Maintenance Worker - Utility Services

COUNTY OF LEHIGH PENNSYLVANIA; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lccpa in Allentown, PA is seeking a Maintenance Worker to service equipment, repair facilities and systems, and assist higher‑level trades personnel as part of a developmental assignment.

Responsibilities include operating light tractors and hand tools, documenting activities, keeping work areas tidy, and performing routine cleaning and preventive maintenance on gear and spaces.

Responsibilities

• Works with higher-level trades personnel to service, repair and test equipment, machinery, and/or structural elements of facility.
• Carries and positions tools and materials to job site and during work.
• Assists in effecting repair, starts up and/or shuts down equipment and machinery such as laundry, boiler plant, and other such equipment.
• Cleans equipment, brushing and dusting debris from burners, hatches, pipes and conduits.
• Keeps work and storage area in orderly condition.
• Makes notes or records of activities, including materials used, repair or other activity undertaken, and particular circumstances of each job.
• Operates a light tractor with attachments.
• Operates hand and bench power tools such as air compressors, jack hammers, and painting and spraying equipment.
• Provides routine cleaning and preventive maintenance for such equipment and vehicles.
• Spreads and rakes gravel or asphalt in the patching and resurfacing of driveways.
• Prunes, sprays, feeds and fertilizes, stakes, and otherwise cares for trees and shrubs in park areas.
• Rough finishes concrete and performs pointing tasks.
• Performs other work as assigned.

Education

Education equivalent to 10th grade

6–12 months maintenance/repair experience

Equivalent combination of training/experience

Job description

Summary:

• The Maintenance worker operates a truck, light tractor with mower attachment or similar vehicle, and/or makes routine repairs to facilities, furnishings, systems or machinery. Work may include work at higher or lower-skill levels as part of a developmental assignment or on an incidental basis

Essential Duties:

• Works with higher-level trades personnel to service, repair and test equipment, machinery, and/or structural elements of facility.
• Carries and positions tools and materials to job site and during work.
• Assists in effecting repair, starts up and/or shuts down equipment and machinery such as laundry, boiler plant, and other such equipment.
• cleans equipment, brushing and dusting debris from burners, hatches, pipes and conduits.
• Carries materials, supplies, tools and replacement parts to job site, positioning for testing, installation or other activity.
• Keeps work and storage area in orderly condition.
• Makes notes or records of activities, including materials used, repair or other activity undertaken, and particular circumstances of each job.
• Makes notes or records of activities, including materials used, repair or other activity undertaken, and particular circumstances of each job.
• Operates a light tractor with attachments.
• Operates hand and bench power tools such as air compressors, jack hammers, and painting and spraying equipment.
• Provides routine cleaning and preventive maintenance for such equipment and vehicles.
• Spreads and rakes gravel or asphalt in the patching and resurfacing of driveways.
• Prunes, sprays, feeds and fertilizes, stakes, and otherwise cares for trees and shrubs in park areas.
• Rough finishes concrete and performs pointing tasks.
• Performs other work as assigned.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, the individual in this position must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skills and ability required.

Education/Experience:

• Education equivalent to completion of the tenth school grade.
• Six to twelve months experience in equipment or facility maintenance or repair work.
• Or any equivalent combination of training and experience which has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities cited above.

A criminal background check may be required.