Maintenance Helper - Operation Services Job at City of Fort Collins
POSITION TITLE: Maintenance Helper - Operation Services (Hourly)
REQUISITION #: req5229
DEPARTMENT: Operation Services
LOCATION: OPERATION SERVICES BLDG
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Variable Hourly View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-Time Hourly
HOURLY RATE: $16.57 per hour
SELECTION PROCESS: Open until filled
You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile. Post-offer background check, motor vehicle report, Post Offer Employment Test (P.O.E.T.), and drug test required within four calendar days (96 hours) of offer.
- Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, and financial assistance
- Wellness program, workout facilities
- Personal & professional learning opportunities plus potential for career mobility
- Collaborative work environment
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Required Certifications/Licenses/Specialized Training
Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 221-6535 for assistance.
Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use
Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.
The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age 40 years or older, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by law. For the purpose of this City policy “sexual orientation” means a person’s actual or perceived orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality.
BACKGROUND CHECK/MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT, (P.O.E.T.), AND DRUG TEST REQUIRED WITHIN FOUR CALENDAR DAYS/96 HOURS OF OFFER.
Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.
REQUISITION #: req5229
DEPARTMENT: Operation Services
LOCATION: OPERATION SERVICES BLDG
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Variable Hourly View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-Time Hourly
HOURLY RATE: $16.57 per hour
SELECTION PROCESS: Open until filled
You will receive an email acknowledgment when you have successfully submitted an application. Your completed application will be forwarded to the hiring manager. You will be notified if you are selected for further testing or interviews. Please keep your contact information up-to-date. The status of your application will be updated in your applicant profile. Post-offer background check, motor vehicle report, Post Offer Employment Test (P.O.E.T.), and drug test required within four calendar days (96 hours) of offer.
The Community: The City of Fort Collins sits nestled against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains alongside the banks of the Cache La Poudre River. At 5,000 feet in elevation, residents enjoy a moderate, four-season climate, with an average of 300 days of sunshine per year. With 174,800 residents, Fort Collins is Colorado’s fourth-largest city and spans 57 square miles. With the 20 year growth projection, the City of Fort Collins is expected to reach 255,000 residents.
The first people who hunted in this region arrived approximately 11,000 years ago, and Northern Colorado remains an integral part of the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations. European-American trappers and traders arrived by the early 1800s but rarely established permanent settlements. Gold and silver discoveries in the Colorado mountains in the mid-1800s and the prospect of land for farming and ranching attracted people from eastern cities and across the globe to the Colorado Territory, including what would become the town of Fort Collins; an agricultural colony that emerged from its founding days as a military fort. The expansion included the sugar beet industry's growth, which brought new residents whose descendants still live here today, including Mexican-American families from southern Colorado, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, as well as Germans from Russia. Since 1879, Fort Collins has been the home of the state’s land grant institution, Colorado State University, which currently enrolls 34,000 students. Along with the university, the city’s major high-tech and manufacturing companies and breweries attract new residents from all over the country and world. The community’s overall social diversity continues to grow.
There are abundant outdoor recreation opportunities available to the many residents who enjoy healthy lifestyles. The nearby Horsetooth Reservoir is a key attraction, as is the Cache La Poudre-North Park Scenic Byway. The Downtown district provides many venues for live music, shopping, dining, and nightlife within the city. Fort Collins is widely considered the Craft Beer Capital of Colorado. The City has a strong appreciation for arts, culture, and entertainment. Various national organizations and magazines recognize Fort Collins as one of the best places to live in the nation.
The City’s long list of acknowledgements includes:
- No. 2 Best Tasting Drinking Water in North America: American Water Works – June 2021
- No. 5 Best Remote-Ready Cities: Livability.com Jan 2021
- Top 30 Creative Small Cities: CVSuite – May 2020
- No. 18 Safest Cities in America: SafeWise – April 2020
- No. 1 Best Place to Live: Livability.com March 2020
- No. 9 Most Fitness Friendly Places: SmartAsset – Dec 2019
- No. 7 Safest Driving Cities: Allstate – June 2019
- No. 4 Best U.S. Cities to Raise a Family: MarketWatch – April 2019
- No. 9 Best Performing Cities: Milken Institute – Jan 2019
- No. 3 U.S. Cities with Highest Economic Confidence: Yahoo – Nov 2018
- No. 2 Brain Concentration Index: Bloomberg – Nov 2018
- No. 1 City in America for Cycling: PeopleForBikes-May 2018
- Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award: Alliance for Innovation-April 2018
- The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-Nov 2017
- 18th Best City for Career Opportunities: SmartAsset – Sep 2017
- 3rd Best College Town to Live in Forever: College Ranker – July 2017
- 25 Best Towns Ever: Where to Live Now: Outside Magazine – June 2017
- No. 1 Stable and Growing Housing Market: Realtor.com-June 2017
- 11th Happiest City in America: Yahoo! Finance - March 2017
- No. 9 Top 150 Cities for Millennials Report: Millennial Personal Finance - Feb 2017
- No. 2 Best Cities for Small Business Owners: ValuePenguin – Feb 2017
Why Work For the City of Fort Collins?
- Potential for paid personal leave and paid holidays
- Employee Assistance Program: counseling, legal, and financial assistance
- Wellness program, workout facilities
- Personal & professional learning opportunities plus potential for career mobility
- Collaborative work environment
Job Summary
As a (BRM) Building Repair and Maintenance Helper you will be responsible for helping Facilities Technicians complete preventative maintenance, repairs, and new smaller projects in a portfolio of over 120 buildings throughout the City of Fort Collins. Collaborating with an excellent team you may find yourself helping a team member or working individually to accomplish tasks within the work orders that are assigned to you. Your knowledge of but not limited to plumbing, painting, carpentry, drywall, roofing, carpeting, flooring, furniture installation and seasonal exterior maintenance will help you with your daily schedule. You will have the daily opportunity to work with many different people in many different work environments. Working in office buildings, recreational facilities, swimming pools, ice rinks as well as the Police Department and Fire departments; your ability to work with the values and needs of the internal customers of the City of Fort Collins and external customers will be second nature.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Helps facilities team member or individually installs, maintains, and/or repairs sinks, drains, water closets, urinals, electronic flush valves, water and waste lines, and sump pumps.
- Helps facilities team member or individually perform carpentry activities such as minor demolitions in occupied buildings, building and or installation, repairing framing, doors, jambs, shelving, partitions, cabinets, counters, and counter tops, and repairing furniture.
- Helps facilities team member or individually prepare and paint various types of surfaces using latex, oil base, enamels, urethane, alkaline, and weatherproof paints, stains, and varnishes.
- Helps facilities team member or individually perform preventative roof maintenance including inspection, maintenance, and repair of asphalt shingle, built up, wood shake, tile, foam, gutters, and downspouts.
- Helps facilities team member or individually install, maintain, and repair wall and floor ceramic tiles, VCT tiles, cove base, acoustical ceiling tiles and grids, terrazzo, carpet tiles, and wood floors.
- Helps facilities team member or individually install and repair texture, sheet rock, and vinyl sheet rock.
- Helps facilities team member or individually maintain, repair, or replace concrete floors, walls, ceilings, driveways, and sidewalks.
- May purchase and or order supplies, materials, parts equipment necessary to do job.
- Inspects various equipment for potential problems and safety hazards.
- Utilizes mobile and computer applications to support facilities maintenance.
- Proficient in entering customer work orders and work requests.
- Identifies and understands maintenance issues through customer and technician communication.
Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Ability to operate software packages.
- Ability to operate hand and power tools.
- Ability to perform but not limited to building maintenance activities including carpentry, plumbing, painting, roofing, flooring, concrete, and asphalt repair.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, other City departments/divisions, City management, public officials, and the public.
- Ability to operate a pick-up and van.
- Knowledge of basic math.
- Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
- Ability to perform data entry to monitor work order status and reports.
- Ability to interact with general understanding of HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, Commercial Pools, and other general facility maintenance trades.
- Working knowledge of common equipment and tools used in construction and maintenance.
- Ability to enter and perform work in a "confined space" environment.
- Working knowledge of safety practices, procedures, and equipment.
Required Education and Experience
Minimum High School Diploma or GED and or functionally related licenses or certificates
Experience Requirements
3-5 years of technical experience in office buildings, recreational facilities, swimming pools, ice rinks, police departments, fire department and systems maintenance; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Certifications/Licenses/Specialized Training
Valid Colorado driver’s license. Will need to complete CJIS training upon hiring.
Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions
Physical Activity
- Climbing. Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion. Yes
- Balance. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium. Yes
- Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles. Yes
- Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees. Yes
- Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. Yes
- Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. Yes
- Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Yes
- Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time. Yes
- Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Yes
- Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward. Yes
- Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. Yes
- Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Yes
- Finger Dexterity. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. Yes
- Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Yes
- Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Yes
- Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Yes
- Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Yes
- Make Repetitive Motions. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Yes
Physical Requirements
- Sedentary work; Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. No
- Light work; Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. No
- Medium work; Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. No
- Heavy work; Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. No
- Very heavy work; Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Yes
Visual Acuity Requirements
- The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes. Yes
- The employee is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as; operates machines, such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm’s reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks or a non-repetitive nature, such as carpenter, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc. Yes
- The employee is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment. Yes
- The employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned (i.e., custodial, food services, general laborer, etc.) or to make general observations of facilities or structures (i.e., security guard, inspection, etc.). Yes
Environmental Conditions
- The employee is subject to environmental conditions. Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Yes
- The employee is subject to outside environmental conditions. No effective protection from the weather. Yes
- The employee is subject to both inside and outside conditions. Yes
- The employee is subject to extreme cold. Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity. Yes
- The employee is subject to extreme heat. Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind and humidity. Yes
- The employee is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level. Yes
- The employee is subject to vibration. Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body. Yes
- The employee is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals. Yes
- The employee is subject to atmospheric conditions. One or more of the following conditions that effect the respiratory system of the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, or poor ventilation. Yes
- The employee is frequently in close quarters, crawl spaces, shafts, maintenance holes, small enclosed rooms, small sewage and line pipes, and other areas that could cause claustrophobia. Yes
- The employee is required to function in narrow aisles or passageways. Yes
- None. The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work). No
Respiratory Protective Equipment
The employee is required to wear respiratory protective equipment. Yes
Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use
Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.
The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age 40 years or older, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by law. For the purpose of this City policy “sexual orientation” means a person’s actual or perceived orientation toward heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality.
BACKGROUND CHECK/MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT, (P.O.E.T.), AND DRUG TEST REQUIRED WITHIN FOUR CALENDAR DAYS/96 HOURS OF OFFER.
Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.
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