Facilities Maintenance Support II - Facilities

Updated: 7-23-2024 with new salary range effective 7-1-2024

Salary Range: $21.3172 - $25.8914/hour. Salary reflects Step 2 and Step 6 of a 7-step pay scale. Salary at hiring will be dependent upon the applicant's education, experience, and training.


Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Job Summary:

The Facilities Maintenance Support II performs a combination of routine cleaning and sanitation of assigned facilities and grounds as well as maintenance duties related to building plant systems and other facility related maintenance.   Duties include cleaning floors, walls, windows, sidewalks, restrooms, work areas, break areas and public access areas of public buildings.  Duties include removal of waste materials, collection of recyclable materials, landscaping and snow removal. Duties may include being observant of potential safety and security problems.  Additional duties include mechanical and plumbing repairs, carpentry as well as maintaining boilers and related duties.

Scope of Responsibility:

Incumbents follow a daily and weekly routine in performing duties and must be able to work without direct supervision.  Work is repetitive and is typically scheduled although must be able to work in flexible environment where breakdowns and emergencies occur.  

Performs routine cleaning and sanitation duties

• Uses vacuum cleaners, floor scrubbers, carpet cleaners, polishers, floor waxers as well as hand cleaning supplies to maintain facilities
• Safely uses cleaning chemicals, some of which may be caustic or may produce toxic gases if improperly mixed with one another
• Removes waste material to dumpsters and recycling to proper collection locations
• Removes snow from sidewalk areas and ensures that ice conditions are treated with salt or sand
• Performs landscape maintenance, which includes mowing, trimming, weeding, tree/shrub pruning, and irrigation sprinklers

 

Performs routine preventative maintenance duties

• Performs daily boiler checks, blowdowns,  controls checks, and chemical treatment operation
• Performs weekly, bi-monthly, monthly, quarterly and annual duties related to the maintenance and operation of building mechanical and electrical systems including condensate relief, fluid levels, pressures and temperatures, safety valves, filters and belts, sheaves and lubricating zerk fittings, motors and pumps as scheduled

 

Performs a regular cleaning and janitorial materials inventory and maintains MSDS books in all appropriate locations

• May order department supplies in order to maintain a working inventory. Receives janitorial supplies and stores them in designated areas

 

Observes people or conditions that may present a threat to safety and security and reports them to the proper authorities

• Observes burnt out lights and either repairs them or reports them to maintenance staff for correction
• Observes unattended packages left in the facility and calls for assistance if there is a possibility of a hazard
• Monitors HVAC, plumbing, and electrical systems as directed and provides maintenance support to facilities maintenance staff 

 

Performs additional facilities duties of a less routine nature

• Patches and paints walls in assigned areas and performs other carpentry duties as assigned 
• Electrical repairs such as switch and receptacle replacement, driver replacement 
• Office furniture assembly and assists others with moves
• Repairs faucets and valves and performs other plumbing repairs 
• Cleans and/or replaces air filters and checks belts in HVAC equipment
• Performs repair and maintenance duties on doors and door hardware 

 

May provide routine responses to the public on basic questions such as directions 

 

Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• High school diploma or GED
• Two (2) years facility maintenance and custodial experience, or equivalent
• Must be able to answer basic questions from the public in a courteous manner
• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and a Federal fingerprint based criminal background check
• Must have a valid Montana driver’s license or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of employment
• Must have a Low Pressure Boiler License or must be obtained within one hundred eighty (180) days of employment
• Must have knowledge of basic computer skills to use systems related to HVAC
• Must be able to utilize email and the Internet
• Must be able to operate and repair and variety of hand tools, power tools, and medium sized equipment such as drills, saws, hammers, chainsaw, riding lawn mowers, weed eaters, and scissor lift

Work is mainly indoors with some exposure to outside areas for various maintenance duties.  Frequent moderate physical effort involving lifting of 5 - 25 pounds is required.   Intermittent (less than 15% of the time) lifting of amounts over 60 pounds may be required.  Work requires limited attention to detail or deadlines between 45% and 70% of the time.  Work includes frequent exposure to at least one disagreeable element, such as dirt, waste material or odors.  There may be intermittent exposure (less than 15% of the time) to intensely disagreeable elements.  

 

Some requirements in this job description may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.  All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

 

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required.  To perform this job successfully, the worker must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

 

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The City retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.

Salary : $19 - $26