General Trades Worker; Office​/On-site TC-

Bring your skilled trades expertise to a role that helps maintain a safe and reliable healthcare environment. The Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) has an opening for a General Trades Worker (PCN 143720) at Whiting Forensic Hospital (WFH) in Middletown.

• Full-time, First Shift
• Monday
  - Friday
• 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM
• 37.5 hours per week

• Comprehensive state employee benefits
• Access the State Employee Benefits Overview page to explore available options
• Professional growth and development opportunities
• A commitment to supporting a healthy work/life balance

• Perform a variety of skilled maintenance and repair work across building systems and facility infrastructure
• Inspect, troubleshoot, and address facility issues to help maintain a safe, functional, and secure environment
• Conduct preventative maintenance activities on HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems
• Coordinate facility operations and support services by working with vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders
• Respond to routine and emergent maintenance needs while managing multiple priorities throughout the facility
• Other duties as assigned

A comprehensive medical examination, including drug screening, is required following a conditional offer of employment. All state employees must comply with Connecticut’s Drug‑Free Workplace Policy.

DMHAS is dedicated to promoting the health and wellness of individuals with behavioral health needs through an integrated, holistic network of services that foster dignity, respect, and self‑sufficiency.

WFH provides high-quality, comprehensive, and individualized treatment and evaluation services for patients with mental health conditions who are involved in the criminal justice system or are not yet ready to be safely treated in less restrictive settings.

This class is accountable for performing highly skilled trades duties in various trade areas.

• Performs highly skilled maintenance and/or construction work requiring the application of trade skills, codes, and standard trade practices in a variety of trade areas including but not limited to: electrical, plumbing, carpentry, HVACR, glazing, masonry, painting work, etc;
• Makes estimates of time, personnel, and material required on assigned tasks;
• Keeps necessary records;
• Performs duties related to the trade or trade areas as required;
• In smaller trade areas, may be the sole worker running a skilled trade area;
• At state owned airports may be required to stand by for and respond to fire and/or crash emergency situations;
• May operate and maintain heavy earth moving equipment;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of and ability to apply the standard tools, materials, methods, and practices of a variety of trade areas;
• Skills
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to
  • prepare estimates and keep shop records;
  • utilize computer software.

Four (4) years of experience in one or more trade areas.

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been performing skilled trade functions in one or more trade areas.

NOTE:

For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Skilled Maintainer or Transportation Maintainer
2. Housekeeping, custodial, and food services duties will not be considered as qualifying experience.

• Graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of subject requirements in a maintenance trade area may be substituted for two (2) years of the General…