Classification: Facilities Maintenance Technician
Job Req: R2244
Department: Facilities Services
Hours/Week: 40
Union: AFSCME 87
Pay Range: $26.12 - $33.12 per hour (AFSCME Pay Plan, B24 Step 1-13)
Hiring Range: $26.12 - $27.71 per hour (AFSCME Pay Plan, B24 Step 1-4 DOQ)
Overview:
There is one Facilities Maintenance Technician opening with the Yakima County Facilities Services
Department. This position is responsible for performing skilled work to maintain, repair, and operate
public buildings and secured correction/detention facilities and equipment. Activities involve
application of facility engineering principles and trade standards regarding materials, processes,
priorities, equipment, and methods of accomplishing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, construction,
lock repair, and other maintenance work.
Benefits included in position:
Health Care Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life and Basic LTD)
Retirement Benefits
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid Sick Leave
Note: This is an AFSCME 87 Bargaining Unit Position
This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies that occur within 90 days of the closing of this position. (This excludes Yakima County Sheriff's Office and Department of Corrections)
Responsibilities:
Essential Duties:
Performs various tasks in the areas of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and general building maintenance including major overhauls as needed. Reads and interprets various blueprints, sketches, and drawings. Applies skilled knowledge to implement maintenance project plans and troubleshoots problems in areas of expertise. Area of expertise assigned to this position is painting.
Performs corrective repairs on boilers, heat pumps, motors, HVAC systems, thermostats, and low voltage equipment, and fire or security alarm systems including security door controls.
Performs quarterly service or other inspections and cleans, adjusts, replaces items as needed. Performs routine and preventative maintenance on mechanical equipment such as lubrication, filter changes and belt adjustments. Performs repair and preventative maintenance on basic industrial laundry and kitchen equipment.
Repairs or replaces doors, locks, window glass, interior walls, shelving, bookcases and other building parts.
Performs electrical work such as installing, modifying, maintaining and repairing fixtures, switches, controls, fuse boxes, circuits; repairs or replaces motors and motor controls.
Performs skilled routine maintenance in and on facilities; plumbing repairs on water and sewer pipelines, drains, toilets, faucets, sinks, basins etc.
Maintains records and completes work orders.
Participates in and provides information and on the job training to other staff members in area of expertise. Serves as a project leader requiring lay out of work, fabrication of controls, fixtures or parts, setting up of equipment, and major overhauls/construction/repair.
Performs other duties as assigned, including maintenance utility work and delivery.
Education & Experience:
Associate degree or two-year technical certificate in Construction, Carpentry, Heating, Ventilation & Refrigeration, Plumbing, or similar journal level trade AND three (3) years of experience in building maintenance including two (2) years of journey level work in one or more of the mechanical, electrical, plumbing or electronics trades; OR any equivalent combination of education and experience which provides knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Required:
- valid Washington State Driver’s License and proof of insurance, if requested;
- successful completion of a comprehensive criminal background check and general employment verification; and,
- Defensive Driver certification within 2 weeks of employment.
Equipment Used: computer, automobile, all building and carpentry maintenance shop hand and power tools, acetylene and welding equipment, multi-meter, amp. prob., toners, bolometer, monometers, magnahelic, pitot tubes, pneumatic test equipment; voltmeter, thermometers, pressure gauges, electric wire feed, welder, power snake for drains, pumps, circuit finders, electric generator, control panels, and other common equipment to building maintenance, and a passenger vehicle.
Working Conditions: This position is rated as Heavy Work: Exerting up to or in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Work is performed out in the field.
Environment: excessive noise, exposure to weather, extreme temperatures, moving/mechanical parts, pathogen exposure, vibration, multiple work locations, work in locked in facility(s), field work, may be required to work outside of standard business hours, may be subject to hostile individuals, and on call work required.
Physical Demands: bending, carrying, handling, lifting, pulling, pushing, reaching, sitting, standing, walking, balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, kneeling, reclining, hearing, talking, and visual acuity.
Intellectual Demands: ability to multitask, confidentiality, ability to work under pressure, ability to articulate and communicate information in conversations, ability to follow written instruction, and ability to follow verbal instruction.
Knowledge:
- standards, materials, methods, tools and equipment used in building and mechanical maintenance and repair work and in the maintenance of plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and electrical systems;
- basic understanding of the codes and regulations applicable to facilities maintenance;
- precautions associated with occupational hazards in the various trades and safety standards;
- concepts of energy management, electrical and other building systems;
- equipment testing methods;
- institutional building equipment control devices;
- basic mathematics sufficient to calculate layouts, take-offs, costs, and other information; and,
- customer service techniques.
Skills (and abilities):
- use of computer and applicable software and basic office equipment;
- reading and understanding plans, schematics, and diagrams sufficient to serve as a project lead;
- performing skilled work on HVAC, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other maintenance equipment systems;
- performing routine plumbing, carpentry, and construction repairs;
- conducting walk through inspections and testing equipment;
- detecting and repairing a variety of building defects and equipment failures including troubleshooting common and unusual building maintenance problems;
- demonstrating safety precautions and executing oral and written instructions;
- applying principles of care and safety in the use of shop equipment, power tools, hand tools, and other equipment;
- establishing and maintaining effective interpersonal relationships; and,
- communication, oral and written, sufficient to exchange or convey information and to give and receive work direction.
“AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER”
Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and the Disabled are encouraged to apply.
Yakima County ensures equal employment opportunities regardless of a person’s age, color, creed, sensory, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political belief, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and military status, or any other protected status under federal or state statute.
PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish the information.
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