Street Maintenance Worker I

Description

The Maintenance Operations Department is recruiting for the position of Street Maintenance Worker I.

This recruitment will close on June 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM (PT) or when the first 50 applications are received, whichever comes first. Please apply promptly.

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The Position
The Street Maintenance Worker I will perform a wide variety of tasks in the construction, maintenance and repair of roads, sidewalks, curbing, storm drains, traffic signage, and pavement markings.

Application Deadline
This recruitment will close on June 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM (PT) or when the first 50 applications are received, whichever comes first. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. A resume must be submitted with the completed online application. Applications submitted without a resume may not be considered. Only online applications will be accepted.

To be considered for this outstanding employment opportunity, please complete an application online by clicking "Apply" just above this box.

Selection Process
The process may include a written exam/multiple choice, practical exam, individual and/or panel department interview, professional reference checks, fingerprint check for criminal history, pre-employment medical exam and other related components. Only those candidates who have the best combination of qualifications in relation to the requirements and duties of the position will continue in the selection process. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an invitation to participate in the process.

Tentative Timeline
Written Exam/Multiple Choice: Week of June 29, 2026
Practical Exam/Assessment: Week of July 6, 2026 or July 13, 2026

The City of Fremont reserves the right to modify the selection process as necessary to conform to administrative or business necessity.
Applicants will be notified electronically via Government Jobs as to their status in the selection process. Please review your settings in government jobs to ensure that you receive all updates regarding your status in the recruitment.

Reasonable Accommodation Human Resources will make reasonable efforts in the examination process to accommodate persons with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources of any special needs a minimum of 5 days in advance of the selection process by calling (510) 494-4660 or emailing humanresources@fremont.gov.

Contact Us
For additional information, please e-mail Human Resources Department at: humanresources@fremont.gov

The information contained herein is subject to change and does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract.

CLASS SPECIFICATION
Under immediate supervision, to perform construction and maintenance work on City streets, roads, sidewalks, and storm drains, and in the installation, manufacture and maintenance of traffic signs, pavement markings and other non-electrical traffic control devices; to perform related duties as required.

Class Characteristics

This is the first level classification in the Street Maintenance Worker classification series. Incumbents perform a wide variety of tasks in the construction, maintenance, and repair of roads, sidewalks, curbing, storm drains, traffic signage, and pavement markings. Work methods are explained in specific terms. Employees follow an established routine and work is subject to frequent review. It is distinguished from the next higher class of Street Maintenance Worker II by the latter's wider range of expertise, independence, and responsibility for a work site.

Essential Functions

Employees bid for assignments. Their primary assignment is essential. They need to be able to perform all assignments. Non-primary assignment functions are marginal.

All Assignments:

• Cleans work sites and equipment.
• Posts notices of pending work.
• Drives truck with trailer.
• Performs heavy physical labor including lifting, carrying heavy objects; and shoveling, raking, and pushing asphalt.
• Clears and cleans roadsides, gutters, culverts and other drainage facilities.
• Participates in the removal, repair and replacement of storm drainage pipe.
• Sets-up and removes traffic safety zones for construction.
• Works in all weather conditions and in all terrain conditions.
• Works at all times of day and night.
• Replaces street fire hydrant and emergency vehicle driveway location markers; perform preventative maintenance, adjustments and minor repairs on equipment.
• Cleans equipment, change tires, grease, lubricate, and fuel vehicles.
• Tightens loose bolts and hydraulic couplings.

Asphalt and Concrete Assignment:

• Repairs and replaces asphalt and concrete.
• Applies, rake, and tamp asphalt to perform Class A patching, skin patching, and sand sealing surface cracks.
• Uses rake, shovel, and pick in street repair work.
• Removes failed asphalt.
• Sprays oil on excavated area and over patches.
• Selects proper tip and angle of cut for jackhammer.
• Operates compressor, jackhammer and other power tools.
• Under supervision operate grader with cutting wheel or ripper teeth, loader, backhoe, or storm drain cleaning machines.
• Performs concrete repair work.
• Cuts lumber for concrete forms to proper size and place stakes.
• Breaks up and remove concrete.
• Spreads and level base rock.
• Mixes concrete; pour concrete into forms, tamp, jitterbug surface.
• Applies concrete finish with trowel, screed, float or other tools.
• Patch holes with fresh concrete.

Traffic Safety Assignment:

• Replaces, maintains and repairs guard rails, traffic dividers, signs, and similar traffic control devices.
• Assists in determining color of paint to be applied to street markings.
• Selects proper stencils for street markings.
• Applies stripes and intervals for new street markings.
• Places stencils over old street markings, start compressor and spray inside stencils.
• Cleans and maintains spray equipment, including stencil truck; place and pick up traffic cones during the operation of the striping machine.
• Prepares traffic signs.
• Applies heat-activated sheeting to metal sign blanks for background color, numbering and lettering.
• Trim sign edges.
• Assists with street sign installation.
• Participates in the installation of raised pavement markers.

Street Sanitation Assignment:

• Controls and remove litter.
• Removes drain outlet cover.
• Cleans storm drains and lines using hand and power tools.
• Under supervision, operates storm drain cleaning machines.

Marginal Functions

All Assignments:

• Receives and responds to public questions concerning current and projected work projects, location of streets, and directions.
• Changes backhoe buckets and teeth.
• Other duties as assigned.

Traffic Safety Assignment:

• Performs fire hydrant maintenance, cleans and paints hydrants, replaces cap and chain, maintains area around hydrants and conducts static hydrant pressure tests.
• Operates striping machine.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of: safety procedures when using power tools and equipment; techniques and methodology used to spread asphalt, operate an oil and paint sprayer, mix concrete, operate a jackhammer; lifting techniques, both individually and using mechanical assists such as a hoist; asphalt and oils; methods and techniques used in Class A patching, skin patching, and sand sealing; operations, work methods and limitations of equipment and tools used in street maintenance and construction; safety procedures when using power tools and equipment; techniques and methodology used to spread asphalt, operate an oil and paint sprayer, mix concrete, and operate a jackhammer; carpentry tools and methods used to creating concrete forms; mixing, pouring and finishing concrete; addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.

Skill to: operate shovels, wheelbarrows, hammers and other small power tools, and jackhammers; to drive light and heavy trucks; to adjust and maintain equipment; to use proper lifting techniques.

Ability to: work outdoors in all weather; understand and carry out written and oral instructions; maintain daily work records; develop and maintain cooperative work relationships with individuals from a variety of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds; make routine arithmetical calculations; read and follow street maps; learn to operate a paint sprayer; learn traffic safety signage requirements; calculate necessary amount of supplies needed to complete a job; read gauges and fluid levels; perform heavy physical labor; detect uneven surfaces and level them; rake asphalt; shovel sand and asphalt; determine the slope of a roadway; mix paints, solvents and glues; use a wheelbarrow; operate an oil sprayer; clean out storm drains; clean and maintain equipment.

Incumbents must possess the physical and mental capacity to work under the conditions described in this document and to perform the duties required by their assigned position.

Education/Experience

Any combination of education and/or experience which has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to satisfactory job performance would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge, skills, and abilities would be: graduation from high school and six (6) months to one (1) year of experience performing general construction, maintenance, landscaping, or related manual labor work.

Licenses and Certificates

Positions in this classification require possession of a valid Class C California Driver's License at date of hire and a valid Class A California Driver's License prior to completion of probation; failure to maintain either License will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Rare = 66%

Sitting: Occasional
Walking: Frequent
Standing: Rare
Bending (neck): Frequent
Bending (waist): Frequent
Squatting: Rare
Climbing: Rare
Kneeling (asphalt): Never to Rare (depending on assignment)
Crawling: Never
Jumping: Never
Balancing: Rare
Twisting (neck): Frequent
Twisting (waist): Occasional
Grasp - light (dominant hand): Rare
Grasp - light (non-dominant): Rare
Grasp - firm (dominant hand): Frequent
Grasp - firm (non-dominant): Frequent
Fine manipulation (dominant): Never to Rare (traffic safety only)
Fine manipulation (non-dominant): Never to Rare (traffic safety only)
Reach - at/below shoulder: Frequent
Reach - above shoulder level: Rare

Push/pull:
Up to 10 lbs. Rare
11 to 25 lbs. Occasional
26 to 50 lbs. Occasional
51 to 75 lbs. Occasional
76 to 100 lbs. Rare
Over 100 lbs. Rare

Lifting:
Up to 10 lbs. Frequent
11 to 25 lbs. Frequent
26 to 50 lbs. Rare
51 to 75 lbs. Rare
76 to 100 lbs. Rare
Over 100 lbs. Rare

Carrying:
Up to 10 lbs. Frequent
11 to 25 lbs. Frequent
26 to 50 lbs. Rare
51 to 75 lbs. Rare
76 to 100 lbs. Rare
Over 100 lbs. Rare

Coordination:
Eye-hand: Required
Eye-hand-foot: Required
Driving: Required
Vision:
Acuity, near: Required
Acuity, far: Required
Depth perception: Required
Accommodation: Required
Color vision: Required
Field of vision: Required

Talking:
Face-to-face contact: Required
Verbal contact w/others: Required
Public: Required

Hearing:
Normal conversation: Required
Telephone communication(Radio): Required
Earplugs required: Required

Work environment:
Works indoors, works outdoors, exposure to extreme hot or cold temperature, being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature/humidity, exposure to dust, fumes, smoke, gases, odors, mists, or other irritating particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to excessive noise, exposure to radiation or electrical energy, exposure to solvents, grease or oil, exposure to slippery or uneven walking surfaces, working below ground, using computer monitor, exposure to vibration, exposure to flames or burning items, works around others, works alone, works with others, use respiratory equipment.

Class Code: 6065
FLSA: Non-exempt
EEOC Code: 8
Barg Unit: OE3
Probation: 12 months
Rev.: 11/15
Rev: 03/26

The City of Fremont offers a comprehensive benefit package including general and holiday leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life, and long/short-term disability insurance.

To view a summary of the benefits the City offers, please visit: City of Fremont Benefits Summary

Closing Date/Time: 6/23/2026 5:00 PM Pacific

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