Maintenance Worker Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and two years of responsible building maintenance experience including preventive maintenance and repairs to buildings and/or facilities.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Communicate effectively with others in both oral and written form.
• Work as a team member, independently exercising judgment and initiative.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must have a valid Texas Motor Vehicle Operator's License (Class C).
• Any employee who drives a vehicle on official business must have a driving record which meets standards set by the County and the County’s insurance carrier.
• Must pass a criminal background check.
• Knowledge of landscaping maintenance and repair.
• Knowledge of carpentry repair.
• Knowledge of plumbing and electrical repair.
• Ability to operate and maintain a variety of power and manual tools and equipment.
• Ability to work under general supervision.
• Ability to read, write and do basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other county employees and officials and patrons.
• Ability to lift heavy objects.

Nice To Haves

• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities, may be considered for current Nueces County employees only.
• May be required, within six months of employment, to take training and pass a test to receive EPA certification to purchase and handle refrigerants and equipment, and other additional certifications and training as required by department.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of preventive maintenance routines on building components and facilities, park, ball fields, and cemetery.
• Assists with preparing surfaces for painting, floor stripping, wax application, buffing.
• Assists in roofing work.
• Replaces and repairs electric and manual locks and keys and re-keys locks.
• Performs routine electrical work, installs light fixtures, ballasts, plugs, and switches.
• Performs basic carpentry repairs.
• Installs sheetrock, to include tape and float drywall.
• Installs carpeting, vinyl wall covering, windows, shelves, pictures, tile, etc.
• Installs, repairs, and maintains a variety of plumbing fixtures including sinks and toilets.
• Assists in constructing walls, doors and partitions, including framing, rough and finish carpentry to erect small structures.
• Assists with forming and pouring concrete, to include masonry work.
• Inspects County facilities, parks, ball fields, and trails for compliance with safety standards and makes any necessary repairs.
• Maintains Park, nature trail, ball fields, cemetery, grounds, landscaping and equipment which may include any combination of mowing, trimming of trees and bushes, fertilizing, planting and watering of grounds.
• Provides custodial services to county building, facilities, and park areas.
• Cleans and sanitizes meeting rooms, kitchens, and restrooms.
• Cleans and performs regular routine maintenance to county issued vehicles.
• Operates a variety of hand and power shop tools, tractors, weed eaters, portable pumps, generators and other equipment.