perspectives, committed to our vision. Employees of the County have local, direct, and visible impact in our diverse community. Will you join us in keeping Pierce County a great place people are proud to call home?We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.Employee benefits are not just about the kind of services you get, they are also about how much you may have to pay out of pocket. Pierce County offers a competitive benefits package that offers flexibility and peace of mind. We are proud to offer Employee Resource Groups, a focus on professional development in our , and a County Book Club. We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career and that your priority is making sure that you and your family maintain health and financial security. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package. We have a selection of and , , staff training and other compensation benefits that you can mix and match to meet your current and future needs.Our benefits:Vacation (Annual Leave)After approximately six months, employees receive six days of vacation leave. Since we value your experience, the amount of vacation you can accrue increases the longer you work with us. Vacation accrues on a bi-weekly basis for full-time employees as follows:Vacation Accruals:During years 1-3, 12 DaysDuring years 4-7, 16 DaysDuring years 8-13, 20 DaysDuring years 14-18, 23 DaysDuring years 19, 24 DaysDuring years 20, 25 DaysDuring years 21, 26 DaysDuring years 22, 27 DaysDuring years 23, 28 DaysDuring years 24, 29 DaysDuring years 25 & thereafter, 30 DaysA maximum of 45 days may be carried from one year into the next.Pro-Rated for Part-Time based on % of 1.0 FTE.Military Leave:Pierce County has a proud history of supporting the armed forces and provides members of the armed forces with up to 21 days paid military leave per state fiscal year.Holidays:Some full-time employees are entitled to eleven paid holidays as follows: New Year's Day - January 1Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday - Third Monday in JanuaryPresident's Day - Third Monday in FebruaryMemorial Day - Last Monday in MayJuneteenth - June 19Independence Day - July 4Labor Day - First Monday in SeptemberVeteran's Day - November 11Thanksgiving Day - Fourth Thursday in November & Friday afterChristmas Day - December 25Personal Holidays:Regular full-time and regular part-time employees, and employees occupying limited duration positions, shall also receive two additional paid personal holidays. Paid personal holidays shall only accrue for those employees on County payroll as of January 1 of each year or the first work day following January 1 and must be taken during the calendar year in which it was accrued.Furlough:Some Pierce County employees may be designated to receive 10 furlough days per year in lieu of holidays. Furlough days are available for use on January 1 and must be scheduled and taken within the calendar year. Employees who leave employment with Pierce County must reimburse the employer for used furlough days based upon the number of remaining holidays.Sick Leave:Sick leave accrues on a bi-weekly basis, at the rate of one day per month.Insurance Benefits:Employees and families are covered by medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance. There are multiple medical plans with very affordable monthly premiums that offer coverage throughout Pierce County. Employees are eligible to enroll each year in a flexible spending plan, which enables them to use tax-deferred dollars toward their health care and dependent care expenses. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in supplemental life and long term disability insurance plans. To view premium rates, summary of benefit coverage, and other information, please visit the website.Retirement and Deferred Compensation:Pierce County employees are members of the State of Washington's Department of Retirement System (DRS) and depending on the position or previous DRS enrollment will be able to enroll in one of many programs DRS offers. For additional information, check out the web site.Employees also have the ability to participate in the Nationwide Deferred Compensation Plan. This is a supplemental retirement savings program that allows you control over the amount of pre-tax salary dollars you defer as well as the flexibility to choose between multiple investment options.Social Security:All Pierce County employees are covered by the federal Social Security and Medicare systems. The county and the employee pay an equal amount into the system.Miscellaneous Benefits:Please visit website for more information.Telework/Remote Options:Some departments allow for telework or work-from-home options dependent on the body of work. Learn more about our telework policy **All employees are required to be WA State residents after 30 days of employment.