Street Maintenance Laborer (Seasonal Extra Help)

UPCOMING SALARY INCREASE:
Additional 2.5% Salary Increase effective July 1, 2025

DID YOU KNOW? The City of Napa Public Works Maintenance Division is responsible for maintaining nearly 480 lane miles of roadways and right-of-way—essential to keeping everything flowing in our community!

Our Street Maintenance Division is seeking driven, dependable individuals to join the team as Street Maintenance Laborers (Seasonal Extra-Help)! This is an opportunity to gain invaluable experience while helping ensure that residents and visitors enjoy a safe, well-maintained environment, all while working alongside a dedicated team. If you're reliable, proactive, and ready to make an impact on your community, this is the perfect role for you. Don’t miss out— APPLY TODAY!

We are looking for applicants that can work one of the following schedules on a seasonal extra-help basis:

• Schedule 1: Consists of working weekdays from 6:30AM to 4:00PM (with rotating days off)
• Schedule 2: Consists of working weekdays from 4:00AM to 12:30PM

Qualified applicants will have a record of demonstrating the following competencies:

• Adaptability: Maintaining efficiency during change in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.
• Safety Focus: Identifying and improving conditions that affect own and others’ safety; upholding safety standards.
• Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer’s perspective is a driving force behind priorities and decisions; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
• Collaborating: Working cooperatively with others to help a team or work group achieve its goals.

TYPICAL TASKS

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in the maintenance tasks associated with the care of grounds, parking areas, streets, water, storm drains and other City property.

• Cleans and removes debris and litter from landscapes, parking lots, streets, gutters, storm drains, catch basins, drainage ditches, sidewalks, and street construction sites by shoveling, raking, sweeping, and picking up debris.

• May operate vehicles, and light equipment and power tools necessary to complete maintenance for the above assigned areas.

• Assists in breaking up pavement, digging holes, cutting trenches, excavating and filling in holes in streets, pathways and other paved surfaces, by chipping, using sledgehammer, shovel, pick, spade, rake, hoe, hand tools or jackhammer as directed.

• Assist in loading, transporting, and unloading equipment, materials, debris, and other heavy objects related to maintenance.

• Assists in setting up traffic control including signs and barricades and acts as flag person to direct traffic around work sites.

• Helps repair and maintain walks and walkways, sidewalks, and gutters using hammer, saws, paint brushes and appropriate hand tools, spade, pick, hoe, shovels, tamper and jack hammer as directed.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of: Functions, characteristics and proper use and care of common hand tools and safe work practices.

Ability to: Be trained in the use of supplies, tools, and equipment used in in the work areas as described above in a variety of weather conditions; Follow simple oral and written instructions; Perform physical activities, such as, but not limited to, lifting heavy items (up to 50 lbs. unassisted), bending, standing, climbing or walking; Work safely in an environment containing dust and noise; Establish and maintain effective working relationships with other persons; Work independently with little supervision.

Special Requirements:

• Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent education

• Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License and a good driving record is required.

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age at time of at time of application.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

MISSION STATEMENT for the City of Napa
Rooted in public service, our mission is to grow a vibrant, sustainable community for all who live in, work in, and visit the City of Napa, through thoughtful leadership and dedication to excellence.

CORE VALUES for the City of Napa

• Integrity - Consistently demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct with accountability and pride.

• Service - Engaging in meaningful work to care for our community through resourceful dedication and humble actions.

• Inclusion - Creating a sense of ease and belonging through respect, acceptance, and mindfulness of our collective diversity.

• Collaboration - Working together with a shared purpose while respectfully considering all voices to achieve common goals, solutions, and greater outcomes.

What happens next? We will review applications and all supplemental materials to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. Screening will include a review of minimum qualifications, application appraisal rating of education, training and experience and relevance of background qualifications related to the target job as well as supplemental questions if applicable.

Please list all employers held within the last ten years in the work history section. Candidates may include history beyond ten years if related to the position. If you held multiple positions with one employer, please list each position separately. Failure to follow these instructions may result in disqualification.

Applicants selected to move forward may be asked to participate in any combination of the following: a written examination, job related exercise, phone interview, in-person interview(s), and/or web-based testing.

• If you need assistance with the recruitment and selection process in Spanish, contact us at 707-257-9505. These request will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
• Si necesita ayuda con el proceso de reclutamiento y selección en español, contáctenos al 707-257-9505. Estas solicitudes se evaluarán caso por caso.

Reasonable Accommodations: Our Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination process to accommodate qualified disabled applicants. Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the testing process should advise the HR Department in writing by the final filing date. A Reasonable Accommodation Request Form is available from HR and may be acquired by calling 707-257-9505, or dial 7-1-1 for the California Relay Service, offering free text-to-speech, speech-to-speech, and Spanish-language services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The City of Napa is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment will improve our talents to benefit the residents we serve.