Maintenance Repair Worker 2 (20087553)

About the role

Ohio State Highway Patrol is an internationally accredited agency whose mission is to protect life and property, promote traffic safety and provide professional public safety services with respect, compassion, and unbiased professionalism.

Work location: 5225 West 140th Street, Brook Park, Ohio 44142, United States. Contact: Kate Veeley, keveeley@dps.ohio.gov.

Position number: 20087553 | Requisition ID: req986 | Classified | Union: OCSEA | Primary job skill: Facilities Maintenance & Inspection.

Responsibilities

• Performs maintenance, replacement, installation, and repair of electrical and plumbing equipment.
• Performs carpentry work involving maintenance, alteration, and/or repair of buildings, equipment, and wood structures.
• Performs basic painting.
• Operates state vehicle to transport various equipment, tools, parts, materials, and supplies to various locations throughout the state or to transport vehicle to dealership for service or repair.
• Performs minor custodial duties.
• Performs general exterior grounds keeping duties.
• Performs minor maintenance on Division vehicles.

Requirements

• Formal education in arithmetic that includes addition and subtraction and in reading, writing, and speaking common English vocabulary.
• Six months of training or six months of experience in maintenance repair work (e.g., basic electricity, plumbing, carpentry, masonry repair, and use of associated hand and power tools and equipment).
• Valid commercial driver's license required if motor equipment is of type and size regulated by sections 4506.01 and 4506.12 of Ohio Revised Code.
• Valid driver license required to operate state vehicle.
• Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment may be substituted for the experience required, but not for the mandated licensure.
• BCI and FBI fingerprint check, background check, and polygraph examination may be required.
• Comparative analysis and/or drug test may be required; position subject to Federal ATF regulations prohibiting possession of firearms/ammunition by anyone using marijuana in any form (including recreational, Ohio adult-use cannabis, or medical marijuana) — a positive drug test for marijuana will result in denial of employment.

Skills

• Facilities Maintenance & Inspection

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave
• Education and development opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public retirement systems (OPERS, STRS, SERS, HPRS) and optional deferred compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)
• Multiple pay increases over the first years of service
• Free parking

Pay

$21.48 per hour

Schedule

Permanent, full-time; work hours 6:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Unusual working conditions: may work evening shift; may be exposed to high and low temperatures and weather. This position is essential — duties are critical to continued operations during a public safety emergency (OAC 123:1-46-01 & DAS Directive HR-D-11) and the incumbent must report for duty during any public safety emergency.