Building Maintenance Worker - Nashville, TN

STI • Nashville, TN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Building Maintenance Worker performs repairs on interior and exterior building components, including windows, doors, flooring, and woodwork. They execute routine tasks in plumbing (unstopping drains, replacing fixtures), electrical (replacing ballasts, switches, and receptacles), and HVAC (changing filters, belts, and motors). This role also involves maintaining 87 acres of school grounds, which may include fence repair, sidewalk installation, snow removal, and operating heavy equipment like tractors or mowers. The worker conducts regularly scheduled inspections of facility equipment and safety systems to prevent major breakdowns and efficiently processes and completes work orders using computer-based inventory and maintenance systems. They are available for on-call duties or overtime during emergencies to ensure uninterrupted school operations. The position prioritizes daily tasks and activities to meet operational requirements, operates and utilizes a variety of tools and equipment, identifies maintenance issues, inspects devices such as electrical systems, basic plumbing, and mechanical systems, and performs routine repairs on standard work equipment. They also perform minor construction projects, plumbing tasks, landscaping tasks, and basic welding. The role involves reviewing preventative maintenance plans, performing daily walk-throughs/inspections of facilities, assisting in inventory of supplies and materials, providing direction and oversight to others as needed, reporting inventory status to supervisors, reading work orders, communicating with outside vendors and customers, operating state-issued vehicles, performing repair work using diagrams, and assisting supervisors in determining needed supplies or materials. Additionally, they provide expert advice regarding payment and application processes, provide input regarding sub-processes for process improvements, assist in unloading supplies, tools, and equipment, move objects, restock maintenance supplies, set up spaces for events, and record routine reports of time expended and materials used.

Requirements

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• 2-4 years of increasingly responsible experience in general building maintenance and mechanical trades.
• Must possess and maintain a valid State Driver's License.
• Ability to pass a fingerprint and criminal history background check as required by school district regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform repairs on interior and exterior building components, including windows, doors, flooring, and woodwork.
• Execute routine tasks in plumbing (unstopping drains, replacing fixtures), electrical (replacing ballasts, switches, and receptacles), and HVAC (changing filters, belts, and motors).
• Maintain 87 acres of school grounds, which may include fence repair, sidewalk installation, snow removal, and operating heavy equipment like tractors or mowers.
• Conduct regularly scheduled inspections of facility equipment and safety systems to prevent major breakdowns.
• Efficiently process and complete work orders using computer-based inventory and maintenance systems.
• Remain available for on-call duties or overtime during emergencies to ensure uninterrupted school operations.
• Prioritize daily tasks and activities to meet operational requirements.
• Operate and utilize a variety of tools and equipment such as assorted hand and power tools, plungers, sewer rodders, drills, skill saws, and grinders.
• Identify maintenance issues in order to repair/resolve issues or report issues to someone who can repair/resolve them.
• Inspect devices such as electrical systems, basic plumbing, mechanical systems (i.e., HVAC, laundry, and food service equipment), remove and replace defective parts to determine necessary repairs.
• Perform routine repairs on standard work equipment.
• Rewire electrical outlets and breaker boxes.
• Perform routine electrical tasks such as replacing light bulbs, ballasts, low voltage transformers, power poles, receptacles, and wall switches.
• Repair windows, doors, flooring, woodwork, drywall or other parts of building structures.
• Perform basic carpentry tasks such as repairing doors, gates, broken windows, and installing bulletin boards, hanging drywall, building walls, minor roofing repair, building shelving, and caulking.
• Police grounds.
• Perform minor HVAC repair such as changing belts, filters, or motors.
• Perform minor construction projects.
• Perform plumbing tasks such as unstopping commodes, replacing fixtures, drains, and repairing leaks.
• Perform landscaping tasks such as planting flowers, mowing, sharpening mower blades, and changing mower oil and oil filters.
• Perform basic welding.
• Review preventative maintenance plans in order to perform routine preventative maintenance to ensure that equipment continues to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and/or the physical condition of building does not deteriorate.
• Perform daily walk through/inspection of facilities to ensure proper working conditions.
• Assist in performing inventory of work-related supplies and materials.
• Provide direction and oversight to others as needed.
• Report to supervisor the inventory of cleaning supplies, repair tools, or replacement parts.
• Read work orders, receive instructions from supervisors, or previous shift workers to determine work requirements.
• Communicate with outside vendors and customers to provide basic customer service and direct people to appropriate solutions and answers.
• May operate state issued pick-up truck, golf cart, watercraft, or another vehicle.
• Perform repair work using diagrams, drawings, or maintenance manuals.
• Assist supervisor in determining supplies or materials needed to perform work activities.
• Provide expert advice to members and agency SLB coordinators regarding the payment and application process.
• Provide input regarding sub-processes in determining and maintaining files for process improvements.
• Assist in unloading supplies, tools, and equipment.
• Move objects such as large furniture, file cabinets, cubicles, chairs, desks, and bookshelves.
• Restock maintenance supplies.
• Set up cubicle spaces, conference rooms, and areas for special events.
• Record routine reports of time expended, and materials used.
• Use human resource software to enter time worked and leave requests.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED