General Mechanic

Job Title: General Mechanic

Duties and Responsibilities:
Incumbents in this position perform miscellaneous skilled work involving two or more recognized skilled building or mechanical trades. They are usually a ?one-person? maintenance force of a department or are a member of an exceedingly small maintenance force so that work is regularly performed along various mechanical lines.

Key Tasks:

• Performs necessary repairs to plumbing and steam lines, electrical repairs, wiring, fixtures and equipment, furniture, doors and windows, hardware and machines of various kinds such as lawn mowers.
• Installs racks, exhaust hoods and blowers in laboratories;
• Installs shelving, storage cabinets and new hardware;
• Servicing and repairing overhead doors (replaces Torsion springs, stretch springs, cables, pulleys, tracks, panels and related parts);
• Performing minor plastering repairs and masonry repairs including glass block replacements;
• Performing minor painting jobs and refinishes furniture;
• Performing simple repairs to furnaces, air ducts and operating maintenance machinery;
• Installing, replacing and repairing various types of locks;
• Maintaining mobile warehouse with related equipment to maintain warehouse;
• Operating electronic equipment to enter work orders, purchase orders and supplies;

Requirements:
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• Continuous and permanent status as a Maintenance Assistant, Maintenance Assistant (Water) or Laborer in the competitive class for at least one year.
• In addition, applicants must have two years of full-time experience in one of the skilled building trades including: carpentry, caulking, electrical, glazier, masonry, mechanical, painting, plastering, plumbing;

Open Competitive:

• Graduation from a vocational/technical high school in one of the skilled building trades: carpentry, caulking, electrical, glazier, masonry, mechanical, plumbing.
• One year of full-time experience in one of the skilled building trades: carpentry, caulking, electrical, glazier, masonry, mechanical, painting, plastering, plumbing;

Special Requirement:

• Applicants must possess a current New York State Driver's License that must be presented at time of appointment and maintained during length of employment.

Benefits:

• Medical and vision insurance,
• Dental insurance,
• Life insurance (basic) and (supplemental),
• New York State Retirement System,
• Deferred Compensation Plan,
• Employee Assistance Program for employee/family members,
• Flexible Spending Accounts,
• Liberal holidays & vacation,
• Growth Opportunities and Steady earnings potential

Residency:The city mandates continuous residency in the city during employment, except for positions specifically exempt under state law.