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We’re hiring! Maintenance Worker I

Posted on September 15, 2025


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To apply, email a cover letter and resume to karnold@townoffairfaxca.gov.

First consideration: Applications are due by 5:00 PM on October 7, 2025

Salary

$4,914 to $6,271 per month Benefits: Health, vision, dental, paid holidays, and sick and vacation time. See the SEIU Agreement for complete details.

Job Description

This is an entry-level position that performs maintenance work for streets, parks, and buildings. The job requires operating light equipment, using tools and machines, lifting heavy objects, and carrying out other manual labor tasks as needed.

Examples of Duties

Street Maintenance – Under supervision, performs a variety of street maintenance work such as AC patching and paving, pavement removal and replacement, seal coating, ditch and culvert clearing, striping and painting, concrete placement and finishing, sign installation and maintenance, truck driving, operating light equipment, using small tools and machines, lifting heavy objects, and other manual labor tasks as may be required.

Parks Maintenance – Under supervision, performs basic tasks in cleaning landscape areas, litter pickup, digging trenches, weeding, tree trimming, cleaning park facilities, shoveling and spreading mulch/compost, cultivates, plants, mows, waters and fertilizes, drives light trucks, and operates a variety of moving equipment, small tools and machines.

Building Maintenance – Under supervision, performs minor carpentry, replaces and cleans lighting fixtures, cleans and replaces building air filters and diffusers, moves and relocates office furniture and equipment, painting, minor electrical and plumbing work, and janitorial work

See the job description for more details. Please note that the salary schedule shown in the job description is out of date. Refer to the SEIU Agreement for updated salaries.

Requirements

Possession of a valid California Class C driver’s license with a satisfactory driving record at the time of hire is required.

Any combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge and abilities will be considered qualifying. Examples include field and/or building maintenance experience, along with formal or informal education or training that ensures the ability to read and write at a level necessary for successful j

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