Grounds and Facilities Maintenance Specialist

Grounds and Facilities Maintenance Specialist

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Overview

This is the fourth of seven levels in the Grounds and Facilities Maintenance series. Incumbents perform specialized maintenance and repairs in one or more trades-based areas, such as electrical, plumbing, concrete work, or carpentry. Responsibilities may include assessing maintenance and repair needs; purchasing necessary supplies; completing repairs; constructing, remodeling, or repairing facilities and playgrounds; welding; operating heavy machinery; performing ADA renovations; and repairing heating and cooling systems.

Responsibilities

• Performs inspection, testing, troubleshooting, and repair of applicable building structures and / or systems, which may include electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and / or other applicable systems.
• Installs applicable structures and / or systems in assigned area of responsibility, which may include welding; carpentry, concrete, operating heavy machinery; performing ADA renovations; repairing playgrounds to meet STMA standards; and repairing heating and cooling systems.
• Operates backhoes, excavators, tractors, dump trucks, power tools, mowers, weed eaters, chain saws, augers, bucket trucks, post drivers.
• Estimates the cost of repairs; determines what supplies and equipment are necessary.
• Monitors and maintains materials, supplies, equipment, and / or other applicable inventory items in assigned area of responsibility; initiates the procurement of replacement items.
• Performs preventative maintenance activities to ensure efficient and effective operations.
• Trains lower-level staff in the use of heavy equipment, power equipment operations.
• Prepares and reviews information, logs, invoices, operational records, and reports.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Physical Requirements

The work is heavy work which requires exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and / or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and / or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The following physical abilities are required : balancing, climbing, crouching, feeling, fingering, grasping, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity.

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