Maintenance Assistant- Facilities Management

Hours of work: M-F, 7am-330pm.

To perform basic buildings and grounds maintenance work at all County locations. Perform basic routine and preventative maintenance on heating, ventilating, air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, plus basic electrical, basic plumbing, and grounds maintenance.

• Perform basic maintenance, as directed, on HVAC systems including filters, belts,pumps, cooling towers, compressors, bearings and other equipment associated with
  
  HVAC systems.
• Perform basic electrical work to include changing ballasts and light bulbs, and running electrical/tele/data wire.
• Perform basic plumbing maintenance on sinks, toilets, faucets, piping, and drinking fountains.
• Maintain, repair, and replace flooring, painting, and drywall as needed, and maintaining locks, shelving installation, picture hanging, furniture moving and assembly.
• Repair office furniture, move office furniture, and transport furniture and other items to off-site facilities.
• Deliver office supplies and deliveries.
• Prepare room and furniture set-up/tear down for scheduled meetings.

• Snow removal and lawn care.
• Exterior clean-up of window wells.
• Landscape upkeep including planting flowers and shrubs, watering and weeding.
• Cleaning of grounds including parking areas and ramps.

• Ability to perform basic routine maintenance as assigned, on HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems.
• Have the general understanding of building & grounds terminology, and systems.
• Ability to follow rules, instructions, and procedures.
• Ability to assess and determine proper course of action, ie. fire alarm, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical emergencies.
• Must tolerate heat, humidity, cold, and other adverse weather conditions.
• Ability to operate a variety of electric and non-electric hand tools, walk behind snow blowers, mowers, weed eaters, shovels, and sprayers.
• Ability to prioritize work projects.
• Ability to work with contractors.

• Graduation from a high school or its equivalent.
• Must possess and maintain a current unrestricted (not due to corrective lenses) driver's license and auto insurance pursuant to the Rock County Administrative Policy and Procedure 5.02 and 5.27.
• Able to pass a criminal background investigation due to working in secure facilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality due to working in secure facilities.

Lift, push, pull

• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Carry 50 lbs. up stairs; to roof. Pull 50 lbs. up to roof.
• Shovel/push snow by hand (sidewalks)

Bending, squatting, kneeling

• Must be able to bend, squat, kneel, in order perform maintenance activities on cell - combi-units, security elements, dispatch stations, and plumbing chases.
• Under floor work, run wiring, change equipment.

Climbing, overhead work

• Must be able to climb stairs, ladders, roof access ladders.
• Must be able to work for a sustained period of time on ladders to change lights, repair fixtures, door maintenance.
• Must be able to work off a lift platform/climb scaffold.

• Variety of electric and non-electric hand tools, multi-meter testing equipment, sewer augers, lift platform, scaffolding, walk behind snowblowers, mowing equipment, weed eaters, hand shovels, weed sprayers.
• Operation of motor vehicles including pick-up trucks with plow and salter attachments, box trucks, lift gates, tractors and skid steers with a variety of grounds keeping attachments.

• Both indoor and outdoor work during all four seasons - Winter, with cold, ice and snow;
  Summer, with high heat and humidity.
• -CPR/AED certification
• * Possible exposure to blood and/or body fluids.