Openings as of 1/22/2025

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Openings as of 1/22/2025

    Maintenance Worker JobID: 415
  • Position Type:
      Civil Service/Full-Time/Non-Exempt/AFSCME

  • Date Posted:
      4/3/2023

  • Location:
      Urbana Public Works Department

  • Closing Date:
      When filled

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    Maintenance Worker

     





    Annual Salary Range: $55,012.92 - $65,067.11

    Probationary (starting) Wage: $26.45 Hourly 

    Base Wage: $26.74 Hourly
     
    Department: 
    Public Works

    Division: 
    Operations

    Status:
    Non-exempt; AFSCME; Civil Service
     
    Job Summary:
    The Maintenance Worker position in the Public Works department repairs and maintains streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parking lots; removes snow from streets and parking lots and spreads road salt; manufactures, repairs, and replaces street signs; repairs and replaces sewer lines, inlets, and manholes; cleans sewer lines; cleans streets and Public Works facility; mows grass, picks up leaves, and grinds stumps.
     
    Essential Functions include (but are not limited to):

     
    • Repairs streets and alleys by asphalt patching, crack sealing, grading, and laying bricks using air and power tools as assigned.
    • Removes, sets forms, prepares base, pours and finishes concrete for streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and A.D.A. accessible ramps using air and power tools as assigned.
    • Paints streets, parking lots, and curbs using roller, tape applicator, thermal plastic machine and paint machine as assigned.
    • Removes snow from streets and parking lots using snow plow, snow blower and shovel; spreads road salt on streets; puts up snow fences as assigned.
    • Manufactures, repairs, and replaces street signs as assigned.
    • Sets up and removes traffic control signs, barricades, and barrels for special events as assigned.
    • Repairs and replaces sewer lines, inlets, and manholes using air and power tools as assigned.
    • Cleans trash and debris from streets and right-of-ways using push brooms and hoses as assigned.
    • Cleans Public Works facility and yard as assigned.
    • Performs other related duties as assigned.
     
    Job Requirements include:
    • Knowledge of basic math and communication skills typically acquired through graduation from high school.
    • Knowledge of materials, tools, equipment and construction standards typically used in the maintenance of public sector infrastructure.
    • Must possess a State of Illinois Class B CDL driver’s license or obtain one within six (6) months of hire.
     
    In addition to the above qualifications, the ideal candidate will have the ability to:
    • Comprehend and interpret work assigned through written and verbal instructions.
    • Perform tasks under adverse weather conditions.
    • Maneuver and position objects weighing 50 pounds regularly, and up to 75 pounds occasionally.
    • Safely operate City vehicles requiring a State of Illinois Class B CDL.
      
     

    Compensation and Benefits
    The City of Urbana offers competitive compensation and benefits to our employees. The starting hourly rate for this position is $26.45. The City of Urbana provides its employees with a robust benefits package that includes the following options:

     
    • Health insurance through Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois, including a no-cost premium option for employees
    • Dental insurance options through Delta Dental
    • Vision, Voluntary Life, Short/Long-term Disability, Accident, and Critical Illness insurance options
    • Flexible Spending Plan option
    • Paid holidays
    • Generous vacation and unlimited sick leave accruals
     

    For more information about City benefits for this position, please visit AFSCME Benefits | City of Urbana Careers | Urbana, Illinois).

     

    To Apply:
    To apply online, click the red "Apply" button on the upper-right hand side of this page. Position will remain open until filled.

     

    Selection Process:
    The application will serve as the Civil Service examination for this position. This process will establish an open competitive register to fill current and/or future vacancies that may occur within approximately the next two years; this register may be extended or voided as needed by the Civil Service Commission. Questions may be directed to Tamra Lighty, Human Resources Coordinator, at: tjlighty@urbanaillinois.us or call (217) 384-6293. The City of Urbana provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities; if you need information, please contact the Human Resources Division at the number or e-mail above.     
     

     


    The City of Urbana Welcomes Diversity!
    We foster an environment that values and encourages mutual respect, inclusion of all people, and utilizing differences and similarities as an organizational asset. EOE.









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