Maintenance Tech II

Responsible for operation, maintenance and renovation of all Lubbock County’s facility infrastructure and grounds. Required to practice tool and equipment control; procure and maintain adequate stocks of equipment and supplies; use and report serviceability problems with department equipment; and support the department’s electrical, mechanical, and life safety technicians when needed. Perform other duties as required.

• Perform work with hand tools, including digging trenches, filling excavations, mixing concrete, cutting down trees and brush, and removing debris from curbs and landscapes.
• Operate motorized vehicles and equipment including forklifts, scissor-lifts, single-man lifts, bucket trucks, and tractors.
• Know the proper use of various construction and maintenance equipment.
• Willing to learn to read and interpret blueprints, drawings, and operational manuals, and use to perform assigned duties.
• Complete preventative maintenance inspections on county facilities regularly; document and report findings or concerns into the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and to the Maintenance Supervisor.
• Inventory warehouse and storage areas to determine availability of supplies; order and pick up supplies needed to properly complete jobs.
• Install and/or move furniture, filing cabinets, and other supplies as needed.
• Assess maintenance department needs and requisition equipment and materials for installation and repairs, as well as tools in need of replacement.
• Support and comply with the departmental safety program to include all safety and health rules, regulations, and operating policies and procedures.
• Follow all applicable county policies concerning attendance; documentation of work; dress and personal appearance; hazard and alarms; confidentiality; licensing and regulation.
• Possess high-quality customer service skills to resolve customer problems in a courteous, professional, timely and accurate manner.
• Respond to 24hr. emergency maintenance callbacks and provide after-hours overtime work as needed.
• Respond to emergencies as required, i.e., fire, medical, terrorist, injuries, bomb threats, breaches of security, and notifying security officers.
• Assists Senior Maintenance Technicians with the following:
• Repair or replacement of doors, locks, floor tile, ceiling tile and grid, chair rails, cabinets, chairs, bookcases, broken windows, and flooring.
• Building new walls.
• Install, float, tape, sand, and finish new sheetrock installations.
• Stain, varnish, texture, and paint repairs and new installations.
• Repair or replace light fixtures, lenses, bulbs, ballasts, duplex outlets, light switches, and cover plates.
• Install and maintain door hardware.
• Repair and replace toilets, urinals, flush valves, sinks and faucets, toilet paper and paper towel dispensers, soap dispensers, plumbing piping and valves.
• Unstops clogged plumbing fixtures, drains, sewer lines, and grease traps.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: High school graduation or its equivalent plus at least 2 years of experience, or any equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Texas Driver’s License. Vocational/Trade school or courses is a plus.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Working knowledge in the operation and repair or replacement of plumbing equipment and fixtures, appliances, basic electrical, construction of stud and sheetrock walls, patching sheetrock walls, texturing, and painting, door operation and hardware, floor, and ceiling finishes. Basic plumbing and irrigation knowledge. General building construction, maintenance, and landscaping practices and procedures. Basic computer usage. Experience with and understanding of the safe operation of…