Building Mechanic Series

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Employees in this series perform and/or supervise custodial and service work required in the upkeep of buildings and a variety of semi-skilled tasks of the building and mechanical trades below the journeyman level.

DESCRIPTIONS OF LEVELS OF WORK

Employees at this level perform custodial and service work required in the upkeep of a building and perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks of the building and mechanical trades below the journeyman level. They work under general supervision from a designated supervisor.

A(n) Building Mechanic typically -

1. maintains and makes operating repairs on electrical equipment and appliances, oil burners, gas stoves, refrigerators, and other equipment;
2. maintains and makes adjustments and minor repairs on furnaces, stokers, and coal conveyors;
3. assists journeymen with carpentry, masonry, painting, plastering, roofing, plumbing jobs, acetylene, and electric welding;
4. remains available for duties of housekeeper when needed and directed, including covering information desk, answering telephones, making written reports on new information, preparing for special events, setting up furniture, clearing dishes from tables, helping with and clearing away after parties, taking care of small functions without supervision, cleaning rooms, cleaning washrooms, running errands, picking up and returning materials, locking up equipment and buildings, turning off lights, checking kitchen equipment, guarding property against fire, theft, and illegal entry, making a periodic check of the building, and reporting breakages and irregularities;
5. performs other related duties as assigned.

Employees at this level supervise custodial, and service work required in the upkeep of buildings and perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks of the building and mechanical trades below the journeyman level. They work under general supervision from a designated supervisor.

A(n) Building Mechanic Foreman typically -

1. supervises and is responsible for the maintenance and operating repairs on electrical equipment and appliances, oil burners, gas stoves, refrigerators, and other equipment;
2. supervises and is responsible for the maintenance, adjustment, and minor repairs on furnaces, stokers, and coal conveyors;
3. supervises and is responsible for the performance of carpentry, masonry, painting, plastering, roofing, plumbing, and acetylene and electric welding at less than the journeyman level;
4. remains available for duties of housekeeper when needed and directed, including covering information desk, answering telephones, making written reports on new information, preparing for special events, setting up furniture, taking care of small functions without supervision, cleaning rooms, picking up and returning materials, locking up equipment and buildings, turning off lights, checking kitchen equipment, guarding property against fire, theft, and illegal entry, making a periodic check of the building, and reporting breakages and irregularities;
5. supervises Building Mechanics and other assigned personnel;
6. performs other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS

CREDENTIALS TO BE VERIFIED BY PLACEMENT OFFICER

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Three (3) years (36 months) of mechanical and/or electrical work experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs)

1. High mechanical aptitude.
2. Ability to perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks of the building and mechanical trades below the journeyman level.
3. Ability to climb ladders and work from scaffolding.

CREDENTIALS TO BE VERIFIED BY PLACEMENT OFFICER

1. High school diploma or equivalent.
2. Six (6) years (72 months) of mechanical and/or electrical work experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs)

1. High mechanical aptitude.
2. Ability to perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks of the building and mechanical trades below the journeyman level.
3. Ability to climb ladders and work from scaffolding.
4. Ability to supervise.