Roadside Ditch Maintenance & Excavation Skilled Trades Worker- Stormwater

Roadside Ditch Maintenance & Excavation Skilled Trades Worker- Stormwater

Do you love to work outside and have a passion for repairing things? We have an opening for a Roadside Ditch Maintenance & Excavation Skilled Trades Worker- Stormwater. This position will be doing maintenance, construction, and repair of stormwater conveyance systems and road right-of-way systems. Join our team and apply today!

Responsibilities include :

• Perform maintenance on all county open stormwater conveyance systems and their appurtenances.
• Restore road right-of-ways and properties relating to stormwater maintenance and repairs.
• Operate specialized equipment, such as vacuum / jet combination trucks, dump truck, Gradall, backhoes, excavators, arm mowers, and other related equipment required to maintain and repair stormwater conveyance systems and road right-of-way maintenance / construction.
• Respond to customer complaints relating to stormwater systems, including pipeline, canal, ditch blockages, and erosion control. Issues on and around the road right of way, water quality concerns, and stormwater flow concerns.
• Complete and submit work orders relating to all work performed in a professional and timely fashion.

Work Hours : Monday - Friday, 7 : 00 a.m. - 3 : 30 p.m.

About You

Minimum Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment in any class for a period of five (5) years.

Starting Pay

Starting Pay : $19.56 (Step 1)

Potential higher pay (steps) for those with multiple years of experience.

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and / or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents.

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options :

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation.

Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! Choose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!

For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net for additional information.

Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.

Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)

Sarasota County Many Voices, One Team. We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service internally and externally.

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application / selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

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Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free / Drug-Free Workplace.