Facilities Maintenance Technician

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Job Title:
Maintenance Technician

Department: Public Services, Facilities

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Grade: 103

SUMMARY: Maintains all City properties by performing maintenance duties necessary to keep buildings and facilities in operating conditions. Work may involve minor plumbing, carpentry, electrical, mechanical and preventive maintenance. Other duties relating to right-of-ways, parks, and grounds maintenance may be required on occasion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The following are not to be construed as an exclusive or all-inclusive listing of skills and abilities required to perform the job. Management may delegate other responsibilities as required.

• Demonstrates commitment to Team Destin and our mission, vision, values, and goals and represents the city in a professional, dignified manner at all times both in actions and appearance.
• Contributes to the development and accomplishment of home team work-plans.
• Demonstrate competent knowledge of all applicable policies, codes, ordinances, regulations and statutes.
• Demonstrate competent knowledge of all divisional Key Functions and their associated processes.
  • Drives truck and controls movement of lifting apparatus.
  • Positions forks, boom, lifting buckets, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials or hook-up truck trailer hitches to trailer, and transports load to designated area.
  • Checks all invoices for city compliance (i.e. employee signature, no tax added, etc).
  • Assists with minor repairs on equipment including lubricating trucks, recharging batteries, filling fuel tanks, replacing liquefied gas, changing oil.
  • Cuts lawns and trims/edges around sidewalks, flowerbeds, walls, and fences.
  • Prunes shrubs and trees to include removal if necessary to shape and improve growth or removes damaged leaves, branches, or twigs.
  • Rakes and bags leaves, cleans grounds and removes litter and debris.
  • Shovels sand and dirt from walks and driveways; makes minor concrete and improvements to walks and curbs; and asphalt repairs and improvements on roadways.
  • Plants grass, flowers, trees and shrubs and waters plants and lawns.
  • Paints fences, outbuildings, bathrooms, and other city owned property and buildings (interior and exterior).
  • Repairs fences, gates, walls, floors and roofs.
  • Researches catalogues for materials and equipment.
  • Performs minor carpentry and masonry projects and repairs to City owned facilities, such as repair gutters, shutters, handrails, windows and doors,
  • Cleans out ditches, culverts and removes sand from boat launching areas in order to provide adequate depth.
  • Observes and reports hazardous conditions such as missing traffic signals or signs, and street markings that need to be repainted.
  • Cleans facilities at parks, recreation sites and all city owned and leased facilities.
  • Performs minor road maintenance.
  • Sharpens tools such as weed cutters, edging tools, and shears.
  • Makes minor repairs on equipment such as lawn mower, spreader, and miscellaneous lawn care tools and equipment.
  • Inspects and makes minor repairs and adjustments to heating and cooling systems; plumbing and electrical systems and appliances; and sprinkler systems.
  • Performs maintenance activities on utility system to provide continuous supply of heat, steam, electric power, gas, or air required for facility operations.
  • Recommends measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.
  • Informs supervisor of tools, equipment and supplies required for maintenance operations.
  • May be required to work evenings and weekends. Is available as required for “on call” duty status 24-hour…