Maintenance Assistant

The Department of Facilities Management and Development at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Maintenance Assistant.

Typically, Maintenance Assistants, without a parenthetic designating a trade specialty, are classified for relatively small maintenance staffs where specialization is not desirable or for large maintenance pools where specialization is not efficient.

Positions in these work settings may perform activities and tasks typical of a variety of trade specialties. By comparison, Maintenance Assistants with a parenthetic designation, such as Carpenter, Mechanic, or Painter, usually spend most of their work time performing tasks typical of the trade indicated by the parenthetic designation, although they may be assigned to perform activities in other trades.

Illustrative Tasks

• Operates machine tools, including, lathes, shapers, milling machines, metal cutting saws, planers, and radial drill presses to manufacture metal items, such as large bushings and special bolts, and performs the less difficult machine operations, such as threading bolts and cutting keyways.

• Repairs, maintains, and services automotive and mechanical equipment by performing activities such as adjusting hydraulic brakes, replacing wheel bearings, performing minor body work, and replacing components, including starters, fuel pumps, water pumps, mufflers, and gas tanks.

• Performs routine replacement and repair of plumbing and steamfitting equipment and installation of new equipment, according to layouts provided by the supervisor, by cutting, fitting, and threading pipe; removing existing pipes and fixtures; repairing and adjusting water mixers, thermostats, and other fixtures; locating and unplugging stoppages; repairing domestic steam equipment such as steam tables, dishwashers, and laundry equipment; repairing leaks in steam and water lines; overhauling vacuum pumps; and insulating steam lines.

• Cuts, welds, and brazes a variety of metal materials and equipment; manufacturers standard items of sheet metal ware such as pails, dippers, and garbage cans; and assists in maintaining and erecting signs.

• Performs semiskilled carpentry activities including repairing doors, windows, window sashes, storm windows, stairs, railings, furniture, locks, and door hardware; operating shop machinery to make and assemble bookcases, shelves, tables, trenches, signs, and modular furniture; erecting and moving partitions; building forms for concrete work; and, under supervision, assisting in erecting and renovating buildings and structures.

• Operates and maintains heating and hot water equipment in a small facility by replacing parts, such as filters and pumps; cleaning equipment and fireboxes; replacing and adjusting components, such as thermostats and points; and checking oil levels in storage tanks.

• Assists in repairing and maintaining locks by making keys; changing lock combinations; opening locks when keys are not available; installing locks; and cleaning and repairing locks.

• Performs semiskilled masonry repairs and installation activities such as pointing up brick and stone work; patching plaster walls; setting tiles; laying brick and stone; finishing concrete work; replacing fire brick in boilers; and operating equipment including mixers and concrete block machines.

• Repairs, rebuilds, and assists in installing metal, slate, shingle, and built-up roofs.

• Assists in painting and decorating work by performing interior and exterior painting not requiring fine finish or decorative treatment; staining and finishing wood and furniture; painting equipment; installing wallpaper; and spray-painting surfaces and equipment.

• Performs the routine tasks of the electrical trade, including repairing electrical equipment such as overhead door motors, vacuum cleaners, electric ranges, and other appliances; replacing brushes on large electric motors; laying and repairing electrical cables and wires; installing and maintaining lighting fixtures, outlets, and switches; and adjusting points and contacts on electrical equipment.

• When deemed necessary by supervisor, Maintenance Assistants may be assigned to other maintenance activities, such as snow and ice control.

• May occasionally operate trucks and light construction equipment.

Required Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in maintenance or mechanical work under the supervision of a skilled trades worker.

• OR completion of an appropriate two-year technical school course, institute, or branch of the Armed Services, such as the New York State Civil Service Employees Association-Partnership (NYS CSEA-P) Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program*;

• OR an equivalent combination of experience and training gained by completion of appropriate technical courses at a school, institute, or branch of the Armed Services.

• When required to operate motor vehicles, candidates must possess a valid New York State driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicle to be operated.

(*Successful completion of the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Certificate Program includes a total of 288 hours of trade-specific classroom instruction, 45 hours of technical math course work, 45 hours of technical communications course work, and 15 hours of blueprint/schematic reading course work. It does not include 4,000 hours of on-the-job training, as required for the NYS CSEA-P Applied Skilled Trades Traineeship.)

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

SG-9

Salary Range:

As per civil service guidelines

• Hiring Rate: $40,193 Base Salary plus $3,087 Location Pay (Full-Time 1.0FTE)

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encourage