Facility Maintenance Specialist

The work we do matters!

Hiring Agency:

Veterans Affairs - Agency 28

Location:

Bellevue, NE

Hiring Rate:

$21.355

Job Posting:

JR2025-00015113 Facility Maintenance Specialist (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

04-16-2025

Job Description:

Come join the dynamic team of public servants at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home as a Maintenance Specialist. Do you enjoy working with your hands? Do you enjoy work where no two days are the same? Are you passionate about service our US Veterans? If you answered yes to those questions, we've got the perfect job for you!

Hours: 12:00pm-8:30pm.

Wage: $24.355 (Breakdown: $21.355 base + $3.00 differential = $24.355)

 

The Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home in Bellevue is looking for someone who would enjoys working with dynamic building maintenance team to maintain our gorgeous long term care home.  This position performs a variety of tasks including facility maintenance, skilled construction, installation, alteration, fabrication, maintenance, and repair work. The Maintenance Specialist works individually or as a member of a work crew, exercising a substantial degree of independence in planning and organizing their own work and performs related work as assigned.

JOB DUTIES:  Skilled patching and painting work on interiors and exteriors of buildings. Performs proficient carpentry work, skilled plumbing work, and skilled electrical work. Installs, maintains, and repairs specialized electrical equipment such as refrigeration units, dishwashers, water heaters or other appliances. Maintains, oils and cleans electrical motors and generators. Does other electrical and limited mechanical work in repairing and replacing parts. Replaces, repairs, and rebuilds locks, electronic/electrical locks. Perform outside tasks including snow removal. Other duties as assigned within the scope of the classification.

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Associates degree or equivalent vocational education in construction, industrial engineering, HVAC, welding, or other building trade. Experience in building maintenance, a mechanical trade, or performing safety inspections, investigations or training may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis as determined appropriate by the agency.

 

Preferred Qualifications: HVAC, electrical, and plumbing installation and repairs. Drywall patching, priming, and painting. Basic maintenance skills in a commercial setting.

 

Other: Eligible candidates must posses a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.  Regular and reliable attendance is required. On call rotation required. .

 

 

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

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