Maintenance Technician - Concrete

The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community and home to over 80,000 residents. Redmond is the hub to an array of commerce and industry ranging from technology, aerospace and gaming to biomedical and innovation start-ups.

The Public Works Department is responding to the growing needs of the City as we are actively implementing a new concrete replacement program, generously funded by the newly created Transportation Benefit District (TBD). We are seeking to hire one Concrete Maintenance Technicians with heavy equipment operating experience to join our dedicated team in our Public Works Department.

Join us in our commitment to enhancing Redmond’s infrastructure and serving our community.

Note: This role will work a 4 x 10 schedule
 

You are an outdoors type of person: You are not made to sit in an office or at a desk all day. Rain or shine, you prefer being outside doing work with your hands and on a dedicated team.

You are comfortable in a fast-paced environment where every day is a little different: This means being physically on the move all day long and possessing the ability to shift gears when new situations arise.

You love being a part of the team: We have a collaborative group who possess an eagerness to learn and serve our community. Our crews love their job and helping one another grow to be better.

In addition, the role will also be responsible for the following:

• Maintain, repair or replace damaged sidewalks, trails and pathways
• Operation of mini excavator for demolition of existing sidewalk, curbs, and ADA ramps
• Maintain work order records and track program progress
• Construct missing segments of sidewalk or new assets as requested
• Assist utilities with projects impacting assets in the sidewalk or curb and gutter areas

Education, Experience and Other Requirements

• Any combination equivalent to high school diploma or equivalency and one (1) year construction or trades experience.   

Licenses and Certificates

• Valid Washington State Driver's License and a driving record that meets City standards.
• Additional licenses and certificates that may be required depending on the area in which incumbent is assigned:
  • CDL, Class A or B; may need air brakes and/or tanker endorsement;
  • Washington State Department of Transportation Flagging Certification;
  • First Aid/CPR;
  • Signs and Markings Level I certification;
  • Pesticide Operators License;
  • WWCPA 1 or 2 (desirable)
  • WDS or WDM 1 (desirable)

Note: If applicant does not have a CDL, must be willing to acquire CDL provided by the City of Redmond

Other
This class description describes the general nature of the work performed, representative duties as well as the typical qualifications needed for acceptable performance. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the job.
 
Please review the Maintenance Technician – Public Works job description for more information about the knowledge, skills, abilities, working conditions, and physical requirements.

Selection Process

• The City is accepting applications from internal and external applicants. Please include a resume with your application. Please be sure to list or upload copies of all relevant training and certifications on your application.

• In addition, as part of the selection process, our teams will perform a physical performance evaluation.

• The City may review existing application pools to fill this position or use this pool to fill future vacancies.  

• Offers of employment are conditional based on the candidate successfully passing both background and reference checks. Internal candidates are subject to passing a new background if the previous check was conducted more than six months ago.

• Additionally, new hires relocating to the area are required to have Washington State residency within 30 days of their start date to comply payroll tax purposes.

Our employees earn competitive wages and enjoy an exceptional benefits package that includes:

• MEDICAL INSURANCE - Choice of two plans for employees and their eligible dependents: Premera or Kaiser Permanente. All employee healthcare premiums paid for by the City of Redmond.
• PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE - Included with each medical plan
• DENTAL INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• VISION INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• OTHER INSURANCE - Life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance
• FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS - For tax savings on healthcare and dependent care expenses
• PAID VACATION & HOLIDAYS – with (13) paid holidays per year
• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
• RETIREMENT PLANS - Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) PERS plus additional options that include: Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (Social Security replacement plan) and MetLife 457 Plan
• Annual COLA adjustments
• Annual merit increases of up to 5%

To learn about benefits at the City of Redmond, please visit C2MB (ajg.com)

Salary : $68,148 - $102,252