Maintenance Specialist

About the role

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for planning, coordinating, and directing overall activities related to the construction, renovation, maintenance and repair of state-owned or state leased buildings, facilities, grounds, and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Determines requirements for maintenance, construction, or renovation projects.
• Makes estimates of costs for labor and materials.
• Inspects work in progress and upon completion for code compliance.
• Serves as a supervisor or oversees contracted crews, workers, and other individuals hired to perform work on both new construction/renovation and the upkeep of existing state properties.
• Evaluates bids on projects.
• Prepares cost estimates on future capital improvement projects.
• Plans, supervises, and directs the movement and operation throughout the state of heavy construction equipment.
• Schedules work crews.
• Completes reports of equipment operations, installation and maintenance work performed, and materials, supplies, and equipment used.

Requirements

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of six years of experience in skilled building trade or maintenance work involving the construction, maintenance, alteration and/or repair of buildings, grounds and utilities, including three years of supervising employees, inmates, or contractors in one of the fields listed above; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of college or technical school training in the building or construction trades for each year of the required non-supervisory experience.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the applicable construction or maintenance trade to which the position is assigned; of related federal and state laws and regulations; of report writing; and of supervisory principles and practices.

Skills

Ability is required to perform administrative duties; to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; and to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Benefits

Equal Opportunity Employment
The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.