Facilities Maintenance Technician (Entry Level)

Guilford County; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Guilford County's Building Services Department invites applications for a general maintenance assistant. The role involves semi-skilled mechanical maintenance and repair of county buildings and equipment, with opportunities to assist journeyman plumbers, electricians, and HVAC mechanics.

Responsibilities include installing lighting, handling plumbing and drainage tasks, plumbing fixtures, HVAC support, and boiler maintenance.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of practices, methods and tools in mechanical maintenance trades.
• Safety precautions relevant to mechanical maintenance trades.
• Ability to read simple sketches, penciled layouts and rough plans for building maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Installs ballasts and light tubes in fluorescent lighting fixtures; replaces receptacles, switches, and bulbs in county buildings.
• Assists in repair of drains and plumbing lines and in installation/repair of toilets, wash basins, and water coolers.
• Assists in running conduit and pulling wire; hangs light fixtures.
• Changes filters in air-conditioning units and assists in repair of air-conditioning equipment.
• Assists in repair of furnaces and heating systems; checks and adds chemicals to boilers as tests indicate.

Skills

Mechanical trades

Safety procedures

Reading sketches/ layouts

Hand tools / shop equipment

Education

High school or GED

Job description

Guilford County's Building Services Department invites applications for a general maintenance assistant. The role involves semi-skilled mechanical maintenance and repair of county buildings and equipment, with opportunities to assist journeyman plumbers, electricians, and HVAC mechanics.

Responsibilities include installing lighting, handling plumbing and drainage tasks, plumbing fixtures, HVAC support, and boiler maintenance.