Facilities/Equipment Maintenance Technician

State of West Virginia; Barboursville (WV); On-site; USD 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

State of West Virginia is seeking a Maintenance Worker to perform preventive maintenance on heating, cooling, plumbing, lighting, roofs, windows, and floors across facilities. You will also repair in-house, maintain the equipment fleet, and keep logs and purchase orders up to date.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED and several years of building trades experience; EPA refrigerant certification may be required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent.
• EPA refrigerant certification may be required.
• Four years of maintenance or building trades experience.
• Ability to read logs and charts and complete purchase orders.

Responsibilities

• Perform preventive maintenance on HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and building systems.
• Repair and improve building systems in-house as allowed by code.
• Maintain equipment fleet and relevant logs.
• Process purchase orders for the department.

Skills

HVAC knowledge

Mechanical aptitude

Log maintenance

Safety compliance

Education

High school diploma or GED

Two year post secondary technical school

EPA refrigerant certification (if required)

Tools

EPA refrigerant cert

Job description

Nature of Work

Under general supervision, performs all general preventative maintenance to the heating, air conditioning, plumbing, lighting, roofs, windows, and floors. Performs repairs and general building improvements in house as allowed by code and standard. Currently this position is responsible for maintaining equipment fleet. Responsible for maintaining various logs, charts, and completion of purchase orders for the department. Other duties as assigned.

• In accordance with SPB 3088 effective 10/7/23, $5000 will be added to the minimum starting rate of pay for all classifications within a Critical Vacancy Pay Supplemental Facility. Critical Vacancy Pay Facilities: Huttonsville Correctional Center and Jail, Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail, Western Regional Jail and Corrections Facility, Northern Correctional Facility (including Ohio County Correctional Center), Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, Chick Buckbee Juvenile Center, Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center, Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility, and Eastern Regional Jail and Corrections Facility (including Martinsburg Correctional Center) (SPB 3088)
• Employees in this classification shall receive an annual base building pay differential each fiscal year of $250 after completing one year of service.
• If an employee is hired into a Critical Vacancy Pay Facility (CVPF) and leaves the facility, the additional pay differential of $5,000 shall be removed from their salary, unless transferring to another CVPF.

Minimum Qualifications

Training: Graduation from a standard four-year high school or GED or four year apprenticeship program or two year post secondary technical school.

Substitution: Experience in air-conditioning, heating or refrigeration may be substituted for the required training on a year-for-year basis.

Experience: Four years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in heating, cooling, ventilation or the mechanical or building trades such as plumbing, electrical, carpentry, plasterer, painter, welder, machinist, mechanic or masonry work.

Special Requirement: Specific positions may require certification from a federal EPA approved testing organization as a certified technician required by the clean Air Act on refrigerant recycling.

Other Information

Minimum Special Hiring Rate At Critical Vacancy Facility

$36,533