Structure Maintainer D (Sheetmetal) (Provisional

Description

Position at New York City Transit

Job Description

Job Title:

Structure Maintainer — Group D (Sheet Metal)

Location:

Various

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

• Last Date of Filing:
  Until Filled
• Authority: TA
• Department:
  Subway
• Division/Unit:
  Maintenance of Way/Infrastructure
• Reports to:
  
  Supervision
• Work Location:
  
  Various
• Hours of Work:
  Various

* If you are hired into this position, you must pass the next Civil Service Exam and be hired from the resulting list for this title to obtain permanent civil service status.

Salary Range:
The current minimum salary for Structure Maintainer – Group D is $37.16 per hour for a 40-hour week increasing to $43.72 per hour in the sixth year of service. These rates are subject to change. The benefits of this position include, but are not limited to, night and weekend salary differentials, paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, a comprehensive medical plan and a pension plan.

Structure Maintainers – Group D, under general supervision, perform sheet metal work in subway, surface and elevated structures, including stations, enclosures and related buildings; install, maintain and repair roofs, skylights, ducts, leaders and gutters, drip pans, fireproof doors, stovepipes and receptacles; fabricate sheet metal, plastic and fiberglass parts and devices needed for such work; perform other structural work as necessary, including incidental painting;

load, unload and drive trucks and vans; keep records; and perform related work.

Some of the physical activities performed by Structure Maintainers – Group D and environmental conditions they experience are: working outdoors in all weather conditions, walking along subway tracks, stepping over rails (including live third rails), and climbing and walking on elevated structures and along trackwalks and catwalks in dimly lit areas; climbing and working on roofs, ladders, ramps and scaffolding; lifting and carrying heavy tools and equipment;

bending and stooping in confined spaces; using hand tools and heavy-duty power tools; reading prints and drawings; distinguishing colored light signals; judging distances of lights in tunnels; and hearing warnings (bells, whistles and vocal) and responding to the sounds of oncoming trains.

Structure Maintainers – Group D may be required to work various shifts, including nights, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

• Two years of full-time experience as a helper, apprentice or trainee performing or assisting in the work described above; or
• Graduation from a vocational high school with a major course of study in sheet metal work or a closely related field; or
• Graduation from a trade school or technical school approved by a state’s Department of Education or recognized accrediting organization, with a major course of study in sheet metal work or a closely related field totaling 600 hours; or
• An Associate degree or higher in sheet metal work, or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university.

If you have qualifying part-time experience, it will be credited on a prorated basis.

Experience which involves only incidental or occasional sheet metal work, such as mixed Construction work, masonry, carpentry, ironwork, auto body repair work, or welding is not acceptable.

The vocational high school, technical school, or trade school must be approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting…