Do you have previous street maintenance experience? Do you enjoy working among a team in a busy outdoor setting? If so, we have just the position for you in the City of Napa, Public Works Department. As a Street Maintenance Assistant (Part-Time), you will assist with repairs to City infrastructure such as streets, sidewalks, signs and parking garages. Our team is responsible for operating and maintaining city streets and the public right-of-way.

Applicants should have the ability to carry out oral and written directions, maintain collaborative working relationships, work in outdoor environments, be detail oriented, and work well with the public.

This is a temporary part-time position not to exceed 1,000 hours. Temporary and part-time employees are at-will and not covered by the City's Civil Service System. No benefits are afforded to temporary employees, with the exception of participation in the mandatory temporary employee retirement plan.

• Cleans and removes debris from streets, gutters, storm drains, catch basins, drainage ditches, sidewalks, by shoveling, raking, sweeping, and picking up debris.
• Assists in breaking up pavement, digging holes, cutting trenches, excavating and filling in holes in streets, pathways and other paved surfaces, chipping, using sledge hammer, shovel, pick, spade, rake, hoe, hand tools or jackhammer as directed.
• Assists in loading, transporting, and unloading equipment, materials, debris, and other heavy objects related to maintenance.
• May operate vehicles, and light equipment and power tools necessary to complete maintenance.
• Assists in setting up traffic control including signs and barricades, and directs traffic around work sites.
• Performs routine preventive maintenance on equipment as necessary.
• May remove illegal dumping or dead animals from city right of ways as necessary.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of: Functions, characteristics and accurate 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 the work areas as described above in a variety of weather conditions. Basic skills in following simple oral and written instructions; skills in performing manual work, lifting heavy objects up to 90 pounds; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other persons.
• Special Requirements: Possession of a California Class C Driver's License.

• Adaptability: Maintaining effectiveness 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.

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

What happens next?

We will review your application 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.

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

Reasonable Accommodations: The City of Napa 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 must inform the HR Department in writing by the final filing date. A Reasonable Accommodation Request Form is available from HR and may be obtained 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.