Maintenance Worker I/II

Join a team that keeps Modesto looking sharp, safe, and welcoming! As a Maintenance Worker, you’ll care for parks, trim trees, battle graffiti, and help keep our city running smoothly. If you enjoy hands-on work, variety, and making a real impact in your community, we’d love to have you apply!

The Maintenance Worker I/II is responsible to perform semi-skilled labor in the maintenance and repair of parks and park facilities, streets, trees, sewer systems, parking lots, bus shelters, traffic control markings, fire hydrants, and/or other public works or neighborhood preservation unit functions.Salary Incentives:
2.5% Education Incentive (bachelor's degree)5% Education Incentive (master's degree)
Application ProcessApplicants will be assessed on the application submitted. Due to the volume of applications received, resumes will not be screened for the purpose of determining who is the most qualified to compete in the testing process. It is the applicant's responsibility to fill out the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application with complete information and adequate detail. Do not substitute any part of the application with the words "SEE RESUME."Applicants considered to be the most qualified will be invited to continue in the testing process. The Human Resources Department reserves the right to revise the testing process to best meet the needs of the City.  Tentative Testing Schedule
Online ExamSeptember 29, 2026 - October 5, 2026 
The City of Modesto is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of equity and inclusion. A City application is required, including Supplemental Questionnaire. The City of Modesto does not sponsor H-1B Visas. Salary offered depends on candidate’s experience.Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions:

As part of a street maintenance crew; shovel and spread asphalt and asphalt base in patching, repairing, and reconstructing streets; remove graffiti from City and citizen property and facilities.

Use concrete cutting and breaking equipment; operate a jackhammer; pour and assist in finishing concrete and masonry work; construct concrete forms and perform rough carpentry work.

Install street barricades and cones prior to the performance of street repair activities; direct and control traffic around work sites.

Clean and maintain City restrooms, pools, picnic areas, buildings, parking garages, and other public facilities.

Clean up debris form parking lots, walkways, ditches, alleys, streets, and storm drains.

As part of the spray crew, spray right-of-ways, planters, ballfields, and other City areas with herbicides; perform weed abatement duties.

Perform tree inspections. 

Trim, prune, plant, and maintain City trees; work in a tree trimming crew; operate a chain saw, chipper, stump digger, and root cutter.

Mow, edge, fertilize, and maintain grass and turf; remove weeds, prune shrubs, plant, and maintain plants and flowers; operate a mower, edger, blower, and tractor; apply pesticides.

Maintain and repair public sprinkler systems; monitor and make routine corrections to irrigation systems that service parks or other landscaped City areas.

Inspect and clear obstructions from storm drains; maintain and rebuild rockwells.

Identify equipment needs for each assigned project.

Pick up and transport refuse to the appropriate dumping site.

Operate and perform routine maintenance to construction equipment such as dump 

trucks, rollers, front loaders, and power tools such as compressors, jack hammers, paint sprayers, sandblasters, and concrete saws.

Perform routine carpentry and repair work to City facilities and buildings.

Assist with the repair and installation of pipes related to the City’s treatment plant facilities.

Read water meters and report data for billing purposes. 

Retrieve temporary signs and shopping carts from public right of way; collect penalties as assigned.

Use sandblasting, pressure washing, and other painting supplies and equipment to remove graffiti from public and private properties.

Assist with the installation, maintenance, and repair of traffic control signs, pavement markings, parking meters, ticket dispensers, and related equipment; clean graffiti from signs; assist traffic painting crews, as needed.

Assist with the placement and retrieval of traffic counting devices.

Document and maintain inventory records of assigned areas; maintain a variety of maintenance records.

Photograph, document, and record graffiti incidents.

Maintain records of maintenance repair and daily event logs. 

Perform work in emergency situations as required.

Operate a variety of vehicular and stationary mechanical equipment in a safe and effective manner in routine situations.

Work independently in the absence of on-site supervision.

Use and operate hand tools, mechanical equipment, and power tools and equipment required for the work in a safe and efficient manner.

Read and interpret basic maps and blueprints.

Respond to requests and inquiries from the general public. 

Maintain parking equipment, including cleaning, routine maintenance, repair, and refilling equipment supplies such as tickets, ink ribbons, receipt paper, etc. 

Collect, process, and transport monies from City parking meters to prescribed bank or secure location.  

Build and maintain positive working relationships with co-workers, other City employees, and the public using principles of good customer service. 

Observe and maintain a safe working environment in compliance with established safety programs and procedures.

Marginal Functions:

Perform related duties as assigned.Maintenance Worker I:
Knowledge of:

Basic uses and purposes of general construction tools and equipment.

Safe work practices.
           
Ability to:

Understand and follow oral and written directions.

Learn to perform unskilled and semi-skilled tasks in a variety of construction and maintenance activities.

Operate collection and parking meter equipment.

Learn streets and meter locations within the City. 

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
 

Experience and Training Guidelines

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
 Experience:
           
None is required. Six months of paid work experience involving the performance of routine maintenance tasks is desirable.

Training:

High School diploma or GED equivalency. 

License or Certificate:

Possession of, or the ability to obtain, a valid California driver’s license. 
Most assignments require the possession of a valid Class B California driver’s license by the end of the probationary period.    

Failure to obtain any of the required licenses/certificates within the prescribed time, and/or failure to pass the federally mandated DOT drug/alcohol test after obtaining the license, may result in release from probation or termination.

Maintenance Worker II:

In addition to the qualifications for Maintenance Worker I:

Knowledge of:

Methods, techniques, and tools and the operational characteristics of mechanical equipment used in the construction and maintenance of asphalt and/or concrete facilities.

Methods, techniques, and tools and the operational characteristics of mechanical equipment used in maintenance of buildings, park areas, trees, and golf courses and removal of graffiti.

Ability to:

Perform skilled maintenance, construction, and repair work in the area of work assigned.

On a continuous basis, know and understand maintenance activities and observe safety rules.

Intermittently analyze problem equipment; identify safety hazards; locate equipment.

Identify safety hazards.

Interpret work orders and explain jobs to other employees.

Experience and Training Guidelines:

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.  A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:

One year of responsible experience equivalent to a Maintenance Worker I in the City of Modesto.

Training:

High School diploma or GED equivalency. 

License or Certificate:

Most assignments require the possession of a valid Class A or Class B California driver’s license including specified endorsements within 60 days of appointment.  

Failure to obtain any of the required licenses/certificates within the prescribed time, and/or failure to pass the federally mandated DOT drug/alcohol test after obtaining the license, may result in release from probation or termination.