Trades Generalist, Office

Position: Trades Generalist, Central Office;
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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 12/29/25

Applications Due
01/29/26

Vacancy ID205925

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Agency Mental Health, Office of

Title Trades Generalist, Central Office;

Occupational Category Skilled Craft, Apprenticeship, Maintenance

Salary GradeNS

Bargaining UnitOSU - Operational Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary Range From $24.15 to $24.15 Hourly

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 60%

Workweek Other (see below)

"Other" Explanation Monday - Thursday

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 7 AM

To 5:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Erie

Street Address NYS Office of Mental Health

Western New York Revite Team

City Buffalo

StateNY

Zip Code
14201

Duties Description The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is recruiting to fill a Trades Generalist position. This is a temporary/hourly position in the Bureau of Environmental Design and Improvement located in the Western New York area. This position will be part of the Western New York Revite team, which travels to various facilities in the Western New York area performing special project renovations, ongoing maintenance, small repair and environmental improvement projects.

This region includes Buffalo, Elmira, Rochester, West Seneca and Binghamton.

Specific duties to be performed may include, but are not limited to the following:

* Perform a variety of skilled and semi-skilled maintenance, repair, installation, and construction tasks in one or more construction trades.

* Provide field leadership to staff whose duties include facility maintenance and construction.

* Follow written and verbal instructions, project plans, and schedules.

* Possess working knowledge of methods, materials, tools, and equipment used in trades to which assigned.

* Work independently as needed.

* Perform manual labor with the ability to lift up to 50lbs.

* May climb ladders and work at heights on scaffolds and platforms

* Demonstrate the ability to adhere to OSHA safety standards.

* Team travel within the assigned region to multiple OMH facilities.

Minimum Qualifications Four years of full-time experience in a trade under a skilled journey-level position, which would provide training equivalent to that given in an apprenticeship program. Apprentice training in a trade or training gained by the completion of technical courses in a trade at a school or institute may be substituted for the above experience on a year-for-year basis. Possession of a valid New York State driver's license is preferred, but not required, for this position.

Additional Comments These positions are part of the Western New York Revite team that travels between facilities within the Western New York region which includes Buffalo, Elmira, Rochester, West Seneca, and Binghamton. The regional revitalization team concept was first adopted for the New York City region in 1984-85, and soon expanded to five regions that cover the entire state. The Environmental Revitalization Teams are made up of temporary Trades Generalist, Maintenance Assistant and Facility Operations Assistant 1 positions that perform ongoing maintenance and small renovation projects to augment facility support staff services.

The teams operate on an ongoing basis, making visits at each OMH facility in the region twice each year.

Generous benefit package includes:

* Paid vacation leave

* Paid personal leave

* Paid holidays

* Paid sick leave

* Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision care benefits

* Membership in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement…