Building Maintenance worker

Travis County; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 32,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Travis County in Austin, TX seeks a Building Maintenance Technician to perform preventive maintenance, repairs, and installations across county buildings and facilities. The role requires competence in multiple trades, including carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, HVAC, painting, and masonry, with the ability to work on various systems.

This early-career to mid-level position emphasizes safe work practices, teamwork, and the ability to read schematics and blueprints.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED and three years of building maintenance experience.
• EPA Universal Certification preferred or obtained within one year of hire.
• Knowledge of plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, and related trade skills.

Responsibilities

• Performs preventive maintenance on equipment, components, and facilities.
• Conducts inspections and documents work requirements and materials.
• Performs electrical, plumbing, masonry, and carpentry repairs; services HVAC systems.
• Replaces broken glass; installs/replaces light fixtures and switches.
• Remodels buildings and facilities; may build cabinets and shelves.
• Prepares surfaces for painting and applies paint/sealants.
• May disassemble/assemble and move furniture and equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Carpentry

Painting

Plastering

Masonry

Plumbing

Electrical repairs

Machine servicing

Troubleshooting

Reading schematics

Blueprints

Safety practices

Teamwork

Verbal and written communication

Education

High School diploma or GED

EPA Universal Certification

Tools

Hand tools

HVAC knowledge

Job description

Job Summary

Performs a variety of moderately complex preventive maintenance tasks, repairs, and additions to County buildings, facilities and equipment. Work involves multiple skill areas, including carpentry, air conditioning/heating, painting, plastering, masonry, plumbing, electrical repairs and installations and machine servicing.

Performs a variety of moderately complex preventive maintenance tasks, repairs, and additions to County buildings, facilities and equipment. Work involves multiple skill areas, including carpentry, air conditioning/heating, painting, plastering, masonry, plumbing, electrical repairs and installations and machine servicing.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

This is the first in a series of two building maintenance-related job classifications within the General/Road Maintenance job family. This classification is distinguished by moderately complex maintenance work requiring basic proficiency in multiple skill areas. This classification may require work in secure facilities. This classification may require a flexible work schedule in order to meet the needs of the department.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of preventive maintenance routines on equipment, building components, and facilities.
• Performs periodic and routine walk through inspections of assigned facilities, identifies work requirements, submits requirements to service call and performs work assigned.
• Researches and estimates time and materials needed and records time and materials used. Requests for needed tools, equipment, supplies and materials to perform assigned tasks. Monitors expenditure of supplies and controls inventory of equipment and tools.
• Makes electrical, plumbing, masonry and carpentry repairs. Services and repairs heating and air-conditioning systems.
• Replaces broken glass. Installs/replaces light fixtures, and switches.
• Remodels building and facilities. May build cabinets and shelves.
• Prepares for painting. Paints and seals building surfaces and equipment.
• May be required to disassemble/assemble and move furniture and equipment.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:

High School diploma or G.E.D. AND three (3) years of building maintenance experience, including preventive maintenance and repairs to equipment, buildings and facilities;

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:

Valid Texas Driver's License.

Preferred:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Universal Certification or must be obtained within one (1) year of date of hire.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Policies, practices, procedures and methods of plumbing, electrical, mechanical and carpentry repair.
• Applicable safety practices and regulations.
• Equipment and tools used in maintenance and repair functions.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a variety of software packages.

Skill in:

• Carpentry, painting, plastering, masonry, plumbing, electrical repairs and installations and machine servicing.
• Troubleshooting, diagnosing and performing maintenance and repair needs.
• Reading and interpreting schematics and blueprints.
• Proper and applicable safety practices, procedures and regulations.
• Working with others, including on a team.
• Both verbal and written communication.

Ability to:

• Understand and follow instructions and communicate effectively, as required.
• Safely and correctly apply building and equipment maintenance and repair techniques, and operate tools and equipment.
• Work independently and efficiently.
• Manage time well and meet timelines.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, representatives of outside agencies, and the general public.

Work Environment & Other Information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift up to 100 pounds/carry up to 75 pounds, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to extreme temperatures, outside elements, noise, vibration, contact with dust, fumes and hazardous chemicals, foul odors, animal and human fecal matter, insects and rodents. Requires working at heights from ladders and scaffolds.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours: Up to 30 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

Location: 2515 S. Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78704

Department: Juvenile Probation

Criminal, Driving, Education, Physical Exam, Drug Test, Alcohol Test and Employment Background Checks Required.

For updates or questions on this position, contact: [e-mail]

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.