Building Maintenance Worker I (Veterans Memorial)

HOURLY WAGE: New Hire: $20.22 · 1 year: $22.38 · 2 years: $23.65 · 3 years: $24.88
The City of Cedar Rapids is looking for a Building Maintenance Worker I to join the Veterans Memorial team. This person will help with maintenance and repairs for the Veterans Memorial Building. At the City, we are committed to employing individuals who reflect our community’s diverse backgrounds.
We appreciate and leverage the vast experience individuals bring beyond the technical requirements of a job. If you are an individual with similar experience listed here please consider applying. Experience and skills combined with commitment to our core values is key to building a greater community now and for the next generation; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to this position. Any person who anticipates needing accommodations for any part of the recruitment process please contact Katie Ulmer ([email protected] or 319-286-5138).

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness – (The PSLF program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments while working full-time for a qualifying employer. See more info here. )
• Up to $3,000 per year in educational assistance
• Private health & wellness coaching partnerships
• View our Bargaining Benefits Summaries (Download PDF reader)
• Medical co-insurance for participating providers of 90% plan / 10% employee
• Expansive job growth opportunities
• Pay raises as determined by bargaining contract
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave
• Commitment to professional development
• Competitive pay
• Iowa Public Employee’s Retirement Pension plans (IPERS) (Download PDF reader) with a 9.44% City contribution and 6.29% employee contribution
• Dental, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance
• An average of 11 paid holidays per year
• 100% City paid basic life insurance
• 457 deferred compensation employer match program (City will match up to 0.05% of your annual income each calendar year—learn more here.)
• Flexible Spending (Health Care and Dependent Care Accounts- learn more here)

• Cleans restrooms;
• Attends work regularly at the designated place and time;
• Prepares rooms for meetings, cleans and rearranges furniture;
• Performs delivery and pickup work;
• Provides security service for the facility in the evening hours;
• Dusts furniture;
• Provides verbal and written information concerning maintenance and repair of the facility and associated grounds;
• Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with City policies, procedures and safety practices;
• Assists in the set-up and tear down of equipment for special functions within the facility;
• Washes walls, woodwork and windows;
• Provides comprehensive floor care program to a variety of flooring surfaces;
• Supports continuous process improvement initiatives;
• Performs related work as required.
• Assists in painting, wall repair and other such minor maintenance actions;
• Performs some outdoor maintenance work such as litter pickup, emptying trash receptacles, snow and ice removal;

Acceptable Experience and Training:

• Requires a minimum of one year of experience as a building maintenance worker, including some experience in minor mechanical, electrical and minor building repair work; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.

• Iowa Driver's License upon appointment.