Facilities Maintenance Foreman

Facilities Maintenance Foreman

Hourly Pay: $22.55 per hour

Days:
Monday – Friday

Hours:

5:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

Under limited supervision, oversees maintenance, and repair of the City’s infrastructure and buildings. Coordinates repair and maintenance work with all City Departments.

Tasks:

• Responsible for a wide range of building and grounds maintenance activities in an assigned area involving a variety of repairs, installations and general work in or around facilities within the City.
• Works from complaints, calls, Infrastructure Director direction and others to maintain city facilities in a safe and satisfactory condition.
• Perform corrective and preventative maintenance on city facilities and buildings.
• Plans, schedules and performs work while allowing for urgent and emergency work.
• Ensures the proper operations, maintenance, safety and general condition of all equipment under the department’s care, custody, and control.
• Work may involve ordinary troubleshooting to determine difficulties, which may involve the use of ordinary hand and power tools and test equipment.
• In the event of major repairs or replacement or construction, notifies superior, obtains bids, and sees to it that all work is carried out to meet contractual specifications and bids.
• Coordinates with Infrastructure Director and Administrative Assistant in the ordering of a variety of materials and parts, and in setting up bid specifications, and maintaining cost controls and efficient timely operations.
• Assists, directs, and instructs personnel in proper methods and procedures of maintenance of facilities.
• Sees that maintenance is performed with limited inconvenience to employees.
• Maintain discipline, teamwork, moral and good public relations.
• Consults with director on matters involving personnel and overall operations and management.
• Prepares necessary reports and job logs, and maintains employees’ time sheets.
• Employee must perform all duties with minimal supervision.
• Employee may be required to work irregular hours, attend job-related meetings and perform other duties as assigned.

• Must be able to communicate orally and in writing in English.
• Must be able to read such items as technical journals, abstracts, and legal documents.
• Must be able to write such items as journals, and manuals.
• Must be able to persuasively speak and diplomatically participate in discussion.
• Must be able to apply mathematical operations as required.
• Must be able to read accurately all gauges on equipment and make correct judgments in operation and maintenance of equipment.
• Must be able to accurately estimate distances in order to maintain safety while operating equipment.

• High School diploma or GED certificate required.
• Five years experience in building & grounds maintenance or equivalent.
• One year of supervisory experience.
• One to three years of education/training in the construction trades such as electrical, plumbing, air conditioning/refrigeration/heating, ground maintenance or related experience.
• Must possess and maintain valid New Mexico Driver’s License.
• Must be flexible to work hours as required.
• Ability to use various hand and power tools related to facilities maintenance.
• Ability to understand and communicate in English.
• Ability to perform the essential duties.
• Ability to work in the work conditions as described.
• Ability to utilize equipment, tools, and materials listed below.

• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs. For one-third of work day from ground to waist level and from ground to overhead.
• Ability to sit up to four hours at one time, and up to seven hours total per day.
• Ability to stand and/or walk up to four hours at one time, and up to eight hours total per day.
• Must be able to crouch, kneel and remain in a prone position for up to thirty minutes at one time, and up to one-third of work day.
• Ability to bend and twist/rotate at waist if necessary for up to one-third of work day.
• Ability to work with arms extended and bent for up to four hours at one time, and seven and one-half hours total per day.
• Ability to push/pull with arms with a force of up to 5 lbs. For up to 4…