Building Maintenance Worker

Posting number: 003603-26-CCS

Department: Convention & Cultural Services

Division: Operations

Job classification: Building Maintenance Worker

Posting type: Open

Categories: Building & Safety, Building Maintenance, Miscellaneous, Performing Arts, Maintenance, Museum, Convention

Summary

The Building Maintenance Worker performs a wide range of maintenance and repair duties to ensure City facilities, buildings, and equipment remain safe, functional, and in good condition. This role performs assignments approaching the journey level across multiple trades—including carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, and welding—while operating a variety of tools and shop equipment. The position also assists skilled trades staff, performs installations and minor construction, and helps maintain records related to maintenance work and inventory.

IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT

The ideal candidate will be reliable, detail-oriented, and capable of working both independently and as part of a team. They will possess strong hands-on experience in building maintenance and demonstrate technical proficiency across a variety of trades such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, and basic welding. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating mechanical tools and shop equipment, able to troubleshoot facility and equipment issues, and committed to producing high-quality workmanship while continuously developing their skills.

To perform work approaching the journey level in a variety of trades in the maintenance and repair of City facilities, equipment, and buildings.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

The Building Maintenance Worker is independently responsible for the completion of assignments approaching the journey level in a variety of trades. This class differs from other trade classes such as Carpenter, Electrician, and Painter, in that the latter perform journey level work in specialized disciplines. This class differs from Senior Building Maintenance Worker in that the Senior level provides lead guidance to several subordinate maintenance employees in addition to personally performing the work.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

General supervision is provided by higher level personnel.

Examples of duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain and repair City facilities, equipment, and buildings by performing carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, and welding duties approaching the journey level.
   
• Assist crafts workers in remodeling, repairing, and constructing such items as partitions, room additions, counters, tables, book cases, floors, roofs, and mechanical equipment.
   
• Install, maintain, and repair carpeting, floor tile, linoleum, wood floors, ceramic tile, and other surfaces.
   
• Operate mechanical saws, buffers, lathes, drills, paint sprayers, drill presses, arc and acetylene welding units, and other shop machinery and tools.
   
• Fabricate, using metal and wood materials, in order to build and repair brackets, braces, and fasteners.
   
• Keep records on inventory and service and maintenance work performed.
   
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Knowledge of:

• Methods and procedures used in carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, welding, and other trades work.
   
• Hand and power tools used in carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, and welding work.
   
• Building materials and supplies used in the various trades including:

Carpentry: Grades and types of lumber, proper uses and sizing of wood, screws, nails, glues, and other fasteners and tools used and safety precautions.

Electrical: Tools, minor testing equipment, sizes and types of wires, fuses, and safety precautions.

Painting: Types of paints, stains, lacquers, and varnishes; methods of preparing surfaces; and uses and safety precautions concerning painting.

Plumbing: Sizes, types, and composition of common pipes used in plumbing; and uses and safety precaution concerning plumbing tools.

Mechanical: Ducting, registers, fasteners, and filters.

Welding: Types, sizes, and uses of welding rods and materials used in arc and gas welding.

Ability to:

• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
   
• Carry out work assignments independently or with a minimum of supervision.
   
• Perform a variety of craft related work in mechanical and building maintenance and repair.
   
• Use a variety of hand and power tools competently and safely.
   
• Read, write, and speak the English lang