Building Maintenance Technician

Purpose

The purpose of this classification is to perform security and work functions associated with overseeing the safety and security of inmates assigned to work detail performing general maintenance and construction.

Provides excellent service, pursues continuous improvement and exceeds expectations.

Incumbents in this classification are regularly assigned inmate workers and are responsible for their direction, productivity and safety. This classification performs the duties of Building Maintenance Technician to complete assigned work activities when inmates are not assigned.

• Directs, oversees and trains inmates assigned to crew: assigns and reviews work; evaluates training needs and provides instruction; establishes and promotes worker morale and teamwork; ensures security of inmates: picks up inmates for work detail and returns them upon completion of work; oversees work details; provides security for inmates.
• Performs a variety of building and facility maintenance duties: provides skilled work (carpentry, plumbing, electrical, etc.) to complete work order assignments; oversees the work of inmates assigned to functions in work unit.
• Performs a variety of facility construction and remodeling functions including painting and staining, building and placing shelves and other storage structures, building and/or moving walls; and replacement of windows.
• Performs other related duties as required.

• High School Diploma or GED required, with vocational or technical school training in related field; supplemented by three years of experience in building construction; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this job.

• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver’s license.
• Must possess and maintain Correctional Officer certification.

• Data Utilization:
  Requires the ability to determine, calculate, tabulate, or summarize data/information.
• Human Interaction:
  Requires the ability to act as a crew leader or lead worker, including instructing, assigning and reviewing work.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization:
  Requires the ability to operate, maneuver, or control equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and/or rapid adjustments.
• Verbal Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude:
  Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate decimals and percentages; perform mathematical operations with fractions; compute discount, interest, and ratios; calculate surface areas, volumes, weights, and measures.
• Functional Reasoning:
  Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems; interpret instructions in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form; and exercise independent judgment.
• Situational Reasoning:
  Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in evaluating information against subjective criteria.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Tasks require the ability to exert moderate physical effort, typically involving stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects and materials of moderate weight (20-40 pounds).

Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, smoke, temperature and noise extremes, hazardous materials, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, bright or dim lights, and toxic agents.