Maintenance Technician

Summary Installs, maintains, and repairs machinery, equipment, physical structures, and industry-related specific systems by performing the following duties. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment. 

Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts. 

Installs and repairs basic electrical structural elements and electronic components of machinery and equipment. 

Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment, including carpentry, painting, etc. 

Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathe, grinder, drill, and milling machine to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs and fixtures, and tools. 

Operates cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts. 

Fabricates and repairs counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures. 

Performs preventative maintenance of facilities and equipment. 

Troubleshoots equipment and generates work orders. 

Supervisory Responsibilities                                                     

This job has no supervisory responsibilities. 

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Education and/or Experience                                                    

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

Language Skills                                                 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. 

Mathematical Skills                                                      

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  

Reasoning Ability                                             

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations 

Current TXDL with a driving record acceptable to the Agency's automobile liability carrier. 

Other Skills and Abilities                                              

Bilingual skills a plus. 

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.