Maintenance Assistant; Region

Position: Maintenance Assistant (Region 6)
Location: Painted Post

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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 03/09/26

Applications Due
03/19/26

Vacancy ID211162

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NY HELPNo

Agency Transportation, Department of

Title Maintenance Assistant (Region
6)

Occupational Category Skilled Craft, Apprenticeship, Maintenance

Salary Grade
09

Bargaining UnitOSU - Operational Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary Range From $51641 to $61413 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 10%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 6:30 AM

To 3 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? Yes

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Steuben

Street Address NYS Department of Transportation

3863 Meads Creek Road

City Painted Post

StateNY

Zip Code
14870

Duties Description The incumbent will be required to obtain written or faxed quotes for equipment and materials and maintain records of disbursement of equipment and materials. Maintenance Assistants perform a variety of semiskilled maintenance, repair and related activities. The activities, tasks and assignments described below are illustrative of the duties performed by positions at this level: they are not meant to restrict Maintenance Assistants from performing other duties assigned.

Incumbents may be assigned to one or more of these areas, depending on the work requirements, seasonal operations, and program needs. These duties may include operating machine tools, including metal and wood lathes, cutting saws, planers and radial drill presses to manufacture metal items such as large bushings and special bolts and performs the less difficult machine operations such as threading bolts, broaching keyways and making wood repair pieces;

operates, maintains (services) and repairs Residency equipment such as chain saws, weed trimmers, and small lawn mowers; performs routine replacement and repair of plumbing and steam fitting equipment and installation of new equipment, according to layouts provided by the supervisor, by cutting, fitting and threading pipe; removing existing pipes and fixtures, repairing and adjusting water mixers, thermostats, and other fixtures;

locating and unplugging stoppages, repairing domestic steam equipment systems and water lines, overhauling vacuum pumps and insulating steam lines; cutting, welding and brazing a variety of metal materials and equipment manufacturers standard items; performing semiskilled carpentry activities including repairing doors, windows, window sashes, storm windows, stairs, railings, furniture, locks and door hardware; operating shop machinery to make and assemble bookcases, shelves, tables and benches;

erecting and moving partitions, building forms for concrete work and, under supervision, assisting in erecting and renovating buildings and structures; operating and maintaining heating and hot water equipment in a small facility by replacing parts such as filters and pumps, cleaning equipment and fireboxes; replacing and adjusting components such as thermostats and checking oil level in storage tanks; performing semiskilled masonry repairs and installation activities such as pointing brick and stone work, patching plaster walls, setting tiles, laying brick and stone, finishing concrete work, replacing fire brick in boilers and operating mixers;

repairing, rebuilding and assisting in installing a variety of roof materials and may be called upon to perform cleanup or custodial duties; assisting in painting and decorating work by performing interior and exterior painting and may be called upon to assist in painting DOT vehicles…