Facilities Maintenance Technician I

The City of Johnson City Tennessee is accepting online applications for a Facilities Maintenance Technician I. The employee p erforms intermediate skilled and semiskilled work in the maintenance, repair and alteration of municipal facilities; does related work as required. The work of this class involves responsibility for performing a variety of skilled and semiskilled tasks in maintaining, repairing, altering and remodeling buildings and public facilities. Ordinarily employees in this class are required to perform at the journeyman level in only one trade, but work assignments are so varied that employees must exercise reasonable facility in several such trades. Assignments are received in the form of oral or written work orders and may be accompanied by sketches, penciled layout or blueprints. The work is performed according to general or specific instructions of a supervisor who inspects work while in progress and upon completion. The employee may supervise a small group of semiskilled or unskilled workers.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities : General knowledge of the methods, practices, tools and materials used in mechanical, construction or building maintenance and repair work; general knowledge of occupational hazards and necessary safety precautions applicable to building and mechanical maintenance work; ability to interpret and work from sketches and penciled layouts; ability to supervise a small group of semiskilled or unskilled subordinates when necessary; skill in the use and care of tools and equipment necessary to perform various building maintenance and repair tasks, including journeyman level skill in at least one trade, and reasonable facility in several related trades.

Acceptable Experience and Training : High school graduate or GED and considerable experience in building, construction or mechanical maintenance and repair work in various trades, one of which shall have been at the journeyman level; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Pre-employment physical, drug screening and background check required.

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