Building Maintenance Worker

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time: 06/02/2026 12:00AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time: 06/15/2026 11:59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly): $3,631.00 - $4,533.00

Salary (Annually): $43,572.00 - $54,396.00

Job Type: Full-Time

City, State

Location:

Nashville, TN

Department:
Correction

Department of Correction, Davidson County. This position is located at Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in Nashville, TN.

A Motor Vehicle Records screening will be conducted prior to employment.

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Experience equivalent to four years of full-time increasingly responsible and skilled full-time labor and trades work including, at least, three years in building maintenance work.

• Possess a valid driver’s license.

• Complete a criminal history disclosure form in a manner approved by the appointing authority.
• Agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointing authority.
• Supply a fingerprint sample prescribed by the TBI based criminal history records check.
• Submit to a review of their status on the Department of Health’s vulnerable persons registry.

Under general supervision, the employee is responsible for semi-skilled and skilled building maintenance work of considerable difficulty which includes leading others in work; and performs related work as required. This is the lead level class in the Building Maintenance Worker sub-series. An employee in this class leads and participates in a variety of tasks including carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, masonry, and general mechanical repair work.

This class differs from Building Maintenance Worker 2 in that an incumbent of the latter is not a lead worker.

• Identifies maintenance issues and either resolves issues or reports issues to supervisor; performs repair work using drawings, blueprints, maintenance manuals, or diagrams; and completes work order request forms to log repair work, time expended, and materials used.
• Provides information and direction to subordinates.
• Operates and utilizes a variety of tools and equipment such as assorted hand and power tools, plungers, sewer rodders, drills, skill saws, and grinders.
• Dismantles devices such as electrical fixtures, basic plumbing fixtures and outlets to access, remove and replace defective parts. Inspects structures for general condition and reports issues to appropriate persons.
• Performs HVAC repair; routine plumbing tasks; leads in restorative maintenance projects; and repairs windows, doors, floors, woodwork, drywall or other parts of building structures. Performs routine electrical tasks, basic carpentry tasks, and leads grounds maintenance projects.
• Reviews preventative maintenance plans in order to perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that equipment continues to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and/or the physical condition of building does not deteriorate.
• Communicates with general public to provide basic customer service and direct persons to appropriate solutions or answers.
• May operate state issued pick-up truck, golf cart, watercraft, tow motor or other vehicle.

• Being Resilient
• Action Oriented
• Self-Development
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Demonstrates Self-Awareness

• Building and Construction
• Design
• Mechanical
• Public Safety and Security

• Active Learning and Listening
• Equipment Maintenance
• Mathematics
• Repairing
• Troubleshooting

• Deductive Reasoning
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity
• Spatial Orientation
• Visualization

• Basic Power, Hand, and Landscaping Tools
• Welding Tools
• Janitorial Equipment
• Carpet Cleaners
• Floor Buffers