BUILDING/GROUNDS MAINTENANCE WORKER

Essential Functions

Under direct supervision, regularly performs a variety of semi-skilled labor or building/mechanical work below the journeyman level, may directly assist skill craftsmen; operates heavy equipment in the maintenance of facilities and ground for the Illinois Air National Guard at Scott AFB, Illinois.

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1. Performs routine ground maintenance of facility.

• Tree trimming and/or tree removal, trimming hedges, raking leaves, trimming weeds and general landscaping care.
• Sweeps and cleans walks and parking lots, repairs fence, picks up and hauls away litter and debris.
• Removes snow from walks and parking lots with shovel, snow blower and/or snowplow, and generally keeps the outside premises neat and orderly.
• Replaces old or lays new tile, mises mortar, patches and replaces dry wall and ceiling tiles.
• Operates jackhammer, assembles scaffolding and re-roofs building, constructs forms for concrete and other construction projects.
• Performs preventative maintenance and repairs lawn mowers, tractors, weed eaters, sprayers and other power equipment.
• Adjusts blades and cleans and oils mowers.
• Operates heavy equipment such as dump trucks, snow blowers, snowplows, forklifts, and sweepers to maintain base roads and aircraft taxiways/runways and aircraft aprons.

Loads/unloads bricks, blocks stone and bags of cement, digs ditches and trenches with pick and shovel, grades and slopes, pours concrete, asphalt and hot mix, fills and levels holes in damaged roads.

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2. Performs routine interior maintenance of facility.

• Repairs faulty parts in restrooms and other small plumbing tasks.
• Repairs, paints, and refinishes furniture fixtures, and performs other small painting tasks.
• Replaces light bulbs, as needed, and performs other small electrical tasks, i.e., repairs ballasts, switches, receptacles, appliance cords, and motor fans.

Repairs and replaces broken window screens, doors, roofs, gutters, and other small carpenter tasks.

3. Maintains interior cleanliness of facility.

• Scrubs, mops, waxes, and polishes floors.
• Dusts and polishes furniture.
• Vacuums and spot clean carpeting.
• Collects trash and hauls from building to trash receptacle.
• Washes windows and woodwork.

Cleans restrooms including toilets and fixtures and fills towel, soap, and tissue dispensers.

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4. Loads and unloads trucks, sets up and unloads trucks, sets up and takes down tables, chairs, etc. and moves office equipment.

5. Performs semi-skilled labor in maintenance of boilers, repairs leaks in water and gas lines, removes old parts and installs new mechanical washers and gaskets in circulating pumps.

• Fits and seals valve couplings and other fittings.
• Monitors boiler, checking for leaks, checking operating water level, boiler blow down and maintains adequate levels of boiler chemical in makeup water.

6. Performs building security duties such as checking for fires and prowlers; checks windows and doors.

7. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Conditions of Employment

• Ability to pass a DoD background investigation and obtain a DoD Common Access Card (CAC) prior to hire or transfer.
• Must possess a appropriate valid driver’s license pertaining to equipment operated
• Be able to lift and carry 80 pounds
• Must be able to be on feet and/or stooping for long periods of time
• Must be able to be on hands and knees for extended periods of time for cleaning of floors and landscape duties
• Must be able to withstand extreme temperature changes for outdoor work
• Requires exposure to variety of chemical cleaning agents