Salary: $18.27 – $23.39 Hourly
Location : 111 Gillingham Lane Sugar Land, TX
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 2300636
Department: Public Works
Division: Utility Administration
Opening Date: 07/17/2023
Closing Date: 8/18/2023 11:00 AM Central
Position Description
The City of Sugar Land is inviting hard-working professionals who are interested in a full-time position as a General Maintenance Worker II to apply to join our amazing City! This exciting position works Monday-Friday from 7:00am to 4:00pm as well as occasional after hours when in an emergency operations is activated.
Why Should You Join Our Team?
We are a full-service municipality located approximately 20 miles southwest of downtown Houston that invests in our team and offers real opportunities for career growth. We pay our General Maintenance Worker IIs a competitive salary of $16.84 per hour, depending on experience. We also offer great benefits and perks, such as 9 paid holidays plus a floating holiday to use at your discretion, generous vacation package that starts to accrue on your first day, a robust pension plan to set you up for a fulfilling retirement, a down-to-earth casual environment and a positive team-oriented culture. Our full-time employees have access to medical, dental, vision, disability, life and other insurance options. If we have your attention… Please. Continue. Reading!
About The City of Sugar Land
The City of Sugar Land, a municipality with a population of 111,026, provides the highest quality of affordable services to meet the needs of its residents. Master-planned communities and welcoming neighborhoods enhance home values and create a sense of belonging. The community offers outstanding schools, libraries, civic organizations, entertainment venues, and other resources that make Sugar Land a great place to work, live and raise a family. Numerous high-profile regional and international corporations have chosen Sugar Land as a corporate home. Sugar Land’s aggressive economic development program has created a business-friendly environment, one that includes a variety of incentives, including a corporate aviation facility.
We are proud to have been named one of the Top 50 places to live in the United States by The Press of Atlantic City, as well as the Best Texas cities to raise a family by Dwellics. We hire people based on their potential, not just their experience. We have an informal work environment but are serious about what we do. We believe that happy, talented employees add value to the City. We do our best to hire friendly, professional people who work hard and play well with others. We also promote a healthy work-life balance and personal development.
Summary of Duties
Are You a Good Fit?
The ideal candidate must be able to work with the crew to perform a variety of operations, maintenance, repair, and installations related to the city’s wastewater lift stations. The ideal candidate must maintain a knowledge and appreciation of Sugar Land and its basic safety standards and practices. An understanding of basic knowledge of tools and equipment used in the maintenance and repair of City water and sewer lines are a must for this candidate. We are looking for a candidate that is able to work independently and in a crew with minimal supervision.
Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced environment is critical for success in the role, as are high levels of accuracy, timeliness and dependability.
We are looking for someone who can provide exceptional customer service for a variety of coworkers, supervisors and the general public with professionalism and patience. Ask yourself: Do you enjoy working with your hands on a day-to-day basis? Are you able to push through the weather? Winter, spring, summer or fall? Are you experienced in the maintenance, diagnostics, and installation of water distribution and collection systems? If so, please consider applying for this General Maintenance Worker II position today!
Minimum Qualifications
What We Need from You as A General Maintenance Worker II-Utilities
As our General Maintenance Worker II, you will represent the City of Sugar Land Public Works Department. You will be expected to assist the work crews in all activities involved in the maintenance, diagnostics repair, and pump installation at the city wastewater lift stations.
You will be responsible for working with a crew to perform any required work assigned for the day. Much of your day will be spent outside in various and unpredictable weather hazards. This position will enhance team building skills and your knowledge of all aspects of the lift station systems as well as inventory control. It is your priority to deliver excellent customer service to our citizens while maintaining the City of Sugar Land’s beautification efforts through our City’s water main and sewer lines.
The ideal candidate is dependable, motivated, trustworthy, and responsible. You listen to your superiors and co-workers. You are a quick learner and thorough, so your work orders are completed by each deadline. You follow through and are accountable for all actions. Being at work on time is a priority along with following all safety protocols. When an emergency situation arises, you are not easily flustered, but are willing to work hard to help in any way designated by your leadership team. A great candidate would also ensure that the appropriate diagnostics of problem areas are collected and assists with developing the next course of action to ensure the proper completion of the task. At the end of the day, you get great satisfaction out of completing a hard days’ work by making our citizen’s experience with water systems smooth. If you can do those things and meet the following requirements, we would be happy to speak with you:
- High School Diploma or GED Certificate required.
- One year of laborer or general maintenance experience in the water or wastewater field required.
- Municipal government customer service experience preferred, but not required.
- Valid Texas Class “C” Driver License
- Valid Texas Class “A” Commercial Driver License, or the ability to obtain one within first two years of employment.
- TCEQ Class “II” Wastewater Collection License, or the ability to obtain one within first three years of employment.
Additional Information
Our success is achieved by the courage to do things differently and accept that failure will occur on the path to innovation.
The City of Sugar Land is an equal opportunity employer.
CITY OF SUGAR LAND’s OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
- Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
Employee contribution: 7%
City matches 2:1 with 5-year vesting
Retirement Eligibility:
1) Age 60 + vested; or
2) 20 years of service, any age
- HOLIDAYS
The City recognizes 10 Holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating Holiday. In lieu of a floating holiday,
firefighters will receive September 11th, Patriot Day, as a fixed holiday.
- VACATION – Other than Public Safety
0 -2nd Year 10 days per year
3 -10 Years 15 days per year
11+ Years 20 days per year
- VACATION – Public Safety
First Year 10 days per year
2-10 Years 15 days per year
11+ Years 20 days per year
- SICK LEAVE – Other than Firefighters
8 hours per month, to a maximum of 1,040 hours
- SICK LEAVE – Shift Firefighters
12 hours per month, to a maximum of 1,456 hours
- SICK LEAVE INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Annual conversion of sick leave to vacation
Sick Days Used from 01/01 to 12/31 Eligible Sick Days for Conversion
1 day or less taken 3 days
Up to 2 ½ days 2 days
More than 2 ½ days and up to 4 days 1 day
More than 4 days 0 day
- LONGEVITY PAY
After one year of employment, employees will receive an annual payment of $4.00 per month of employment with the City for the first 25 years of continuous employment (maximum of $1,200 annually). Qualified employees receive longevity payments each December.
- 125 CAFETERIA PLAN
Premium contributions for the medical and dental plans as well as Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts are available to all full-time employees through this arrangement.
- GROUP HEALTH & DENTAL
The City contributes to employee and dependent coverage in the HMO, HDHP and dental plans offered.
Medical HSA KelseyCare Gold KelseyCare Blue Employee Only $101.44 $19.56 $0.00 EE + Spouse $346.60 $144.55 $96.48 EE + Child(ren) $257.51 $106.09 $66.79 EE + Family $454.39 $202.24 $141.00 Dental DPPO DHMO Employee Only $7.35 $3.14 EE + Spouse $18.49 $5.89 EE + Child(ren) $17.90 $8.45 EE + Family $31.41 $10.33 Vision Plan Employee Only $7.35 EE + Spouse $18.49 EE + Child(ren) $17.90 EE + Family $31.41
- VISION CARE PLAN
Employees can voluntarily elect to purchase vision care insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
- AFLAC PLANS
Employees can voluntarily elect to purchase through payroll deduction: Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness, and Hospital policies for themselves and their eligible dependents. (Rates are age-banded. Employee must contact representative directly for rates and enrollment.)
- BASIC LIFE and AD&D
The City provides all employees annual salary of life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) coverage of one-time annual salary with a minimum of $50,000.
- LONG TERM DISABILITY
The City provides employees with Long Term Disability in the amount of 60% of your salary (depending on position category) to a maximum of $7,500 per month. Benefits begin after 90 days of disability and may continue to Social Security Normal Retirement Age (SSNRA) if you qualify. LTD is designed to replace a reasonable portion of your income in case of
serious injury or sickness whether on or off the job. Benefits will be offset by any payments from SS, Workers Comp and other income offsets.
- SUPPLEMENTAL LIFE and AD&D
Employees can elect supplemental life insurance and AD&D coverage up to $750,000 for themselves and up to $250,000 for their spouse; as well as $15,000 of life insurance for child(ren).
- SHORT TERM DISABILITY
This optional benefit allows employees to receive 70% of their weekly salary, to a maximum of $1,500 per week (tax free), following either Option A: a 30-calendar day elimination period; or Option B: a 7-calendar (injury) or 14-calendar (illness) elimination period, for a maximum of 90-calendar days from on-set per qualifying incident.
- PRE-PAID LEGAL PLAN
Employees can voluntarily elect to participate in a legal access/assistance plan at a base cost of $7.87 per pay period. Optional plans are also available. (Employee must contact representative directly for rates and enrollment.)
- DEFERRED COMPENSATION
Employees are allowed to contribute to this optional program at a minimum set by the plan administrator and a maximum set annually by the IRS. Currently the City contracts with 2 administrators for this program: Dearborn & Creggs ($50 per month minimum contribution); and ICMA-RC ($1.00 per month min. contribution). The maximum contribution for 2023 is $19,500
and $6,500 for age 50 + catch-up.
- CREDIT UNIONS
Houston Federal Credit Union: (866) OUR-HFCU
Brazos Valley Schools Credit Union: (855) 391-2149
- EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE
The EAP is designed to provide employees and their dependents with professional, cost-effective assistance in resolving difficult personal problems. Individual, voluntary involvement in the EAP is confidential. The City’s EAP administrator is Alliance Work Partners (AWP) at 1-800-343-3822. Registration code: AWP-COSL-3822