Trades Generalist

NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

The NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities seeks a Trades Generalist to perform skilled and semi-skilled maintenance, repair, installation, and construction across multiple community residences and buildings. You will handle carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, and mechanical maintenance with daily travel within the district and occasional statewide projects.

Requires four years of full-time trade experience or equivalent training, and a valid NYS driver’s license.

Qualifications

• Four years of full-time trade experience or equivalent training.
• Valid New York State driver’s license required.
• Ability to travel within the district and statewide for projects.

Responsibilities

• Carpentry duties: flooring, doors, stairs, hardware, ceilings.
• Electrical work: replace receptacles, light fixtures, breakers.
• Plumbing: fixtures and appliances maintenance and repair.
• Painting: surface prep, priming, painting.
• Preventative and routine maintenance on mechanical equipment.

Skills

Carpentry

Electrical

Plumbing

Painting

Maintenance

Education

Trade training

Job description

Duties Description

Trades Generalist perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled maintenance repair, installation and construction tasks in the mechanical, building and electrical trades in multiple community residences and other buildings.

• Performs a variety of carpentry related duties, including but not limited to installations and repairs of flooring, repair and adjustment of doors and hardware, stairs, railings, and replacement of ceiling tile.


• Performs minor electrical duties including but not limited to replacing receptacles, light fixtures, and circuit breakers.


• Repairs, installs and maintains plumbing fixtures and appliances, including but not limited to: sinks, showers, baths, commodes, dishwashers, domestic water and drainage distribution systems.


• Preforms a variety of painting related duties including but not limited to preparing surfaces, priming and painting.


• Performs maintenance, and preventative maintenance on mechanical equipment including but not limited to bathroom exhaust fans, clothes dryers, sump pumps and generators


• Requires daily travel within the district.


• May require some travel within NY State to assist other districts with special projects.

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Minimum Qualifications

Non-competitive: Four years of full-time experience in a trade under a skilled tradesperson which would provide training equivalent to that given in a training, apprenticeship, or equivalent program; or an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of technical courses in skilled trades at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services.

When required to operate motor vehicles, candidates must possess a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle to be operated.

Additional Comments

• For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements will be honored.


• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume.


• All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility.


• If you are employed by state government you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. For more information on PSLF, please visit www.studentAid.gov/publicservice.


• Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA).


• If an employee or job applicant believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the Reasonable Accommodation Unit at [phone] or email [e-mail] to obtain information and RA forms.


• Savings programs such as the U.S. Savings Bond and the College Savings Plan.


• Voluntary pre-tax savings programs such as Health Care Spending Account and the Dependent Care Advantage Account offer employees options to pay for uncovered health care expenses or dependent care expenses.


• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) an assessment and referral service that connects employees with local service providers and support services to address their personal needs.


• Life insurance and Disability insurance.


• The New York State Deferred Compensation Plan is a voluntary retirement plan that offers employees the option to invest a part of their salaries for retirement on a tax-deferred basis.

Paid Holidays and Leave

• Thirteen (13) paid holidays each year.


• Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave initially.


• Five (5) days paid personal leave each year.


• Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave each year (PEF/CSEA), which may carry over from year to year.


• Up to three (3) days professional leave each year to participate in professional development events.

Health Care Coverage

Employees and their eligible dependents can choose from a variety of affordable health insurance programs. Employees are provided family dental and vision plans at no extra cost.

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Parental Leave allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave at full pay for each qualifying event. A qualifying event is defined as the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care.

Retirement Program

Participate in The NYS Employees’ Retirement System (ERS), which is recognized as one of the best-managed and best-funded public retirement systems in the nation.

Professional Development and Education and Training

NYS offers training programs and tuition assistance to eligible employees to maintain and increase their professional skills and prepare them for promotional opportunities. For more information, please visit https://oer.ny.gov/training-and-professional-development.

Additionally, the Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP) offers certain professional training opportunities for PEF represented and M/C designated employees that may grant continuing education credits towards maintaining professional licensure. For more information, please visit https://oer.ny.gov/public-service-workshops-program-pswp.

OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self‑expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

***All people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.***