Maintenance Worker

Alachua County; Florida; On-site; USD 17,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Alachua County is seeking a facilities assistant to maintain county buildings, grounds, and equipment. The role includes cleaning, moving furniture, and performing simple repairs following manufacturer instructions.

The position requires basic training or equivalent experience, a valid Florida driver license, and the ability to pass pre-employment checks. Emergency essential classification applies during disasters.

Qualifications

• Completion of the eighth grade or equivalent training/experience.
• Valid Florida Driver License with clean MVR per policy.
• Ability to pass pre-employment drug screen, physical, and background checks.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual work maintaining county buildings, facilities, grounds and equipment.
• Clean, move furniture, make simple repairs and maintain grounds and shrubbery.
• Assist Building Mechanics and perform janitorial tasks with daily inspections and reports.
• Drive county or personal vehicle to duty locations as required.

Skills

Janitorial knowledge

Carpentry basics

Lawn care

Follow instructions

Safety awareness

Job description

Completion of the eighth grade and the ability to follow oral and written instructions; or any equivalent combination of related training and experience.

A Valid Florida Driver License is required and a Motor Vehicle Record that meets the requirements of Alachua County policy #6-7; Motor Vehicle Records will be reviewed prior to employment. If, in the past 24-month period, the applicants Motor Vehicle Record has more than three (3) moving traffic infractions or three (3) or more at fault motor vehicle accidents (or combination of both and /or a conviction/pending charge for driving under the influence) or is in violation of any standard mandated by Federal or State Law or Regulation, the minimum qualifications are not met for the position.

Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen & physical examination and successful completion of all applicable background checks pre-hire and ongoing are required.

This is manual and semi-skilled work maintaining County buildings, facilities, grounds, and equipment in the Facilities Management Department.

An employee assigned to this classification performs manual work involving a variety of tasks including cleaning, moving furniture and equipment, making simple repairs on buildings and equipment, and the general maintenance of grounds and shrubbery.

Work is performed under the direction of a higher-level supervisor and is reviewed through conferences, reports, and observation of results obtained.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

This is an emergency essential classification. Upon declaration of a disaster and/or emergency, all employees in this classification are required to work.

Exudes a positive customer service focus.

Advocates building organizational culture through aligning decisions with the County's core values.

Makes simple repairs to buildings and equipment.

Performs simple preventative maintenance on buildings and equipment.

Replaces light bulbs.

Installs office equipment; moves and assembles office furniture and equipment to manufacturer's instructions.

Moves office furniture and equipment from place to place as directed.

Mows and rakes lawns, trims hedges, prunes shrubbery, gathers debris; maintains clean grounds area.

Assists Building Mechanics in advanced skilled tasks.

Monitors and performs janitorial services, including occasional floor care; utilizes checklist and daily inspections to review work performed.

Prepares routine reports as required.

Performs routine courier tasks. Drives a County and/or personal vehicle to perform required duties.

Performs the duties listed, as well as those assigned, with professionalism and a sense of urgency.

NOTE: These examples are intended only as illustrations of the various kinds of work performed in positions allocated to this class. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of the materials, methods and equipment typically used in janitorial work.

Knowledge of the materials, methods and equipment typically used in carpentry and painting.

Skill in caring for and maintaining lawns, shrubs, and grounds often under adverse conditions.

Ability to understand and follow simple oral and written instructions.

Ability to make minor repairs and adjustments to cleaning equipment.

Ability to recognize obvious safety hazards.

Ability to communicate in writing through simple logs and reports.

Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with co-workers and the public.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; talk or hear; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet, humid conditions (non-weather); and outdoor weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather); risk of electrical shock; work with explosives; and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment usually ranges from moderate to loud.