ROW Infrastructure/Facilities Maintenance Technician
Job Status:
Open - open and accepting applications
City of Marathon
Job Description
ROW Infrastructure/Facilities Maintenance Technician
Department: Public Works
Reports to: Facilities Maintenance Supervisor Date: April 22, 2026
Supervises: N/A
Position: Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Summary:
This position is a skilled labor position. Responsibilities are performing skilled work maintaining the City’s infrastructure and the City’s facilities such as City Hall building, Parks facilities, Maintenance Facilities, and all other City owned facilities. Repair work may consist of plumbing repair, minor electrical, carpentry, and general repairs. Repair and/or maintenance to city roads, bridges, and right of ways. Work may also include assistance to grounds crew when necessary, including public Rights of Way.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist in road, bridge, drainage repair and shoulder work.
- Dig trenches and drains-Assist on VAC truck, vacuum out storm drains.
- Clean up construction debris and work areas.
- Keep the work area clean and organized and use safety cones and signage when required.
- Experience with Concrete work, Electrical work, and other trades.
- Experience with ADA requirements and procedures.
- Ability to transport heavy machinery with truck and trailer.
- Repair or replace plumbing fixtures at various City facilities.
- Minor repair or replacement of electrical issues.
- Knowledge of light carpentry may be required.
- Routine maintenance of HVAC systems.
- Operates trucks and light street repair equipment, such as skid steers, excavators, loaders, etc.
- Maintain and repair highway and other surfaces including potholes, stripping, adding or replacing reflectors, working with concrete and asphalt.
- Maintains the appearance and functionality of signs, guardrails, fence, and lighting through repair and/or replacement using hand or power tools.
- Repairs/maintains functionality of slopes, berms, culverts, drains, etc. through use of shovels and other hand or power tools and heavy equipment.
- Loads and unloads materials for City departments.
- Pressure washing and maintenance of City’s recreation properties.
- Shoulder repair and minor pavement repairs.
- Operate mowing equipment such as riding mowers, weed eaters, pole saws, chain saws, tractors, skid steers, excavators, and similar equipment.
- Knowledge of irrigation systems to perform routine maintenance on pressurized and drip irrigation systems.
- Assists with Citywide hurricane preparedness as required to secure all City facilities.
- Replaces, maintains, and installs signs on City properties and public Right of Ways.
- May be required to work late hours, weekends, and emergency response.
- Must be able to respond to emergency and after-hour calls on nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Responsible for ensuring all work and activities are performed safely and in accordance with City policies.
- Perform maintenance and improvements on City buildings, streets, and property.
- Obtains oral and written quotes in the procurement process of parts, materials, and equipment according to City policies.
Non-Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Shovel dirt or sand in making trenches or other excavations.
- Clean culverts and catch basins to provide Storm-water systems maintenance.
- Perform upkeep and maintenance on City parks and recreation and maintenance equipment per schedule in accordance with safety standards.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Qualification Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
High School Diploma or G.E.D., with a minimum of three years’ experience in building and grounds maintenance, infrastructure maintenance, and machinery operations. MOT Certified. CDL preferred.
Language Skills:
The employee needs to have the ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondences, and memos and the ability to write simple correspondences, effectively present information one-on-one, in small group situations, to customers, clients, and other employees of the City. Must be able to communicate in the English language.
Mathematical Skills:
The ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers, to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s, and perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distances. The employee needs to have the ability to use a ruler.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form and to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Other Skills and Abilities:
Possess or the ability to obtain a State of Florida driver’s license.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for moderate periods; use hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and travel up and down stairs.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee must be able to respond to emergencies under reasonable circumstances within 60 minutes.
Public Relations:
Public relations will be an integral part of each employee's job. Employees will be courteous, helpful and conduct themselves in a manner which is appropriate for an employee in public service.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
