Building Maintenance Worker Trainee

About the role

Are you looking for career opportunities that provide top-notch benefits including paid vacation & sick leave, outstanding health & dental insurance, a free health clinic for you & your dependents, a generous retirement plan, and much more?

Travis County’s Facilities Management Department has great jobs that serve dozens of facilities across the county. We offer stable career options with training and tuition reimbursement available to get you to the next level in your career.

The Building Maintenance Worker Trainee performs a variety of moderately complex preventive maintenance tasks, repairs, and additions to County buildings, facilities and equipment. Work involves multiple skill areas, including carpentry, air conditioning/heating, painting, plastering, masonry, plumbing, electrical repairs and installations and machine servicing.

Distinguishing Characteristics

This is the first in a series of two building maintenance-related job classifications within the Maintenance job family. This classification is distinguished by moderately complex maintenance work requiring basic proficiency in multiple skill areas. This classification may require work in secure facilities. This classification may require a flexible work schedule to meet the needs of the department.

• Performs a variety of preventive maintenance routines on equipment, building components, and facilities.
• Performs periodic and routine walk-through inspections of assigned facilities, identifies work requirements, submits requirements to service call and performs work assigned.
• Research and estimates time and materials needed, and records time and materials used. Requests for needed tools, equipment, supplies, and materials to perform assigned tasks. Monitors expenditure of supplies and controls inventory of equipment and tools.
• Makes electrical, plumbing, masonry, and carpentry repairs. Services and repairs heating and air- conditioning systems.
• Replaces broken glass. Installs/replaces light fixtures, and switches.
• Remodels building and facilities. May build cabinets and shelves.
• Prepares for painting. Paints and seals building surfaces and equipment.
• May be required to disassemble/assemble and move furniture and equipment.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

High School diploma or G.E.D. Applicants must be enrolled in and attend an accredited Trade School.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements

• Must be enrolled in a skilled-trades school.Valid Texas Driver’s License.
• Must pass a criminal background check for CJIS clearance.
• Applicants are required to successfully pass the background investigation, including fingerprint clearance.

Knowledge of

• Policies, practices, procedures, and methods of plumbing, electrical, mechanical and carpentry repair.
• Applicable safety practices and regulations.
• Equipment and tools used in maintenance and repair functions.
• Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and a variety of software packages.

Skill in

• Carpentry, painting, plastering, masonry, plumbing, electrical repairs and installations and machine servicing.
• Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and performing maintenance and repair needs.
• Reading and interpreting schematics and blueprints.
• Proper and applicable safety practices, procedures, and regulations.
• Working with others, including on a team.
• Both verbal and written communication.

Ability to

• Understand and follow instructions and communicate effectively, as required.
• Safely and correctly apply building and equipment maintenance and repair techniques and operate tools and equipment.
• Work independently and efficiently.
• Manage time well and meet timelines.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials, representatives of outside agencies, and the public.

Additional information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift up to 100 pounds/carry up to 75 pounds, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions.

Subject to extreme temperatures, outside elements, noise, vibration, contact with dust, fumes and hazardous chemicals, foul odors, animal and human fecal matter, insects and rodents. Requires working at heights from ladders and scaffolds.Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

• Work Hours: 7AM - 4PM, Monday through Friday
• May work some holidays, some nights, and some weekends
• Department: Facilities Management Department
• Location: Various Travis County Locations

Criminal, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.