Trades Maintenance Lead Specialist

Pascua Yaqui Tribe; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Tucson, AZ seeks a Trades Maintenance Lead Specialist to lead and perform advanced maintenance, repair, diagnosis, and preventive maintenance of housing facilities. You will supervise staff, interpret blueprints and codes, and coordinate with contractors to optimize resources and ensure safety and quality.

The role requires journey-level expertise, strong communication, and a commitment to workmanship in varied weather and non-traditional hours.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED plus an industry-recognized apprenticeship program.
• Two years journey-level experience in related trades.
• Certified Trades Training preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform advanced maintenance, repair, diagnosis, and preventative maintenance of PYT housing facilities.
• Inspect, supervise, and assist staff in the execution of skilled trades tasks.
• Interpret complex blueprints, diagrams and codes to guide work.
• Coordinate work-unit activities and contractors to optimize resources and minimize service disruptions.
• Maintain security and accountability for tools, equipment and materials.

Skills

Lead

On-the-job training

Communication

Blueprints & schematics

Math calculations

Team supervision

Customer relations

Education

High School Diploma or GED + apprenticeship

Certified Trades Training (preferred)

Tools

Testing & monitoring equipment

Office software

Job description

The Trades Maintenance Lead Specialist will lead and participate in advanced levels of maintenance, repair, diagnosis, troubleshooting, construction and preventative maintenance of PYT owned housing facilities. Accountable for activities and ensuring services or products comply with written procedure, engineering drawings, specifications, contracts, industry standards and statutory codes and requirements.

1. Lead others in highly skilled fabrication or modifications of existing or proposed equipment, housing facilities, and systems according to verbal directions, sketches, plans, engineering drawings or technical references.
2. Perform skilled analysis, critical repairs of PYT owned housing facilities, equipment, and systems in accordance with HUD standards.
3. Inspect service and maintain assigned tools, equipment, and vehicles.
4. Perform quality control analysis on equipment or supported systems for proper functioning and perform remedial actions necessary to assure optimum operations.
5. Maintain comprehensive records of work performed modifications to equipment or systems and related operations logs and prepares periodic and special reports for management on equipment, systems and/or facilities supported maintained.
6. Prepare working sketches, drawings, and estimates of resources required for assigned projects.
7. Interpret and apply required codes or standards to work situations.
8. Interpret complex blueprints, schematics, and diagrams to facilitate work.
9. Operate specialized equipment in direct support of other activities.
10. Act as work center supervisor in the absence of the Trades Maintenance Supervisor.
11. Inspect and approve work of work-unit staff.
12. Participate in development of requests for proposals and contracts for equipment, supplies, and services.
13. Monitor contract or/vendor-supplied equipment, supplies and services for compliance with contract provision conducts.
14. Coordinate own work-unit activities or with other work-units, agencies, contractors to assure optimal use of available resources and to minimize disruptions of service or support.
15. Conduct on-the-job training for employees in assigned work-unit.
16. Maintain security and accountability for all tools, equipment, and materials.
17. Perform other duties of a similar nature or level as requested by supervisor or director.

• Operation and maintenance of tools, equipment and materials encountered in area of assignment;
• Operation and maintenance of testing and monitoring equipment common to skill, trade or specialization;
• Effective supervision, training and communications techniques;
• Hazards, safety procedures or equipment required in the area of specialization or assigned work-areas;
• Codes, standards, rules and regulations applicable to the craft, trade, specialty or area of work assignment;
• Basic contracting processes, including quality assurance or inspection of supplies or services for compliance with contracts;
• Yaqui culture, customs, resources and traditions and/or a willingness to learn.

Skills and Abilities:

• Perform journey-level tasks of the skill, trade, craft or area of specialization;
• Prepare working sketches, drawings and estimation of resources required for assigned projects;
• Interpret and apply required codes, standards, rules and regulations to work situations;
• Interpret complex blueprints, schematics and diagrams;
• Maintain written documentation of activities;
• Conduct and coordinate specialized and on-the-job training for assigned staff in the skill, craft, trade or area of specialization;
• Act as a Lead; leads the works of other personnel;
• Relate to homeowners and tenants in a friendly, courteous and considerate manner;
• Make basic mathematical calculations at level required for assigned duties;
• Work outside in varying weather conditions;
• Follow oral and written instructions;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other agencies and the public;
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing;
• Operate a variety of office equipment, including a computer and related software applications;
• Good communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with co-workers, supervisor, management, Council members, and the public. Have ability to sufficiently exchange or convey information and receive verbal and written work instructions.

High School Diploma or GED and completion of an industry-recognized apprenticeship program, two (2) years' experience at journey-level work: and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

• Certified Trades Training preferred.

Special Requirements:

• Must possess and maintain a valid Arizona Driver's License;
• This position will require the incumbent to work non-traditional hours, nights, and weekends.
• Must have a current Level 1 Arizona Clearance Card or be able to obtain one within ninety (90) days of hire. Failure to maintain a current Level 1 Clearance Card will result in termination.