Department:

Solid Waste

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Do you enjoy working with your hands, operating equipment, and seeing the results of your hard work? Join Sarasota County's Solid Waste Department as a Maintenance Skilled Trades Worker II, where you'll perform a variety of maintenance, repair, and improvement projects that help keep our facilities safe, efficient, and operating at their best. If you're looking for a hands-on career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make a difference, this is the role for you.

Starting pay is $22.14/hour (Step 1), with higher pay possible based on experience. Benefits begin within 60 days of hire. Apply today and build your future with Sarasota County!

About This Role

• Operate a variety of light and heavy equipment, including tractors, loaders, excavators, backhoes, dump trucks, skid steers, and powered hand tools.

• Perform land clearing, mowing, grading, ditch rehabilitation, erosion control, and culvert and pipe installation and repair.

• Conduct preventative maintenance and perform mechanical, hydraulic, and small engine repairs to minimize equipment downtime.

• Inspect, construct, maintain, and repair infrastructure supporting Solid Waste operations and landfill facilities.

• Troubleshoot and repair electrical components, lighting systems, fixtures, switches, and related infrastructure.

• Install, maintain, and repair plumbing systems, pumps, meters, piping, and related facility components.

• Construct, repair, and maintain fencing, gates, signage, bollards, roadblocks, and other site safety features.

• Perform welding, fabrication, carpentry, painting, and general building maintenance using a variety of tools and materials.

• Assist with the maintenance and repair of landfill gas, groundwater monitoring, and stormwater management systems.

• Utilize basic surveying equipment, apply approved herbicides under supervision, and support safe, efficient operation of landfill facilities.

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

About You

Minimum Qualifications:  

• High School Diploma or its equivalent.

• Three (3) years of experience in the operation of heavy and light equipment and applicable Infrastructure Services experience. 

• Valid Florida Driver’s License at the time of hire.

• Must be able to acquire a Class "A" Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with air brake endorsements within six (6) months from the date of hire. Paid by the County!

Physical Demands:  Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening: 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

About Everything Else:

Starting Pay: $22.14 (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. You will need to present the following items on your first day:

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: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

• If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)  

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. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)  

Benefits:

• 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!)​​

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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.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

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