Building Maintenance Worker

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, NORTHWEST CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX, LAKE COUNTY

A Motor Vehicle Records screening will be conducted prior to employment.

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Education and Experience:

Experience equivalent to four years of full-time increasingly responsible and skilled full-time labor and trades work including, at least, three years in building maintenance work.

Applicants for this class must:

• Possess a valid driver's license.

Under general supervision, is responsible for semi-skilled and skilled building maintenance work of considerable difficulty which includes leading others in work; and performs related work as required. This is the lead level class in the Building Maintenance Worker sub-series. An employee in this class leads and participates in a variety of tasks including carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, masonry, and general mechanical repair work.

This class differs from Building Maintenance Worker 2 in that an incumbent of the latter is not a lead worker.

• Identifies maintenance issues and either resolves issues or reports issues to supervisor; performs repair work using drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or diagrams; and completes work order request forms to log repair work, time expended, and materials used.
• Provides information and direction to subordinates.
• Operates and utilizes a variety of tools and equipment such as assorted hand and power tools, plungers, sewer rodders, drills, skill saws, and grinders.
• Dismantles devices such as electrical fixtures, basic plumbing fixtures and outlets to access, remove and replace defective parts. Inspects structures for general condition and reports issues to appropriate persons.
• Performs HVAC repair; routine plumbing tasks; leads in restorative maintenance projects; and repairs windows, doors, floors, woodwork, drywall or other parts of building structures. Performs routine electrical tasks, basic carpentry tasks, and leads grounds maintenance projects.
• Reviews preventative maintenance plans in order to perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that equipment continues to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and/or the physical condition of building does not deteriorate.
• Communicates with general public to provide basic customer service and direct persons to appropriate solutions or answers.
• May operate state issued pick-up truck, golf cart, watercraft, tow motor or other vehicle.

• Being Resilient
• Action Oriented
• Self-Development
• Interpersonal Savvy Demonstrates Self-Awareness

• Building and Construction
• Design
• Mechanical
• Public Safety and Security

• Active Learning and Listening
• Equipment Maintenance
• Mathematics
• Repairing
• Troubleshooting

• Deductive Reasoning
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity
• Spatial Orientation
• Visualization

• Basic Power, Hand, and Landscaping Tools
• Welding Tools
• Janitorial Equipment
• Carpet Cleaners
• Floor Buffers