Skilled Maintainer (37.5 Hour)

State of Connecticut•Meriden, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The State of Connecticut, Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) is recruiting for one full-time Skilled Maintainer position at H.C. Wilcox Technical High School in Meriden, CT. This role involves cleaning grounds, servicing areas, and sidewalks (including snow and ice removal), operating and maintaining grounds equipment, performing weed, disease, and pest control, and other grounds tasks. It also includes specialized landscaping such as flower garden landscaping, athletic field preparation and maintenance, and other non-routine landscaping functions. The position offers professional growth, development opportunities, and a healthy work/life balance.

Requirements

At least two (2) years of experience in landscape maintenance or vegetable gardening OR graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of subject requirements in a maintenance trade area
Two (2) years of experience in one of the following areas: One of the skilled trades; Landscape maintenance or vegetable gardening; Operation of motor trucks or large buses.
Considerable knowledge of methods, tools, equipment, materials and procedures of specific trade or work area concerned
Knowledge of maintenance problems and their proper handling
Skills manual and machine operations of trade or work area skills
Interpersonal skills
Oral and written communication skills
Ability to follow written and oral instructions
Utilize computer software

Nice To Haves

Maintenance experience in a school or large building
Experience performing ground care/landscape maintenance on school grounds or large facilities
Experience with specialized landscaping tasks such as flower garden landscaping, athletic field preparation and maintenance, and other non-routine landscaping functions
Experience with cleaning of school grounds/large facility service areas and sidewalks, including snow and ice removal
Experience with weed and pest management

Responsibilities

Clean the grounds, service areas and sidewalks (including snow and ice removal)
Operate and maintain grounds equipment
Weed, disease and pest control
Perform other grounds tasks listed in the specification for lower level maintainers
Perform specialized landscaping tasks such as flower garden landscaping, athletic field preparation and maintenance, and other non-routine landscaping functions
Perform related duties as required
Directs a crew of subordinate maintainers in such areas as planting and maintenance of lawns, shrubs, trees and flower beds (including planning and scheduling)
Maintenance and installation of fencing
Planting, cultivating, harvesting and storage of vegetables (including a vegetable growing program)
Operates and makes minor and emergency repairs on complex equipment such as front end loaders, very large tractors and the like
Construction, maintenance and repair as a painter, plasterer, carpenter, electrician, mason, plumber and/or steamfitter, tinsmith or comparable trades person
May perform custodial functions as required
Keeps records and prepares reports (related to the duties and not a full time office recordkeeping position)