Maintenance Technician - Facilities

Department of Public Works

Maintenance Technician – Facilities 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

The Department of Public Works seeks a qualified candidate for the position of Facilities Maintenance Technician. Under the direction of the Maintenance Foreman, performs a variety of routine semi-skilled maintenance for town facilities, including, but not limited to, carpentry, painting, simple plumbing, and simple electrical work. Operates and maintains a variety of power and hand tools including but not limited to a jackhammer, chipper, and chainsaw.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have a High School diploma or equivalent, and up to three (3) years of experience in grounds and roadway maintenance; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Class D Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Operator’s license at time of hire. Hoisting License (2A, 4E or 4G per 520 CMR 6.10) and CDL Class B with tanker endorsement required within two (2) years of date of hire. 

Full Time; Benefits; AFSCME Union; M4 position

Starting Hourly Rate: $36.97 (new hires) – $46.03 (employees with 20 years of service with the Town of Nantucket)

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for the performance of a wide range of skilled work including maintaining heavy equipment vehicles, operating heavy equipment. The employee is required to perform all similar or related duties.    

SUPERVISION REQUIRED: The employee works under the direct supervision of the Maintenance Foreman.  Clear, detailed, and specific instructions govern the work or are explained with each assignment.  The employee works as instructed and consults with the supervisor as needed on all matters not specifically covered in the guidelines or instructions.  The supervisor maintains control by reviewing the work in progress or upon completion.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: The employee is not responsible for the regular supervision of other town employees.

CONFIDENTIALITY: The employee does not have regular access to confidential information of the department, in accordance with the State Public Records law.

ACCOUNTABILITY: The nature of work or the operation of large, complex, or potentially dangerous equipment increases the probability that errors could be serious. Consequences of errors, missed deadlines or poor judgment may include significant monetary losses, waste of material, and damage to buildings, equipment or personal injuries.    

JUDGEMENT: Well defined or detailed rules, instructions and procedures cover all aspects of work.  Judgment involves choosing the appropriate practices, procedures, regulations or guidelines to apply in each case.

COMPLEXITY: The work consists of routine or repetitive tasks and/or operations with few variations in well-known or established procedures.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Working conditions involve frequent exposure to intermittent machine or related noise or a combination of unpleasant elements such as odors, chemical fumes, dust, smoke, loud noises, traffic, extreme heat or cold temperatures, oil, dirt or grease.  Work may involve general cleaning, occasional work at heights or in confined or cramped quarters, trenches, or work around machinery and its moving parts.  Work may also involve completing several unrelated tasks within a relatively short period of time. The employee may be required to work beyond normal business hours in response to man-made or natural emergencies such as snow or ice storms.

NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PUBLIC CONTACT: Relationships are primarily with co-worker’s incidental to the purpose of the work involving giving and receiving factual information about the work.  Ordinary courtesy and tact are required.  Contact with the public may be required on an occasional basis.

OCCUPATIONAL RISK: Essential functions regularly present potential risk of personal injury to the employee from improper exposure to working conditions that could result in loss of time from work.  Examples of injury include severe muscular strains from working with heavy materials and department equipment and working in trenches. Special safety precautions, training, or protective clothing such as gowns, coats, gloves, glasses, hard hats or safety boots is required at all times.

• Responsible for the maintenance of work vehicles and heavy equipment.
• Performs a variety of routine semi-skilled maintenance for town facilities, including, but not limited to, carpentry, painting, simple plumbing, and simple electrical work. Ensures that facilities are available for use and consistently maintained in a safe and clean condition.
• Assembles, repairs, maintains, and moves furniture, such as desks, cabinets, tables, chairs, shelves, and related fittings and fixtures.
• Conducts routine inspections and maintenance of heating, electrical, and air conditioning equipment; replaces filters; identifies and reports more complex maintenance needs to supervisor.
• Inspects facilities and grounds for safety and security; identifies and reports hazardous conditions and facility maintenance needs to supervisor.
• Follows safe working practices and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment as required.
• Performs custodial tasks.
• Assists with structural pest control measures.
• Monitors inventory, order supplies, and maintains purchase records within authorized budget.
• Maintains records and logs of daily activities.
• Performs related duties, as assigned.
• Performs a variety of skilled and un-skilled manual work as assigned to repair and maintain municipal roadways, sidewalks, facilities, and infrastructure. Duties include, but are not limited to street sweeping, snow plowing and sanding, patching roads, cleaning catch basins, preparing and maintaining sports fields, and removing debris.  Performs manual labor incidental to the work of operating assigned equipment.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:  Must have a High School diploma or equivalent, and up to three (3) years of experience in grounds and roadway maintenance; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Class D Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Operator’s license at time of hire. Hoisting License (2A, 4E or 4G per 520 CMR 6.10) and CDL Class B with tanker endorsement required within two (2) years of date of hire. 

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS: 

Knowledge: 

• Knowledge of Methods and techniques used in the operation, repair, and maintenance of facilities and equipment.
• Safe and effective operation of hand tools, light equipment and machinery
• Operational characteristics of a variety of tools and equipment.
• Occupational hazards and standard safety practices.
• Principles and practices of record-keeping.
• Principles and practices for providing high level of customer service.
• Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment and applications.
• landscaping tools
• maintenance of grounds and roadway maintenance and minor repairs
• Knowledge of the Town's street layout, town landmarks, and town buildings.
• working knowledge of department operations

Abilities: 

• Perform skilled facility maintenance.
• Safely and effectively use, operate, and maintain equipment and tools.
• follow written and oral instructions in a safe and timely manner
• Perform heavy manual labor.
• Ability to follow directions and to perform work under extreme weather conditions for long periods of time.
• Understand, interpret, and apply all pertinent laws, codes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Independently organize work, set priorities, meet deadlines, and follow up on assignments.
• Demonstrate strong customer service skills and establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships.
• Ability to interact effectively, and respectfully with co-workers.
• Maintain records and files on work performed.
• Use English effectively to communicate in person, over the telephone, and in writing.
• Ability to recognize unsafe working conditions to ensure that appropriate safety precautions are taken to ensure employee safety.

Skills:   Proficient mechanical and operating skill in the use of department hand tools and equipment that is required to perform position duties in a safe and efficient manner. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: 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 position’s essential functions.

Physical Demands: Work requires moderate intermittent physical strength and effort daily, such as, lifting heavy objects, carrying the object(s) and stacking them or placing them in a vehicle or storage area.  In addition, pulling, pushing, standing or walking for the full work day may also be involved.  A great deal of physical effort must be exerted at this level.  

Motor Skills: Duties may involve assignments requiring application of hand and eye coordination with finger dexterity and motor coordination in order to use a range of hand tools or department equipment, work in confined spaces, or climb a ladder in a safe manner.

Visual Demands:  Visual demands require the employee to read and interpret written instructions for general understanding.  The employee is not regularly required to determine color differences.