Maintenance Worker

Job Title: Maintenance Worker

The Queensbury Union Free School District is seeking a full-time Maintenance Worker. The ideal candidate will possess a high school diploma or GED and have a broad base of facility maintenance skills, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, communications, and/or general maintenance.

Summary:

• Performs routine and preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair work on buildings, mechanical equipment, commercial equipment, institutional equipment, and utility systems.
• Supports the district's buildings and campus assets to assure a safe, efficient, effective, comfortable environment that is supportive of district goals and objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs minor and major repairs of all buildings and equipment, including HVAC systems, building envelope, roofs, interior spaces, plumbing, lighting, flooring, doors, and door hardware.
• Performs preventive maintenance procedures on building mechanical equipment on a scheduled basis, inspects belts, checks fluid levels, replaces filters, greases bearings, seals, etc., and repairs or replaces broken parts.
• Inspects heating/cooling, and domestic water systems, and other building systems and equipment for proper operation on a regular basis.
• Calibrates and repairs pneumatic systems.
• Replaces broken windows, repairs/replaces doors, door locks, and closets, installs window blinds.
• Completes daily, weekly, and monthly safety-related repairs and replacement of building safety equipment.
• Uses computerized work order system for managing, documenting, and maintaining service/repair details, to record labor involved in daily work tasks, and to document scheduled preventative maintenance activities.
• Operates various brands and vintages of BMS systems, system components, and computer(s).
• Installs electrical wiring and equipment; new electrical services, wiring for in-house renovation and remodeling projects; replaces and repairs wiring as needed.
• Troubleshoots and repairs electrical equipment and control circuits; replaces faulty electrical switches.
• Installs, maintains, and repairs electrical locks, and security devices, system components, and security control panels to maintain building security.
• Installs and services CCTV Cameras, PA system, Bell/clock. Provides phone systems support to include cabling, device installation, minor programming, system troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs computer cables, AV, Audio, and other similar institutional types of equipment.
• Installs, maintains, troubleshoots, repairs, and services institutional/athletic equipment of many types.
• Responds to emergency maintenance requests as required.
• Assists with renovation/remodeling of buildings; repairs plaster and drywall; paints building structures.
• Maintains records & process receipts as required by B&G and Business Office policies and procedures.
• Performs outside duties such as snow removal, and other grounds/site maintenance as required.
• Obtains estimates for supplies, repair parts; may order/pickup parts as needed.
• Maintains a current CDL license (District will assist with training for CDL), and operates mobile campus vehicles and other equipment as required.
• Uses computers and various software programs as required.
• May play a role in the District's emergency response plans dependent upon the situation or situations that develop.
• Needs a working ability to utilize schematics, drawings, and specification documents.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Good knowledge of building and general maintenance and repair practices.
• Knowledge of the practices and techniques of one or more of the standard trades.
• Mechanical aptitude.
• Industry experience.
• Good physical condition.
• Dependability.
• Manual dexterity.

Acceptable Training:

• Two years of experience in either general building maintenance, heavy construction, or building trade work or in one or more of the standard trades, such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, etc.; or any equivalent combination of training and experience.