Maintenance Assistant- Facilities Management

Position Summary

Perform basic buildings and grounds maintenance work at all County locations. Perform basic routine and preventative maintenance on heating, ventilating, air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, plus basic electrical, basic plumbing, and grounds maintenance.

M-F, 7am-3:30pm.

• 70% – Perform Basic Routine Building Maintenance and Services:
  • Perform basic maintenance on HVAC systems including filters, belts, pumps, cooling towers, compressors, bearings and other equipment associated with HVAC systems.
  • Perform basic electrical work to include changing ballasts and light bulbs, and running electrical/tele/data wire.
  • Perform basic plumbing maintenance on sinks, toilets, faucets, piping, and drinking fountains.
  • Maintain, repair, and replace flooring, painting, and drywall as needed, and maintain locks, shelving installation, picture hanging, furniture moving and assembly.
  • Repair office furniture, move office furniture, and transport furniture and other items to off-site facilities.
  • Deliver office supplies and deliveries.
  • Prepare room and furniture set-up/tear down for scheduled meetings.
• 25% – Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
  • Snow removal and lawn care.
  • Exterior clean-up of window wells.
  • Landscape upkeep including planting flowers and shrubs, watering and weeding.
  • Cleaning of grounds including parking areas and ramps.
• 5% – Perform other duties as assigned.

• Ability to perform basic routine maintenance as assigned, on HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems.
• Have the general understanding of building & grounds terminology, and systems.
• Ability to follow rules, instructions, and procedures.
• Ability to assess and determine proper course of action, ie. fire alarm, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical emergencies.
• Must tolerate heat, humidity, cold, and other adverse weather conditions.
• Ability to operate a variety of electric and non-electric hand tools, walk behind snow blowers, mowers, weed eaters, shovels, and sprayers.
• Ability to prioritize work projects.
• Ability to work with contractors.

• Graduation from a high school or its equivalent.
• Must possess and maintain a current unrestricted (not due to corrective lenses) driver's license and auto insurance pursuant to the Rock County Administrative Policy and Procedure 5.02 and 5.27.
• Able to pass a criminal background investigation due to working in secure facilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality due to working in secure facilities.

Essential Job Functions (physical elements, equipment and working conditions)

• Lift, push, pull:
  Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Carry 50 lbs. up stairs; to roof. Pull 50 lbs. up to roof. Shovel/push snow by hand (sidewalks).
• Bending, squatting, kneeling:
  Must be able to bend, squat, kneel in order perform maintenance activities on cell - combi-units, security elements, dispatch stations, and plumbing chases. Under floor work, run wiring, change equipment.
• Climbing, overhead work:
  Must be able to climb stairs, ladders, roof access ladders. Must be able to work for a sustained period of time on ladders to change lights, repair fixtures, door maintenance. Must be able to work off a lift platform/climb scaffold.

• Variety of electric and non-electric hand tools, multi-meter testing equipment, sewer augers, lift platform, scaffolding, walk behind snowblowers, mowing equipment, weed eaters, hand shovels, weed sprayers.
• Operation of motor vehicles including pick-up trucks with plow and salter attachments, box trucks, lift gates, tractors and skid steers with a variety of grounds keeping attachments.

• Both indoor and outdoor work during all four seasons - Winter, with cold, ice and snow;
  Summer, with high heat and humidity.
• CPR/AED certification.
• Possible exposure to blood and/or body fluids.

Rock County, Wisconsin