Facility Service Worker

C-TRAN • Portland, OR

6d • $24 - $34

About The Position

The Facility Service Worker performs building and grounds maintenance, including cleaning, repairs, grounds upkeep, and maintenance of shop equipment, facility parking lots, park-and-ride lots, bus stops, and signs. The work involves recurring situations of moderate complexity and follows established policies, procedures, and safety practices. The worker performs proficiently and independently under the general direction of the Facility Maintenance Manager and Lead Facility Maintenance Worker, ensuring thorough, quality work and adherence to safe practices.

Duties include cleaning transit facilities and stops, sweeping lots and streets, basic building and grounds maintenance, light carpentry and painting, furniture and equipment moves, and operating vehicles and equipment for routine work and adverse weather response. The worker may also assist with sign and shelter installation, electrical and plumbing work, shop-equipment repairs, fabrication, and vehicle cleaning and maintenance.

This is a represented, non-exempt, safety-sensitive position covered by an IAMAW union agreement. Employment is conditional on passing a physical examination, drug test, and criminal background investigation. The employee must maintain dependable attendance, comply with the agency's nonsmoking policy, and meet applicable driving and safety requirements.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the assigned field sufficient to perform the full scope of duties thoroughly and accurately with minimal supervision.
• Basic mechanical, plumbing, woodworking, and carpentry skills.
• Mechanical skills to maintain and use gas- and electric-powered shop and grounds equipment, including power mowers, edgers, sweepers, washers, skill saws, and drills.
• Ability to read, write clearly, and perform simple mathematical equations.
• Ability to operate a two-way radio.
• Ability to safely operate transit coaches and motor vehicles.
• Ability to perform continuous physical effort, including frequent bending, stooping, walking, standing, kneeling, twisting, manipulation, and lifting and carrying shop equipment and materials.
• Ability to hear warning horns when vehicles are in motion.
• Valid driver's license from the state of residence and a good driving record.
• Must obtain a commercial driver's license within a timeframe determined by the supervisor to maintain the position.
• Must be able to work any day of the week and any shift, including days, swing, and graveyard.
• Regular, dependable attendance is required.
• Must comply with C-TRAN's nonsmoking policy and work in a nonsmoking environment.
• Must pass an employment physical examination and drug test and be able to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must comply with Federal Transit Administration drug and alcohol testing regulations for this safety-sensitive position.
• Must provide documentation establishing identity and authorization to work in the United States if selected.
• Employment is conditional on completion of a criminal background investigation.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of grounds maintenance and botany is desired.

Responsibilities

• Operate transit coaches and support vehicles as authorized and needed for assigned responsibilities.
• Monitor the security of assigned equipment and facilities and report unusual conditions to a supervisor or police department as warranted.
• Clean bus shelters, transit centers, and park-and-ride facilities, including picking up trash, pressure washing, and biohazard cleanup; remove trash from bus stops.
• Sweep parking lots and streets at C-TRAN facilities.
• Perform light carpentry and basic building maintenance, such as changing light bulbs, addressing leaking plumbing fixtures, resetting switches, and clearing plugged commodes and drains.
• Perform grounds maintenance, including mowing, edging, and weeding at facilities, transit centers, bus stops, and park-and-ride lots.
• Perform basic painting and remove graffiti.
• Move furniture, equipment, and office items.
• Perform adverse-weather duties, including operating snowplows, sanding, snow-blowing and de-icing equipment; chaining buses; assisting disabled equipment; clearing snow from passenger areas; and operating water or chemical trucks, tractors, and loaders.
• Assist with installing and replacing bus-stop signs.
• Assist with bus-stop shelter installation or replacement, including concrete installation or removal.
• Assist with installation, repair, removal, or replacement of electrical devices and wiring, including communications wiring.
• Assist with servicing shop equipment, the bus washer, and the steam cleaner.
• Assist with removing, replacing, or repairing plumbing fixtures.
• Assist in fabricating items such as brackets, bench seats, storage racks, and specialty items.
• Assist in repairing damaged shop equipment using cutting and welding equipment.
• When needed, help Vehicle Service Workers clean transit coaches and support vehicles and maintain their fluid levels.
• Promote and model safety by reporting and addressing safety issues, supporting safety campaigns, maintaining a safe work area, and assisting with safety-training documentation and certification records.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed