Building Maintenance Worker (Maintenance Technician)

About the role

Travis County’s Facilities Management Department has great jobs that serve dozens of facilities across the county, offering stable career options with training and tuition reimbursement available to get you to the next level in your career. Performs a variety of moderately complex preventive maintenance tasks, repairs, and additions to County buildings, facilities and equipment.

Responsibilities

Work involves multiple skill areas, including carpentry, air conditioning/heating, painting, plastering, masonry, plumbing, electrical repairs and installations and machine servicing. Key duties include:

• Performs a variety of preventive maintenance routines on equipment, building components, and facilities.
• Performs periodic and routine walk through inspections of assigned facilities, identifies work requirements, submits requirements to service call and performs work assigned.
• Researches and estimates time and materials needed and records time and materials used.
• Requests for needed tools, equipment, supplies and materials to perform assigned tasks.
• Monitors expenditure of supplies and controls inventory of equipment and tools.
• Makes electrical, plumbing, masonry and carpentry repairs.
• Services and repairs heating and air-conditioning systems.
• Replaces broken glass.
• Installs/replaces light fixtures, and switches.
• Remodels building and facilities.
• May build cabinets and shelves.
• Prepares for painting.
• Paints and seals building surfaces and equipment.
• May be required to disassemble/assemble and move furniture and equipment.

Requirements

The minimum requirements for this role include:

• High School diploma or G.E.D.
• Three (3) years of building maintenance experience, including preventive maintenance and repairs to equipment, buildings and facilities.
• Valid Texas Driver's License.
• Must pass a criminal background check for CJIS clearance.

Preferred qualifications include Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Universal Certification or must be obtained within one (1) year of date of hire.

Skills

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of:

• Policies, practices, procedures and methods of plumbing, electrical, mechanical and carpentry repair.
• Applicable safety practices and regulations.
• Equipment and tools used in maintenance and repair functions.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.

And skills in:

• Carpentry, painting, plastering, masonry, plumbing, electrical repairs and installations and machine servicing.
• Troubleshooting, diagnosing and performing maintenance and repair needs.
• Reading and interpreting schematics and blueprints.
• Proper and applicable safety practices, procedures and regulations.
• Working with others, including on a team.
• Both verbal and written communication.

Benefits

Travis County offers top-notch benefits, including:

• Paid vacation & sick leave.
• Outstanding health & dental insurance.
• A free health clinic for you & your dependents.
• A generous retirement plan.

Schedule

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM; This job classification may require you to work evenings, overnight, and holidays as needed to meet the demands of Travis County.