Building Maintenance Supervisor Office​/On-site

Position Highlights

• School:
  Wilcox Technical High School
• Location:
  
  Meriden, CT
• Shift: Full-time, first shift, 37.5 hours per week
• Schedule:
  
  Monday – Friday, 6:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• Expected start date:
  August 7, 2026

• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A healthy work/life balance for all employees

• Staff assistant to a Plant Facilities Engineer II at a major state institution, supervising and coordinating maintenance and repair projects in the building and maintenance trades.
• Chief physical plant employee at a moderate‑sized state institution, in charge of custodial and maintenance services for the entire institution.
• Chief physical plant employee at a regional vocational technical school, in charge of custodial and maintenance services for the entire institution.

• Schedules, assigns, oversees, and reviews work of staff
• Provides staff training and assistance
• Conducts performance evaluations
• Determines priorities and plans building and grounds maintenance work
• Establishes and maintains building maintenance procedures
• Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards
• Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies, and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures
• Prepares reports and correspondence
• Inspects buildings and equipment to determine repair and improvement needs
• Receives repair requests, makes estimates of time and materials to meet requests and prioritizes according to need
• Maintains inventories of tools, equipment, supplies and orders or requisitions when needed, possibly requiring interaction with vendors
• Serves as a centralized purchasing officer for properties under their authority
• Coordinates arrangements for deliveries of materials and access to area by workers
• Arranges alternative plans for areas and services disrupted during construction and/or repair
• May solicit bids from outside contractors and inspect contracted work
• May read and interpret design blueprints and specifications for small‑scale renovations and remodeling
• May make budget recommendations
• Performs related duties as required

In charge of operations such as heat supply, custodial work, vehicles and transportation, as well as maintenance and repair.

• Considerable knowledge of relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations; relevant agency policies and procedures; materials and methods of building repair and maintenance; preventive maintenance techniques
• Considerable interpersonal skills
• Oral and written communication skills
• Ability to lay out and inspect building repair and maintenance work
• Read and interpret blueprints and specifications
• Coordinate work assignments
• Utilize computer software
• Supervisory ability

• General
  
  Experience:
  
  Six (6) years of experience in the repair and maintenance of large buildings.
  
  Note:
  
  Experience performing technical duties within the maintenance trade area on a military base, aircraft carrier or large compound may be substituted for the General Experience on a year‑for‑year basis.
• Special
  
  Experience:
  
  Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been in a supervisory capacity.
  
  Note:
  
  For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Building Superintendent II.
• Substitutions Allowed:
  College training in architecture, mechanical or electrical engineering or a related field may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one‑half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.

• Experience operating within a Building Automation System to help troubleshoot facility problems including heating and cooling
• Experience maintaining and operating facilities equipment including snow removal, grounds maintenance, custodial equipment, and vehicles
• Experience troubleshooting and repairing heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems
• Experience with State of Connecticut or other procurement bidding requirement processes
• Experience utilizing digital work order systems to manage work orders and track preventive maintenance
• Expe…