Maintenance Technician-Suffolk

Job Title

Maintenance Technician – Suffolk County (260004N4)

Performs maintenance activities as directed to ensure proper upkeep of facility infrastructure and grounds. Assists in a variety of skilled trades duties, conducts daily inspections of facility grounds and alerts supervisor of problems that must be addressed, and may complete equipment and systems maintenance activities or sign shop duties.

Works under the direction of a Facilities Systems Supervisor.

• Assists in a variety of skilled trades duties.
• Provides cleaning assistance to courthouses and grounds as needed.
• Provides assistance in repair, installation and testing of various systems and equipment.
• Provides systems and building checks.
• Checks grounds, elevators, fire extinguishers and bathrooms for needed repairs.
• Performs minor repairs.
• Provides preventative maintenance to equipment, machinery and tools.
• Performs painting, patching and general building repairs.
• Escorts and works with subcontractors.
• Assumes responsibility for assigned keys in building.
• Fills in for Senior Maintenance Technician I as needed.
• Performs other duties as required.

Communicates and demonstrates the ethics and values of the Trial Court. Employees are fully committed to fulfilling the Trial Court and associated departmental missions, participate in ongoing training and educational offerings, conduct themselves in a courteous and professional manner toward both trial court employees and the public, understand standard facility methods, codes, equipment and operational best practices, and accurately assess routine maintenance problems to initiate corrective action.

• High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalency.
• Two (2) years of related work experience.
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered for meeting minimum qualifications.
• Applicable trades certification is a plus.

• Knowledge of trade areas in building maintenance, safety policies and procedures, OSHA, bio‑hazard clean‑up, chemical handling, and building evacuation.
• Skill in verbal and written communication, maintenance and repair, painting processes, and systems maintenance.
• Ability to use a variety of hand tools, power tools and equipment, and to assist skilled trade workers.

This position does not require supervision of others.

Work is frequently performed in indoor, outdoor, warehouse or shop/facility environments. Work requires some exposure to extreme cold (below 32 degrees), moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals or substances, and loud noises of 85+ decibels such as heavy trucks or construction.

This position requires heavy work: exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally (such as a floor buffer, snow blower, lawn mower), up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly, having to move objects.

United States-Massachusetts-Suffolk County Courthouse

Equipment, Facilities & Services

Facilities Management

Full‑time

Day

48,352. Yearly

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