MAINTENANCE WORKER

City of New York • New York, NY

8d • $35 - $36 • Onsite

About The Position

This position involves responding to and abating various emergency situations at NYCHA developments, such as fires, health hazards, elevator outages, power outages, and flood conditions. The role requires accessing elevator motor rooms, shops, basements, and meter rooms, obtaining parts, and fabricating or adapting parts, tools, or equipment as needed. Responsibilities include shutting down elevators to prevent injury or damage, assisting emergency services and residents, and performing repairs and installations related to elevator systems, motor rooms, and alarm bells. The job also involves installing fire extinguishers and signage, replacing elevator vision panels, and assisting ESRD teams. Candidates must possess a valid New York State Motor Vehicle Driver's License and be available to travel throughout the five boroughs, working rotating shifts including holidays and weekends. This position is open to qualified persons with a disability eligible for the 55-a Program. For NYCHA employees, this is a promotional opportunity only.

Requirements

• A Motor Vehicle Driver's License valid in the State of New York is required for this position. This license must be maintained for the duration of the assignment.
• Must be available to work and travel throughout the five boroughs.
• Required to work rotating shifts, including holidays and weekends.
• Three years of full-time satisfactory experience as a mechanic, journeyperson or helper in the electrical trades, the mechanical trades, or the construction or maintenance of buildings; or
• At least two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "1" above plus sufficient full-time training or education in the electrical, mechanical or construction trades in a trade school, technical school or vocational high school to make up the equivalent of three years of acceptable experience. Six months of experience will be credited for each year of full-time acceptable training or education.

Nice To Haves

• For NYCHA employees: employees applying for promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).

Responsibilities

• Respond to and abate various emergency situations at NYCHA developments (i.e. fires, health hazards, elevator outages, power outages and flood conditions)
• Access elevator motor rooms, elevator shops, basements, meter rooms etc.
• Obtain parts, equipment adapting / fabricating parts, tools or equipment when necessary.
• Shut down elevators, etc. to prevent injury or further property damage. (Open Hatch).
• Assist Police, Fire Department, residents or other off-site development staff; taking steps necessary to abate the emergency.
• Repair elevator motor room doors, locks and lighting within the motor room.
• Repair motor room ventilation (fans, and electrical feeds or outlets associated with same).
• Repair / install motor room lighting.
• Repair elevator pit doors and locks, elevator access doors and locks.
• Install elevator signage as needed.
• Repair outside alarm bells.
• Install fire extinguishers and tags in motor rooms.
• Replace elevator vision panels on swing type hatch doors.
• Assist ESRD teams as needed.

Benefits

• A choice of medical coverage plans
• Deferred compensation plans
• A defined pension benefit plan as a member of the New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS)

What This Job Offers

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