Senior Trades Technician

Join our team as a Senior Trades Technician, where you’ll lead a skilled crew in maintaining and repairing essential building systems—from HVAC and electrical to plumbing and security. You'll coordinate contractors, manage inventory, and ensure equipment and facilities run smoothly, all while playing a key role in emergency response and on-call rotations. This is your chance to make a real impact by keeping our operations running safely and efficiently.

Apply today with The City of Grand Prairie!

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This position is expected to become available on or after March 18, 2026.******

This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent.

This position has responsibilities that require lifting up to 100 pounds on occasion.

• Leads and supervises the Maintenance Technical or General Maintenance crew in the daily work assignments, observing and monitoring work tasks, ensuring work is performed safely, evaluating work performance, assisting employees to correct deficiencies. Assist the Foreman in assigning work duties and provides feedback to the Foreman.
• Assist the Foreman in ensuring safety at all work sites, directing and supervising work for quality assurance, training, instruction, and scheduling work for technicians and overseeing contractor performing small projects and maintenance on city facilities.
• Monitors project work by ensuring a safe working environment for crews; planning and requesting materials or estimates for projects, needed materials, services, and equipment. Ensuring projects are completed in a timely manner; inspecting work; and provide problem solutions as needed.
• Assist the Foreman with administrative duties by assisting in the preparation of daily work orders; overseeing Contractors performing maintenance repairs and small projects for the city, assist in preparing various reports; processing overtime and leave requests; completing accident forms; and monitoring projects, equipment, and supply inventories.
• Assist in maintaining equipment by inspecting for damage, performing routine maintenance. Assist in establishing Preventative Maintenance (PM) schedules, and prioritization of work. Assist in maintaining updating and work order assets computer-based system. Monitors and interacts with the Building Controls System.
• Acting supervisor, the absence of the Foreman.
• All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.
• Regular and consistent attendance and punctuality for the assigned work hours is essential.

Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:

• Education: Training beyond high school. Could include some college hours, technical school, or correspondence course.
• Experience: 4-6 years of related experience. Ability to operate a computer and the associated programs. Experience with Building Management Systems.
• Licenses
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  Valid Driver's License required.