General Maintenance Worker

Northern Essex Community College; Haverhill (MA); On-site; USD 44,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Essex Community College seeks a full-time General Maintenance Worker for the Lawrence and Haverhill campuses. Responsible for general maintenance tasks, the role includes lawn care, snow removal, and assisting tradespeople. The position offers competitive pay with a comprehensive benefits package, supporting a diverse population.

Benefits

Competitive health insurance

Free dental insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Paid sick leave

Educational benefits for employee/spouse/dependents

Qualifications

• One year of experience in maintenance or groundskeeping work.
• Ability to understand and apply laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of maintenance and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance and repair tasks for buildings and grounds.
• Assist skilled tradespeople using hand and electrical tools.
• General repairs and upkeep of campus areas.

Skills

Groundskeeping

Maintenance

Repair

Cleaning

Manual labor

Tools

Hand tools

Job description

Northern Essex Community CollegeJob Posting: General Maintenance Worker

POSITION: Full-Time General Maintenance Worker (Maintainer II): Building and Grounds; Lawrence and Haverhill campus; 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm; AFSCME Unit II Position

SUMMARY: The basic purpose of position is to perform various manual tasks required for the routine maintenance of the buildings and grounds of an educational campus.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Performs routine manual tasks involved in the maintenance, repair or beautification of campus grounds or roads, such as cutting grass, weeds or brush; cleaning culverts, gutters, catch-basins, drains or ditches; loading and unloading vehicles; moving and setting up furniture; spreading sand, gravel, loam or asphalt; digging ditches or post-holes; setting or pulling posts; repairing guardrails or fences; patching concrete or asphalt surfaces; maintaining, erecting or repairing signs; cleaning or marking roadways for parking lots; erecting or dismantling snow fences; painting fences, posts, guardrails or building exteriors.
• Performs routine laboring tasks to assist skilled tradespeople engaged in maintenance, repair or construction work using hand and electrical tools appropriate to craft, such as assisting with the dismantling, fabrication, alteration and construction of building structures and building systems.
• Sweeps sidewalks, rakes and collects leaves, collects and hauls debris or rubbish, shovels snow, sands roadways or walkways; performs other manual tasks involved with snow removal, control and disposal.
• Makes general repairs of a simple nature, including minor repairs to groundskeeping equipment.
• Operates wheel tractors, electric trimmers, buffers or other similar mechanical or power-driven equipment; drives a truck.
• Applicants must have at least (A) one year of full-time, or equivalent part-time, experience in building custodial or institution housekeeping work; or in landscaping, groundskeeping, park maintenance or tree maintenance work.
• Ability to understand and apply the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Knowledge of the methods followed in building custodial, maintenance, groundskeeping and storekeeping work.
• Knowledge of safety practices and procedures followed in building maintenance, custodial, groundskeeping and storekeeping work.
• Skill in the use of small hand tools used in building maintenance, such as pliers, hammers, wrenches, etc.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working with and supporting a culturally diverse population.

EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience has prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

BACKGROUND CHECK: Candidates will be required to pass a CORI and SORI check as a condition of employment.

Additional Information:

SALARY: $1,694.11 - $2,276.04 biweekly ($44,046.86 - $59,177.04 annually). Pay grade 11. Complete fringe benefit package including competitive health insurance, free dental insurance, basic life insurance, long-term disability insurance, paid sick, vacation and personal leave, educational benefits for employee/spouse/dependents, and excellent retirement benefits.

ANTICIPATED START DATE: ASAP

Application Instructions:

TO APPLY: To be considered for this position click on the "Apply Now" button, you will be prompted to set up a new account or login to an existing account. You will be able to upload the following required documents for consideration:

• Cover Letter, describing your qualifications and/or how you may be best suited for the role
• Resume/CV

Review of applications will begin 5 business days from the posting date and will continue until the position is filled.

**Please note that finalist candidates will be asked to provide contact information for three (3) professional references, including current supervisor (or at least two previous supervisors)

Northern Essex Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statues and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action Officer/Title IX Coordinator, Elizabete Trelegan (Assistant Director of Human Resources, B-219,978-556-3928/ [e-mail]), the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. Northern Essex Community College will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Prospective employees are encouraged to review the College's Annual Security Report (ASR), in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, which can be found on the disclosure page of the College's website at: http://www.necc.mass.edu/clery