Maintenance Mechanic Helper - FT - Day Shift

About the position

Performs a variety of semi-skilled manual work in the maintenance and repair of County building department or institution; does related work as required.

Responsibilities

• Performs and assists with the work of a skilled trade to a limited extent, such as carpentry, plumbing, painting, masonry, plastering, mechanical and electrical work.
• Erects scaffolds, paints walls, furniture, exteriors and washes walls.
• Repairs pipe lines, toilets, plumbing fixtures, and equipment.
• Cleans boilers, lubricates equipment, adjusts motors, pumps and other mechanical equipment.
• Repairs and refinishes furniture, floors, ironwork, trucks, cabinets, desks and tables; welds parts together.
• Mixes concrete, erects scaffolds, pours cement; wheels and carts bricks and supplies; tears down walls and partitions.
• Assists with the installation and repair of electrical systems; repairs switches, replaces fuses, adjusts motors; tests equipment.
• Operates power and hand tools such as drills, saw lathes, grinders, sanders, cutter, crimpers and tools such as wrenches, hammers, saws, shovels and other miscellaneous tools.
• Maintains work area in clean and orderly condition as well as tools and equipment.
• Performs other maintenance and repair work on equipment as required in assisting with the upkeep of a building.

Requirements

• Good knowledge of the maintenance and repair of machinery, plumbing, fixtures and equipment.
• Ability to make routine repairs and adjustments to a variety of mechanical equipment.
• Ability to understand and follow routine oral and written instructions.
• Ability to get along well with others.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Manual dexterity.
• Industry and dependability.
• Good physical conditions.