Facilities Maintenance Worker I - G115

This position is responsible for the maintenance of Convention and Trade Center facility and grounds.

• Performs maintenance and repair of heating and air conditioning system; changes filters; checks pneumatic systems.

• Assists customers by providing lighting, electrical, and temperature control services.

• Maintains and repairs lighting systems; changes bulbs and other components.

• Installs and repairs kitchen equipment.

• Installs wallpaper; performs carpentry work; paints.

• Replaces motors and belts.

• Repairs plumbing systems.

• Ensures that emergency equipment is current and in working order.

• Provides electrical hookups for indoor and outdoor activities.

• Services and repairs boilers and pumps.

• Services and repairs sprinkler system.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of facilities and grounds maintenance and repair.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of the installation, maintenance, repair, and operation of electrical, plumbing, mechanical, kitchen, HVAC, telephone, and data line systems.

• Skill in the operation of hand tools, electrical tools, and test instruments.

• Skill in problem solving and decision making.

• Skill in oral and written communication.

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, bending, crouching, walking, or stooping. The employee occasionally lifts light and heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and must be able to distinguish between shades of color.

• Balancing - maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.

• Crouching - bending body forward by bending leg, spine.

• Feeling - perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.

• Grasping - applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.

• Handling - picking, holding, or working with whole hand.

• Hearing 1 - perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.

• Hearing 2 - receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.

• Kneeling - bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.

• Lifting - raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.

• Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.

• Mental Acuity - ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.

• Pulling - use upper extremities to exert force, haul or tug.

• Pushing - use upper extremities to press against objects with force, or thrust forward, downward, outward.

• Reaching - extending hands or arms in any direction.

• Repetitive Motion - substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.

• Speaking - expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.

• Standing - for sustained periods of time.

• Stooping - bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.

The work is typically performed in throughout the facility. The employee is exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, and irritating chemicals. Work may be performed outdoors where the employee may be exposed to cold or inclement weather.