Trades Maintenance Helper - Fleet Services

OPEN UNTIL FILLED

About the role

The Trades Maintenance Helper performs helper or apprentice levels of work maintaining and repairing facilities, grounds, equipment, or their parts in direct support of a process, system, facility, or grounds. The work seldom requires special training or certification (other than vehicle operator). The work requires manual labor and the use of hand and powered tools, equipment, or vehicles and frequently involves repetitive individual tasks in a variety of work settings.

Responsibilities

• Assists Trades Maintenance classified employees and others in performance of their duties.
• Performs operator-level inspections, servicing, and maintenance of assigned tools, equipment, and vehicles.
• Performs non-skilled replacement, repair, or adjustment of facility or system components.
• Prepares and cleans areas or equipment undergoing repair, painting, maintenance, construction, or other related activity.
• Maintains security and accountability for all tools, equipment, and materials required in performance of duties, particularly in a medical, detention, or correctional setting.
• Maintains and uses safety and personal protective equipment.
• Performs housekeeping services to maintain safe, clean, and orderly conditions in the workplace.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) certification.
• Six months of experience performing helper-level duties in automotive, fleet maintenance, mechanical, equipment maintenance, or a related skill, craft, vocation, trade, or operational area. (Relevant training or education may be substituted for the aforementioned experience.)
• Valid driver license is required at time of application. Valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment.
• Successful completion of a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine suitability to operate county vehicles.
• Post-offer, pre-employment background screening, including verification of work history, education, and criminal conviction history.
• Post-job offer physical and/or drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum six months recent experience (within the last year) working in an automotive, truck, or heavy equipment environment; assisting certified personnel in the repair and/or maintenance of motorized equipment.
• Experience with/knowledge of government fleet maintenance or repair.
• Experience with/knowledge of working with automotive tools and/or equipment.
• Experience using various software applications such as a fleet management system, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and Word).

Skills

• Ability to lift and carry up to seventy-five pounds; safely operate assigned vehicles and other powered equipment.
• Ability to work in extremes of heat, humidity, dust, cold; safely wear required safety clothing and equipment.
• Ability to work with or in the presence of obnoxious odors; work with noxious or potentially hazardous chemicals, compounds, or products.
• Ability to ascend and descend ladders and stairs to reach and work upon elevated or below-grade work platforms and job sites; differentiate between colors.
• Frequently required to lift, push, or pull objects weighing up to 100 pounds.
• Physical activities include bending, climbing, crawling, kneeling, reaching, squatting, and stooping.
• Motion requirements include simple and firm grasping and fine movement.
• Hearing activity required in noisy areas, behind themselves, and for equipment alarms.
• Speaking activity required in person.
• Vision requirements include operating a motor vehicle, machinery, forklift/power industrial equipment, distinguishing colors, depth perception, and peripheral vision.

Pay

Hiring Range: $17.04 - $20.03 per hour
Pay Range: $17.04 - $23.02 per hour

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.