Trades Maintenance Lead Specialist (Tucson)

Pascua Yaqui TribeTucson, AZ
Onsite

About The Position

The Trades Maintenance Lead Specialist will lead and participate in advanced levels of maintenance, repair, diagnosis, troubleshooting, construction, and preventative maintenance of PYT owned housing facilities. This role is accountable for activities and ensuring services or products comply with written procedures, engineering drawings, specifications, contracts, industry standards, and statutory codes and requirements.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Completion of an industry-recognized apprenticeship program
  • Two (2) years' experience at journey-level work
  • Experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job
  • Operation and maintenance of tools, equipment, and materials encountered in area of assignment
  • Operation and maintenance of testing and monitoring equipment common to skill, trade, or specialization
  • Effective supervision, training, and communications techniques
  • Knowledge of hazards, safety procedures, or equipment required in the area of specialization or assigned work-areas
  • Knowledge of codes, standards, rules, and regulations applicable to the craft, trade, specialty, or area of work assignment
  • Basic contracting processes, including quality assurance or inspection of supplies or services for compliance with contracts
  • Ability to perform journey-level tasks of the skill, trade, craft, or area of specialization
  • Ability to prepare working sketches, drawings, and estimation of resources required for assigned projects
  • Ability to interpret and apply required codes, standards, rules, and regulations to work situations
  • Ability to interpret complex blueprints, schematics, and diagrams
  • Ability to maintain written documentation of activities
  • Ability to conduct and coordinate specialized and on-the-job training for assigned staff in the skill, craft, trade, or area of specialization
  • Ability to act as a Lead; leads the works of other personnel
  • Ability to relate to homeowners and tenants in a friendly, courteous, and considerate manner
  • Ability to make basic mathematical calculations at level required for assigned duties
  • Ability to work outside in varying weather conditions
  • Ability to follow oral and written instructions
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other agencies, and the public
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to operate a variety of office equipment, including a computer and related software applications
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with co-workers, supervisor, management, Council members, and the public
  • Sufficient ability to exchange or convey information and receive verbal and written work instructions
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Arizona Driver's License
  • Must have a current Level 1 Arizona Clearance Card or be able to obtain one within ninety (90) days of hire.

Nice To Haves

  • Certified Trades Training preferred
  • Yaqui culture, customs, resources, and traditions and/or a willingness to learn

Responsibilities

  • Lead others in highly skilled fabrication or modifications of existing or proposed equipment, housing facilities, and systems according to verbal directions, sketches, plans, engineering drawings or technical references.
  • Perform skilled analysis and critical repairs of PYT owned housing facilities, equipment, and systems in accordance with HUD standards.
  • Inspect, service, and maintain assigned tools, equipment, and vehicles.
  • Perform quality control analysis on equipment or supported systems for proper functioning and perform remedial actions necessary to assure optimum operations.
  • Maintain comprehensive records of work performed, modifications to equipment or systems, and related operations logs, and prepares periodic and special reports for management on equipment, systems, and/or facilities supported/maintained.
  • Prepare working sketches, drawings, and estimates of resources required for assigned projects.
  • Interpret and apply required codes or standards to work situations.
  • Interpret complex blueprints, schematics, and diagrams to facilitate work.
  • Operate specialized equipment in direct support of other activities.
  • Act as work center supervisor in the absence of the Trades Maintenance Supervisor.
  • Inspect and approve work of work-unit staff.
  • Participate in development of requests for proposals and contracts for equipment, supplies, and services.
  • Monitor contract or vendor-supplied equipment, supplies, and services for compliance with contract provisions.
  • Coordinate own work-unit activities or with other work-units, agencies, contractors to assure optimal use of available resources and to minimize disruptions of service or support.
  • Conduct on-the-job training for employees in assigned work-unit.
  • Maintain security and accountability for all tools, equipment, and materials.
  • Perform other duties of a similar nature or level as requested by supervisor or director.
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