Maintenance Tech

JOB SUMMARY

Performs operational duties related to repairing wastewater mechanical equipment. Responsibilities include troubleshooting wastewater equipment; determining schedules and equipment repair requirements; performing preventative maintenance; and installing new and rebuilt pumps, motors, augers, gear drives rollers, controllers, blowers, and heat‑exchangers etc.

• Performs preparatory work, including ensuring all required materials and equipment are available.
• Inspects work sites for potential problems.
• Performs various painting activities, including laying out drop cloths; mixing and matching paint; power washing, scraping, burning, and sanding surfaces; performing minor repair work, such as puttying wood, plastering holes, and finishing surfaces; and applying paint to buildings, walls, ceilings, furniture, equipment, and vehicles.
• Inventories materials and equipment to ensure adequate supply levels and submits supply requests to supervisor.
• Performs cleanup at the end of the workday or when jobs are completed, including cleaning up paint spills and other debris, picking up tools and drop cloths, cleaning work areas, and performing touch‑up work as needed.
• Meets with supervisor to discuss work assignments and priorities.

• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other County personnel, officials, and the general public.
• Communication and interpersonal techniques as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc., sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.
• Troubleshooting and correcting paint defects in interior and exterior surfaces and equipment.
• The ability to work from ladders and scaffolds.

• Completion of coursework equivalent to the academic requirements of a High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
• Two (2) years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

• Valid State of Georgia Driver’s License (as required by position assignment).

• Positions in this class typically require climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, mobility, pushing, pulling, lifting, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive physical motions.