Buildings And Grounds

Posted Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Our vision is to be recognized as a world-class leader for providing and coordinating a full array of mobility and community services. LYNX mission is to link our community by providing quality mobility options with innovation, integrity and teamwork.

Performs a variety of highly skilled facilities maintenance responsibilities associated with ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness of LYNX facilities and passenger/transit amenities.

• Performs work relative to installation, renovation, construction, repair, maintenance, and preventative maintenance inspections of buildings, premises, and property.
• Performs complex electrical, plumbing, carpentry, welding, hydraulic, pneumatic, heating, refrigeration, ventilating, air conditioning, and other facilities maintenance work.
• Diagnoses problems and makes repairs or replacements of worn or defective parts of equipment.
• Reads and interprets blueprints, schematics, and technical manuals pertaining to facilities and equipment installed and serviced.
• Surveys work requirements; measures and calculates materials, labor, and systems requirements; prepares materials lists and carries out required tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
• Measures and installs pipes, fittings, and fixtures for heaters, fans, water and drainage systems; cuts and threads pipes; assembles and installs valves and fittings; joins and caulks pipes; replaces washers; mends pipes; and opens drains.
• Cuts and installs windows and doors; installs walls, light fixtures, and ceilings; builds and installs counters, cabinets, and partitions; verifies structure trueness using plumb bob and level; installs or replaces doorknobs and locks.
• Patches concrete and asphalt paving; patches asphalt roofs; repairs pit boards and gratings in garages.
• Moves furniture and office equipment.
• Safely operates electrical and air powered tools, pipe fittings, welding, hydraulic, pneumatic, and other mechanical tools, equipment, and/or heavy equipment assigned to the department.
• Textures walls; paints interiors and exteriors of existing or remodeled premises; lays out and paints parking or traffic lanes and signs; repaints or fabricates route signs.
• Repairs or removes bus shelters, benches, signs and poles; provides general maintenance and upkeep of these facilities.
• Installs or makes repairs to lights and electrical systems in bus shelters.
• Records completed maintenance tasks on work orders; uses computer terminal for data entry, inquiry and modification.
• Performs other duties as may be required or assigned.

• High School diploma or GED; plus
• One year of full-time training or education at a trade school or apprenticeship program in a directly related area; plus
• Three years of full-time experience performing carpentry, facilities construction, maintenance work, or mechanical equipment maintenance.
• An additional year of full-time experience performing carpentry, facilities construction, maintenance work or mechanical equipment maintenance beyond the minimum required may be substituted for trade school or apprenticeship program.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida driver’s license and safe driving record.

• Certification in 608 for A/C systems

• Knowledge and experience in the installation, maintenance, and repair of plumbing, air conditioning, heating, ventilation, pneumatic and hydraulic equipment, pipe fittings and welding.
• Knowledge of methods, practices, and terminology used in building and facilities construction, maintenance, and repair.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, rules, and standards for employee safety, environmental, and hazardous materials programs; ability to follow safe working practices.
• Skills in the use of the tools and performance of the tasks of the various trades utilized to repair systems.
• Ability to read and understand technical manuals, schematics, blueprints and technical trade code books pertaining to facilities and equipment serviced.
• Ability and willingness to learn new systems and system upgrades.
• Ability to use a…