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Working Title: General Maintenance Wrkr

Job Class: General Maintenance Worker

Agency: Transportation Dept

+ **Job ID** : 89816

+ **Location** : Marshall

+ **Telework Eligible** : No

+ **Full/Part Time** : Full-Time

+ **Regular/Temporary** : Unlimited

+ **Who May Apply** : Open to all qualified job seekers

+ **Date Posted** : 10/24/2025

+ **Closing Date** : 11/06/2025

+ **Hiring Agency/Seniority Unit** : Transportation Dept / Transportation-Dist 8-AFSCME

+ **Division/Unit** : District 8 - Willmar / Building Services

+ **Work Shift/Work Hours** : Day Shift

+ **Days of Work** : Monday - Friday

+ **Travel Required** : No

+ **Salary Range:** $20.51 - $25.43 / hourly; $42,824 - $53,097 / annually

+ **Classified Status** : Classified

+ **Bargaining Unit/Union** : 203 - Service/AFSCME

+ **Work Area** : Marshall

+ **FLSA Status** : Nonexempt

+ Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes

The work you'll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

Maintains building floors and hallways to provide clean, comfortable, healthy and safe environment in state-owned or state-maintained structures using machine or manual processes by sweeping, scrubbing, mopping, waxing and stripping wax, and vacuuming and scrubbing carpets. Cleans windows, skylights, ceilings and walls to maintain clean, comfortable and safe environment in state-owned or state-maintained structures by determining appropriate cleaning agents, mixing chemicals, and applying them.

Cleans and maintains rooms and furniture to provide clean, safe and usable office, classroom or meeting space by dusting, moving, rearranging, setting up or taking down tables and chairs, and making minor repairs to furniture. Cleans restrooms to provide clean, comfortable and sanitary environment by scrubbing floors, sinks, stools, maintaining supplies of soap and paper products and emptying wastebaskets and trash containers. Performs grounds work to enhance appearance of landscape and maintain health of flowers, plants, shrubs, vines, lawns and trees by planting, cutting and mowing, raking, seeding, sodding, hedging, trimming, and watering.

** The Minnesota Department of Transportation does not sponsor applicants for work visas or Optional Practical Training Extensions for STEM Students. Individuals must be legally authorized to work in the US at the start of employment.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge of:

+ Different types of flooring and floor coverings sufficient to determine proper methods of maintenance and cleaning

+ Chemical cleaning agents such as ammonia, anti-bacterial, bleaches, scouring agents and soaps sufficient to appropriately select the agent(s), handle, apply and dispose of safely

+ Methods, hand and power tools and equipment used in maintenance sufficient to use effectively and operate safely and to make minor repairs

+ Painting products and the processes of applying.

+ Must have a Class D Driver's License

Preferred Qualifications

+ Special boilers license

+ Experience operating powered lawncare/snow removal equipment

+ Commercial Janitorial experience

Physical Requirements

+ Lifting objects up to 70 pounds.

+ Transferring objects of various weights.

+ Walking, moving, standing for long period of time.

+ Sitting with pushing or pulling of arm and leg controls.

+ Strenuous physical labor including hauling, crawling, bending, pushing, pulling, and climbing.

+ Working above ground level (e.g., on ladders and scaffolding).

Additional Requirements

Successful candidate must pass past-employer reference checks and criminal history checks

It is our policy that all candidates submit to a background investigation prior to employment. The background check may consist of the following components:

+ SEMA4 Records Check

+ Criminal History Check

+ Employment Reference Check

+ Education/License Verification

+ Driver's License Check - A revoked or suspended Driver’s License or major violation within the last five (5) years or a combination of minor violations and/or at-fault in the last three (3) years will disqualify a candidate

This position is contingent upon the selected job candidate having a valid Commercial Driver's License, submits to a Federal Department of Transportation Pre-employment drug test (with negative test results), is subject to future random drug and alcohol testing and is registered in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email [email protected] . Please indicate what assistance is needed.