Grounds​/Maintenance

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• Minimum requirement is a high school diploma or equivalent
• Training and/or experience in skilled or semi-skilled tasks such as carpentry, electrical, pipe fitting, and plumbing, preferred
• May require certification in backflows or asbestos removal
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Ability to work in all weather conditions
• Ability to reach, bend, stoop and push frequently. All duties require moderate to, at times, heavy physical exercise and exertion

Fair Labor Standards Act Status:
Non-Exempt

Director of Facilities/Designee

To provide all students with a physical learning environment that is safe, clean, attractive, and smooth functioning.

• Repairs and/or replaces boilers, radiators, pumps, and related ventilation equipment as needed at district locations
• Repairs lighting systems, bells, clocks and intercommunications systems within the district
• Repairs and/or replaces sewers, toilets, water fountains, water pipes, water tanks, bathroom furnishings, fire plugs, fire hoses, sprinkler systems, and fire escapes
• Checks HVAC conditions by computer via Automated Logic System that is installed at various district sites, as well as the Facilities Office
• Position requires being “on call” during weekends, nights, and holidays for emergency repairs and alarm calls
• Repairs or installs concrete sidewalks and pads as needed
• Repairs or replaces miscellaneous non-instructional and instructional equipment as needed to maintain safety and security at district locations
• Removes snow and ice on sidewalks and asphalt on district property
• Maintains machines and equipment used in the job performance
• Other duties as assigned

Maintenance staff will be employed for twelve month positions. The salary and work year will be established annually by the Board of Education.

Post offer employment medical physical exam and essential functions test (EFT) required.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works indoors with minimal temperature variations and under conditions with exposure to hot and cold environments, risk of injury and/or illness. The employee will work near, or with, moving mechanical equipment. The employee may also occasionally work with cleaning chemicals. The noise level of the work environment is usually moderate, but occasionally can be loud.

Generally the job requires 5 % sitting, 50% standing, and 45% walking.

• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and talk and hear.
• The employee is frequently required to reach, bend, squat/crouch, stoop, and kneel.
• The employee is frequently required to climb up and down secured ladder.
• The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, or move up to 50 pounds.
• The employee will frequently push or pull items such as, but not limited to, carts with food items and/or equipment that can weigh up to 50 pounds total.
• The employee is frequently required to shovel.

Performance of this job will be evaluated by the immediate supervisor, using the Independence School District Facilities Evaluation.

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• Full-time

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