Maintenance Worker (Environment & Public Lands Tree Farm)
Osceola County (County)
Details
Application Deadline:
09/02/2025
Published:
08/14/2025
Starting Date:
after 9/2/2025
Hours per Week:
40
Salary:
starting at $16.10 per hour
Education Required:
High School Diploma
Experience Required:
none
Location:
1 Courthouse Square (Kissimmee, Florida)
Tags:
Undergraduate Opportunities
Description
Under general supervision, the purpose of the position is to perform general maintenance, grounds keeping and custodial work in the assigned functional area. Employees in this classification function at entry level, and are responsible for accomplishing a daily routine of general and preventative facilities and infrastructure maintenance and repair tasks to provide employees and general public with an environmentally safe, attractive, comfortable, clean, and efficient public buildings, roadways, and grounds. Employee has knowledge and proficiency gained through training and experience. Performs related work as directed.
Essential Job Functions
(Note: The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.)
- Performs custodial tasks, e.g., emptying and cleaning waste receptacles; washing windows; dusting and polishing furniture; cleaning vents, air filters, fans, walls; changing light bulbs.
- Performs a variety of grounds maintenance tasks, e.g., edging, mowing, trimming, waste and litter removal, fertilizing, placing sod, raking, planting; may utilize various herbicides or pesticides.
- Performs minor maintenance and repairs on facilities, structures, equipment, sidewalks, drainage and other County property in one or more of the skilled and semi-skilled disciplines, e.g., plumbing, masonry, carpentry, flooring, irrigation, electric.
- May operate a wide variety of light equipment and machinery, e.g., automobile, pick up truck, fork lift, tractor, lawn mower.
- May utilize a wide variety of manual, gas and electric powered hand tools, e.g., hammer, shovel, rake, screw drivers, wrenches, digging bar, chainsaw, chemical sprayer leaf blowers, weed eaters, hedge trimmers, edger.
- Position performs a variety of labor intensive work which may include exposure to difficult working conditions, e.g., extreme heat or cold, fumes, chemicals.
- Performs general maintenance and upkeep of tools, equipment and machinery, e.g., lubricates, services and fuels; performs routine light maintenance and repairs; cleans and maintains safe operation.
- Attends safety meetings and/or participates in safety inspections. Participates in the construction, renovation and restoration of streets, bridges, solid waste, utility systems and public works landscapes and grounds.
- Performs maintenance duties such as asphalt repairs, sandbag/headwall repairs, sod installation, etc.
- Participates in work-site safety set-up, e.g., preps work areas; sets barricades and cones; conducts traffic control in accordance with uniform work zone safety standards; flags traffic.
- Participates in the set-up and removal of tables, chairs, stages etc. for daily meetings and classes.
- Responds to emergency situations in order to confine, resolve or prevent injurious or otherwise hazardous conditions, i.e., fallen debris, spills, broken windows, broken locks.
- Organizes and maintains inventory of maintenance supplies and tools. Performs duties as assigned and necessary which are related, or logical in assignment to the position.
Contact
Osceola County
amber.butler@osceola.org (preferred contact method)