Facilties Maintenance Operator

Do you love working with your hands? Join the City of Bozeman as a Facilities Worker to support our Strategic Services Team and help keep City buildings safe, functional, and welcoming for the community. No two days are the same in this position, from repairs and preventative maintenance and the next construction support and upkeep of grounds. The ideal candidate brings a mix of technical skills, enjoys problem-solving, teamwork, and takes pride in maintaining spaces that serve the public.

This is your opportunity to make a meaningful difference in your community by joining the City of Bozeman! You will be part of a passionate team driving positive change while enjoying a fantastic benefits package. Full-time City of Bozeman employees receive top-tier benefits including 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, 12 holidays, 8 weeks of paid paternal leave, potential for bilingual pay, excellent retirement options, comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, discounted ski tickets and gym memberships, and much more!

Bargaining Unit: Teamsters
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-Exempt
Work Week:Typically, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only)

• Performs facility maintenance including daily operational checks, and preventative maintenance and responding to service requests
• Operates, services, maintains, troubleshoots, repairs, and performs preventative maintenance tasks on building related equipment, pumps, boilers, and mechanical systems including HVAC;
• Manage access control including programming fobs, tracking and managing physical inventory of keys, and installing door hardware;
• Troubleshoots and performs minor repairs of electrical and lighting systems including lighting fixtures and ballasts;
• Utilize building management systems to monitor building systems and operations;
• Maintain and update records in Computerized Maintenance Management System;
• Provides snow removal for City facilities using mechanical equipment and shovel;
• Completes basic maintenance tasks including painting, cleaning, plumbing, moving furniture and equipment and office modifications;
• Contacts, coordinates, and monitors the work of vendors and contracted service providers hired to perform work on city owned buildings, grounds, and equipment;
• Observes safe work methods and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment as required;
• Operates and maintains light equipment and trucks, including pickups, trailers, utility vehicles, scissor lifts, and other related equipment;
• Operates a variety of construction hand and power tools and equipment;
• Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition, including securing equipment at the close of the work day;
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas;
• Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner. Provides outstanding customer service to City of Bozeman residents, employees, and customers;
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
• Performs other duties consistent with the role and function of this classification.

• High School Diploma or GED; and
• Some (1-3 years) of experience in facility operation and maintenance; and
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

• Substantial knowledge of equipment, materials, and supplies used to do minor facilities repairs and maintenance;
• Substantial knowledge of the safe and proper use of basic hand tools, power tools, and other related equipment;
• Substantial knowledge of the maintenance and operation of related light duty equipment;
• Substantial knowledge of basic safety principles and practices;
• Some knowledge of building mechanical equipment and controls;
• Some knowledge of basic principles and practices of building construction, maintenance, and repair activities;
• Some knowledge of the techniques, methods, and materials related to facility maintenance;
• Some knowledge of construction, mechanical, and electrical drawings;
• Ability to work outdoors for…