Facilities Specialist

Cherokee Federal; Lafayette (LA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Facilities Support Technician IV to perform vehicle maintenance, carpentry, and grounds upkeep. The role requires a High School Diploma and 2-3 years of relevant experience. Full-time benefits include medical, dental, and 401K.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in fleet vehicle maintenance, carpentry, and groundskeeping.
• Skills to operate and troubleshoot equipment like forklifts and landscaping machinery.

Responsibilities

• Maintain fleet vehicles and vessels, ensuring readiness for deployment.
• Perform carpentry, grounds maintenance, and routine building maintenance.

Skills

fleet vehicle maintenance

building maintenance

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

power tools

hand tools

Job description

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The Facilities Support Technician shall perform tasks related to maintaining a facility as it relates to vehicle and boat maintenance, carpentry, minor electrical and grounds maintenance duties.

Estimated Starting Salary Range for Facilities Support Technician IV: $23.29/hour, SCA HWB $4.41

Pay commensurate with experience.

Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

• Vehicle and Fleet: the Technician will assist with ensuring all fleet vehicles and vessels are maintained in such a manner that they are ready to be deployed at any time. This includes monthly service inspections, providing recommendations for fleet improvement, and proper record keeping providing a useful service log.
• Carpentry: Constructs, alters, modifies or repairs a wide range of features in buildings and other facilities including construction of storage areas, work rooms, and offices with existing buildings including framework, rafters, joist, insulation, sheet rock, paneling, doors, windows, and flooring. Build small structures and replaces deteriorated sections of existing structures.
• Grounds Maintenance and building maintenance. This involves lawn cutting using hand, power, or riding equipment. Trimming and edging around walks, flower beds, and walls. Landscaping by planting native flowers, grass, shrubs, and bushes. Appling herbicides to rid grounds of unwanted weeds and grasses.
• Performing routine building maintenance duties such as applying plaster, fixing fountains, pressure washing, and other duties.
• Performing minor repairs and maintenance procedures on equipment utilized in grounds keeping.
• Operate various power and hand tools such as portable drills, clippers, joiners, shapers, sanders, nail gun, combustion saws, routers, band and scroll saws, drill presses, tractor, forklift, etc.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned
• High School Diploma required
• Requires 2-3 years of combined technical education, training, and/or hands-on experience in fleet vehicle maintenance, carpentry, groundskeeping, and general building maintenance, including the use of power and hand tools.
• Skills required to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot equipment such as fleet vehicles, power tools (e.g., drills, saws, sanders, nail guns), landscaping machinery (e.g., lawn mowers, trimmers, pressure washers), and general maintenance tools (e.g., forklifts, tractors, and hand tools).
• Previous knowledge and proven abilities to support facilities of similar size and scope, such as large research centers with approximately 150 personnel, including laboratories and outdoor staging areas.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal
• Other
• No travel
• 100% Onsite

Company Information:

Cherokee Nation System Solutions (CNSS) provides support, services, and solutions to federal and commercial customers. The company takes a personalized approach to solving our clients' toughest challenges, helping you make the most of your skills. CNSS is part of Cherokee Federal – a team of tribally owned federal contracting companies. For more information, visit cherokee-federal.com.

Alternate job titles

• Maintenance Technician
• Building Maintenance Technician
• Grounds Maintenance Technician
• Fleet Maintenance Technician

Skills

• fleet vehicle maintenance
• building maintenance

Legal Disclaimer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Government Administration

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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