General Maintenance

Description

Supervised By: Transportation Manager
Supervises: No supervisory responsibility
Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Transportation Manager, is responsible for general upkeep and maintenance of bus facility and vehicles used to support the transportation needs of Otsego County.

Essential Job Functions

• Performs general facility maintenance duties include cleaning offices, bathrooms, windows, mowing/snow plowing facility grounds and painting and other to maintain facilities.
• While engaged in facility maintenance, identifies repair issues and needs.
• Attends to minor problems and repairs and reports more complex maintenance needs to the Transportation Manager or mechanics.
• Performs daily walk through of the bus facility and grounds to identify problems and resolve issues at the earliest point-in-time.
• Washes, sanitizes and cleans buses.
• Performs general support and maintenance duties in any area of operations requiring unskilled or semi-skilled labor input.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Typical Qualifications Required

• A high school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of experience in facility maintenance.
• The county, at its discretion, may consider an alternative combination of formal education and work experience.
• Possession of a valid Michigan Commercial Driver’s License.
• Negative results on pre-employment and random USDOT drug and alcohol screens as required for a “safety sensitive” position.
• Knowledge in the usage of tools and equipment used in facility maintenance.
• Knowledge and skill in the use of a variety of landscape equipment and hand tools used in grounds maintenance and the repair, installation, and maintenance of county buildings and property.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships and use good judgment, initiative and resourcefulness when dealing with county employees, contractors to the county, representatives of other governmental units, professional contacts, elected officials, bus patrons and the public.
• Ability to learn new technology required for the job.

Physical Demands And Work Environment

• Frequent standing, sitting, walking, climbing, reaching, grasping, talking, hearing.
• Lifting or pushing/pulling objects of up to 50 lbs. without assistance.
• Works near moving mechanical equipment.
• Noisy work environment.

Benefit Summary

• Teamsters Bus Local 214 MERS (Municipal Employees' Retirement System) Defined Contribution Plan, Employee elects 1-3% and County contributes 2%.
• Normal Retirement Age: 60, Vesting – 3-6 years graded vesting.
• Health Benefits: Employees will cost share 20% of medical and Rx premiums. All cost shares will be deducted by pre-tax payroll deduction. New employees will be eligible to enroll on the first day of employment.
• MEDICAL/RX: Priority Health HMO Priority Telemedicine 24/7 Access to physicians.
• Dental: 100/75/50/50, $1,000 ortho max, $1000 annual max.
• Vision Insurance: 12/12/12 Medical Opt-out Option Eligible employees electing not to participate in the Employer’s group medical care coverage will receive an annual stipend of $2,000, to be paid quarterly.
• Life/ADD/Disability: Life Insurance $10,000 ADD $10,000 Short Term Disability up to 26 weeks of coverage 66 2/3% of pre-disability earnings Max: $500 per week.
• Holidays: New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Thanksgiving Day Good Friday Day after Thanksgiving Day Memorial Day Christmas Eve Day Independence Day Christmas Day New Year’s Eve Day 3 Floating holidays: may be used anytime during the calendar year.
• EAP Program: We recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and that an investment in your well-being is a sound investment for everyone. We understand that each of us will be faced with a personal problem in our lives. Such common difficulties may or not impact our work lives, but will certainly affect the satisfaction in our lives. Most personal concerns can be resolved, or their effects minimized, through appropriate assistance.