Senior Building Maintenance Worker

City-of-Sacrament; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Sacramento is seeking a Senior Building Maintenance Worker to lead and perform skilled work across carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, mechanical, and welding tasks. The role provides daily guidance to Building Maintenance Workers, plans, schedules, and assigns work, and coordinates with Facility Management and contractors to complete repairs and improvements.

You will inspect facilities for safety, maintain records, and ensure City facilities are safe, functional, and ready

Qualifications

• Five years of experience performing a variety of commercial maintenance and/or construction work across several trades.
• Lead and train subordinate Building Maintenance Workers and supervise work assignments.
• Coordinate with Facility Management and contractors; maintain records and safety compliance.
• Proof of education or certification may be required at time of appointment.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and assign work to subordinate personnel.
• Perform routine maintenance across carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, mechanical, and welding.
• Lead the remodeling, repair, and construction of partitions, door hardware, floors and ceilings.
• Install, maintain, and repair flooring, and operate shop machinery.
• Fabricate brackets and fasteners; requisition materials; track tools and supplies.
• Coordinate repairs with Facility Management and contractors; inspect facilities for safety.
• Train subordinates and provide exceptional customer service.

Skills

Carpentry

Electrical

Plumbing

Painting

Mechanical

Welding

Leadership

Training

Inspection

Customer service

Tools

Shop machinery

Job description

The Senior Building Maintenance Worker serves as a lead-level maintenance professional responsible for planning, assigning, and performing skilled work across multiple building trades. This position conducts maintenance and repairs involving carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, mechanical, and welding tasks, while providing daily guidance and support to Building Maintenance Workers. This position also includes conducting facility inspections, coordinating repairs with Facility Management and contractors, and ensuring City facilities are safe, functional, and well maintained to support public operations and scheduled events.

IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT

The ideal candidate is an experienced, dependable, and safety-conscious maintenance professional with strong skills across multiple trades, including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, and general mechanical repair. They demonstrate the ability to lead and train maintenance staff, coordinate work assignments, and ensure a high quality of work. The ideal candidate excels at troubleshooting facility maintenance issues, conducting inspections, coordinating with contractors, and maintaining accurate records while providing exceptional customer service.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

The Senior Building Maintenance Worker is independently responsible for the completion of assignments in general building maintenance work. This class differs from other trade classes such as Carpenter, Electrician, and Painter, in that they perform journey level work in single trades only. This class differs from Building Maintenance Worker in that the Senior level is responsible for providing lead guidance to several subordinate Building Maintenance Workers in addition to personally performing the work; or independently oversees, coordinates, and performs general maintenance duties for a large facility or group of facilities.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

General supervision is provided by the Structural or Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor. Provides lead guidance to several of subordinate Building Maintenance Workers, limited term, and part time employees.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plan, schedule, and assign work to subordinate personnel.
• Perform routine maintenance on City facilities, equipment, and buildings by performing carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, and welding work.
• Lead and assist Building Maintenance Workers in remodeling, repairing, and constructing such items as partitions, room additions, door hardware, counters, tables, book cases, floors, roofs, and mechanical equipment.
• Install, maintain, and repair carpeting, floor tile, linoleum, wood floors, ceramic tile, and other floor coverings or finishes.
• Operate mechanical saws, buffers, lathes, drills, paint sprayers, drill presses, arc and acetylene welding units, and other shop machinery and tools.
• Fabricate and repair brackets, braces, and fasteners.
• Requisition and purchase materials.
• Keep records on tools, equipment and materials including service, maintenance, and repair work performed.
• Train subordinates.
• Coordinate repairs, maintenance, and improvements to City facilities with Facility Management personnel.
• Coordinate with contractors on various City related projects.
• Review and process repair, maintenance, and improvement requests.
• Inspect facilities for structural problems, vandalism, roof damage, proper elevator operation, pest infestations and proper lighting.
• When assigned to City Hall, set up tables and chairs for special meetings and insure all equipment is on and functioning properly.
• Stock and monitor janitorial and building maintenance supplies.
• Provide exceptional customer service to those contacted in the course of work.
• Other related duties may also performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.

Knowledge of:

• Standard methods, equipment, and practices used in commercial carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, welding, mechanical, and related trades.
• Occupational hazards and safety precautions of those trades.
• Building materials, supplies, and tools used in the various trades (including their proper uses and sizing) including, but not limited to:

Carpentry: Grades and types of lumber, screws, nails, glues, and other fasteners.

Electrical: Basic test equipment; sizes, types, and capacities of hardware, wires, and fuses.

Painting: Types and uses of paints, stains, lacquers, varnishes, and the other coatings; methods of preparing surfaces.

Plumbing: Sizes, types, composition, and uses of pipes and fittings used in water and sewer plumbing.

Mechanical: Ducting, registers, fasteners, and filters.

Welding: Types, sizes, and uses of welding rods and materials used in arc and gas welding.

• Common hand and power tools used in carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, and welding work.

Ability to:

• Speak, read, and write English at a level necessary for effective performance.
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Carry out work assignments under minimal supervision.
• Perform a variety of skilled trade-related work in building maintenance and repair.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools competently and safely.
• Supervise and train subordinate employees.
• Assist supervisors in the evaluation of subordinate employees.

Experience and Education:

Experience:

Five years of experience performing a variety of commercial maintenance and/or construction work in one or more of the following trades: carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, and welding.

-OR-

Three years of experience performing a variety of maintenance and/or construction work including work in one or more of the following crafts: carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, and welding AND completion of at least two years of a recognized apprenticeship program in one of the trades.

Substitution:

Successful Completion of a certification program in mechanical, electrical technology or related certification program from an accredited institution may substitute two years of the required five years of work experience.

PROOF OF EDUCATION

Should education be used to qualify for this position, then proof of education such as, but not limited to, university/college transcripts and degrees should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment. Unofficial documents and/or copies are acceptable.

An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States must have education records evaluated by a credential's evaluation service. Evaluation of education records will be due at time of appointment.

PROOF OF CERTIFICATION

Should certification and/or license be used to qualify for this position, then proof of said certification and/or license should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

Employees must complete twelve (12) months of probation at a satisfactory performance level prior to gaining permanent status.