Facilities Maintenance Foreman

Definition: Under limited supervision, oversees maintenance, and repair of the City’s infrastructure and buildings. Coordinates repair and maintenance work with all City Departments.

Essential Functions: (Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may vary among positions, but may include the following tasks, knowledge, abilities, skills and other characteristics. This list of tasks is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and not intended to be a comprehensive listing of tasks performed by all positions in the classification.)

Tasks:

• Responsible for a wide range of building and grounds maintenance activities in an assigned area involving a variety of repairs, installations and general work in or around facilities within the City.
• Works from complaints, calls, Infrastructure Director direction and others to maintain city facilities in a safe and satisfactory condition.
• Perform corrective and preventative maintenance on city facilities and buildings.
• Plans, schedules and performs work while allowing for urgent and emergency work.
• Ensures the proper operations, maintenance, safety and general condition of all equipment under the department’s care, custody, and control.
• Work may involve ordinary troubleshooting to determine difficulties, which may involve the use of ordinary hand and power tools and test equipment.
• In the event of major repairs or replacement or construction, notifies superior, obtains bids, and sees to it that all work is carried out to meet contractual specifications and bids.
• Coordinates with Infrastructure Director and Administrative Assistant in the ordering of a variety of materials and parts, and in setting up bid specifications, and maintaining cost controls and efficient timely operations.
• Assists, directs, and instructs personnel in proper methods and procedures of maintenance of facilities.
• Sees that maintenance is performed with limited inconvenience to employees.
• Maintain discipline, teamwork, moral and good public relations.
• Consults with director on matters involving personnel and overall operations and management.
• Prepares necessary reports and job logs, and maintains employees’ time sheets.
• Employee must perform all duties with minimal supervision.
• Employee may be required to work irregular hours, attend job-related meetings and perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Abilities, Skills and Other Characteristics:

• Must be able to communicate orally and in writing in English.
• Must be able to read such items as technical journals, abstracts, and legal documents.
• Must be able to write such items as journals, and manuals.
• Must be able to persuasively speak and diplomatically participate in discussion.
• Must be able to apply mathematical operations as required.
• Must be able to read accurately all gauges on equipment and make correct judgments in operation and maintenance of equipment.
• Must be able to accurately estimate distances in order to maintain safety while operating equipment.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED certificate required.
• Five years experience in building & grounds maintenance or equivalent.
• One year of supervisory experience.
• One to three years of education/training in the construction trades such as electrical, plumbing, air conditioning/refrigeration/heating, ground maintenance or related experience.
• Must possess and maintain valid New Mexico Driver’s License.
• Must be flexible to work hours as required.
• Ability to use various hand and power tools related to facilities maintenance.
• Ability to understand and communicate in English.
• Ability to perform the essential duties.
• Ability to work in the work conditions as described.
• Ability to utilize equipment, tools, and materials listed below.

Physical Functions:

• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs. For one-third of work day from ground to waist level and from ground to overhead.
• Ability to sit up to four hours at one time, and up to seven hours total per day.
• Ability to stand and/or walk up to four hours at one time, and up to eight hours total per day.
• Must be able to crouch, kneel and remain in a prone position for up to thirty minutes at one time, and up to one-third of work day.
• Ability to bend and twist/rotate at waist if necessary for up to one-third of work day.
• Ability to work with arms extended and bent for up to four hours at one time, and seven and one-half hours total per day.
• Ability to push/pull with arms with a force of up to 5 lbs. For up to 4 hours at one time and seven and one-half hours total per day.
• Ability to push/pull arms with a force of up to fifty pounds or more while performing labor work.
• Ability to maintain balance while climbing in and out of equipment cabs.
• Ability to push with legs up to forty pounds of force to operate foot controls for up to four hours at one time, and seven and one-half hours total per day.
• Ability to twist/rotate legs in operating foot controls.
• Ability to use hands to grasp/manipulate levers and steering wheel in a bilateral coordinated manner.
• Ability to coordinate use of hands and eyes in operation of equipment.

Working Conditions:

• Performs work both indoors (approx. 50%) and outdoors (approx. 50%).
• Temperature depends on weather conditions.
• Worker is exposed to intermittent noise and vibration factors.
• Worker is exposed to paint and gas fumes, dead animal odors, dusts, and mists.
• Worker primarily works during daylight hours.
• Worker may work on even or uneven surfaces; carpeted, tiled floor, asphalt, concrete, or natural ground. These surfaces may be dry, wet, greasy, or dusty.
• Worker may work on inclines/ramps, scaffolding, and ladders.
• Exposed to normal driving hazards.
• Employee may work alone with or without direction, may work with one or two people, or with a large group of people.
• Work is conducted primarily during daylight hours.

Pick-up, excavation tools, hand tools, carpentry tools, digging bars, tamper, sledgehammer, calculator and fax.

Worker uses eye protection, hearing protection, reflecting vest, hard hat, gloves, steel -toed boots, cones, flags and other safety aids and equipment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $22.55 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work Location: In person