Water Agency Maintenance Worker I - Extra-Help
Join the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) as a Water Agency Maintenance Worker I - Extra Help.
Multiple positions available!
At Sonoma Water, Maintenance Workers perform various semi-skilled, light, and heavy manual tasks involving flood control and vegetation management, including maintenance of water channels and at wastewater facilities. Typical duties may include:
Performing trail and access road maintenance by mowing, pruning, and chipping vegetation (brush and trees)
Operating power tools and heavy and light equipment
Working outside, on sites throughout Sonoma County
Typical work schedule is 40 hours per week (10-hour days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).
Our ideal candidates are punctual and safety-oriented individuals who are interested in physically demanding work outdoors. Additionally, they will also have an interest in learning new skills and possess:
A California Driver’s license
Experience with vegetation management or landscaping
Knowledge of riparian ecology and fire fuel reduction concepts such as shaded fuel breaks
Experience operating large vehicles and/or pulling trailers is a plus
Extra-Help Employment
Extra-help employees relieve or augment permanent staff. Temporary, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions. Temporary, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of one calendar year. These employees must be off of work for three months before they can be re-employed on an extra help basis.
Salary is negotiable within the established range and benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice. For more information, including minimum qualifications, & to apply, visit,
www.yourpath2sonomacounty.org or call 707-565-2331. The County of Sonoma is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. Apply Now