Maintenance Assistant (2 Positions)

About the role

Perform construction, installation, maintenance, and repair tasks across agency facilities including outdoor recreational areas, campgrounds, environmental education centers, fish hatcheries, and general infrastructure. Operate and maintain motor equipment, power tools, and hand tools; carry out buildings and grounds maintenance trades such as plumbing, carpentry, painting, sawyer work, mowing, landscaping, equipment operation, and snow removal.

Responsibilities

• Perform construction, installation, maintenance, and repair across diverse agency facilities.
• Operate and maintain motor equipment, power tools, and manual hand tools.
• Carry out buildings and grounds maintenance trades: plumbing, carpentry, painting, sawyer work, mowing, landscaping, equipment operation, snow removal.
• Read plans, specifications, manuals; follow written and oral directions.
• Work outdoors in adverse weather conditions.
• Possess and maintain a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for vehicle type; Class A CDL preferred.
• Use personal protective equipment, including respirator, as required.
• Negotiate difficult terrain and work in remote areas.
• Travel may be required; overtime, overnight travel, weekends, and holidays may be required.
• Be available for emergency response and after‑hours emergencies.
• Lift and move objects up to 50 pounds.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications (non‑competitive): two years of full‑time maintenance or mechanical work under supervision of a skilled tradesperson; OR completion of an appropriate two‑year technical school course at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services (e.g., NYS CSEA‑P Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program); OR an equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Successful completion of the NYS CSEA‑P Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program includes 288 hours of trade‑specific classroom instruction, 45 hours of technical math, 45 hours of technical communications, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading.
• When required to operate motor vehicles, possess and maintain a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for the vehicle type.
• Position is an hourly appointment funded through March 31, 2027, with likelihood of continuation beyond that date depending on program needs and funding.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license for use of a state vehicle and adherence to the Department’s Vehicle Policy.