What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Technician I position at Butler County?
Position is restricted to 1200 hours annually
Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Buildings and Grounds Director, the Maintenance Technician I perform semi-skilled and unskilled minor maintenance work in the care and cleaning of county owned buildings and associated grounds. Work involves general cleaning of the interior with some minor exterior cleaning. Work involved general upkeep on the building interiors and exteriors, lighting, plumbing, and electrical systems as well as general cleaning and grounds maintenance.
Examples of Work (Essential Functions):
- Cleans all glass doors and accessible windows;
- Cleans, vacuum carpets and mats;
- Cleans, mops, strips, and waxes floors;
- Dusts and wet mops all non-carpeted flooring;
- Dusts counter tops, windowsills, etc;
- Empties trash containers;
- Maintains paper towels, toilet paper, soap dispensers, and other supplies found in the restrooms;
- Performs light electrical, plumbing and lighting repairs;
- Stocks and oversees janitorial supplies in various county facilities;
- Sanitizes, deodorizes, cleans restrooms, baseboards, fixtures, sinks, water fountains, furniture;
- Assists in general landscaping, mowing, painting, and light maintenance duties;
- Performs other duties as deemed necessary or as required.
Examples of Work (Marginal Functions):
None.
Certificate, License: Valid driver's license.
Required Education and/or Experience: One to three months related experience, High School Diploma or G.E.D. and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Employee is expected to have acquired the necessary information and skills to perform the job reasonably well after six months in the position.
Preferred Education and/or Experience: Three to six months related experience, High School Diploma or G.E.D. and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Abilities, Knowledge, Skills:
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals;
- Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form;
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs;
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations;
- Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of verbal and written communications, conveying and receiving detailed or important instructions to and from other workers;
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals;
- Ability to reliably and predictably carry out duties;
- Ability to speak effectively before or communicate with employees of an organization;
- Ability to use power and hand tools, floor polishing equipment;
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence;
- Knowledge in the care and handling of chemicals;
- Knowledge of general cleaning.
Problem Solving: Limited problem solving exists in the daily performance of duties.
Decision Making: Limited decision-making exists in the daily performance of duties.
Accountability: Employee is not responsible for budgetary control of the department and does not participate in the annual budget process.
Supervision: Little or no direct supervision is provided and job related decisions are occasionally reviewed by the Buildings and Grounds Director.
Personal Relationships: Continual contact with other county employees and the general public.
Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is exposed more than one third of the time to conditions such moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and outside weather conditions. The employee may also be exposed to high, precarious places, and vibration. The employee may also be exposed to risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk, use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; run; climb or balance and stoop, squat, bend, twist, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Lifting, moving, pushing or pulling up to 25 pounds does generally occur. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. Working with both hand and power tools are factors in this position.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all essential functions, marginal functions, responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified in this position.
