Maintenance Worker

Maintenance Worker

Bellefontaine City Schools is accepting applications for a Maintenance Worker position. This is a full-time position with hours from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday - Friday. The starting salary is $23.11 per hour and is based on experience.

Perform maintenance duties which relate to the school plant, buildings, facilities, equipment, and grounds operation. The below lists are not ranked in order of importance.

Ensure safety of students

Perform normal operator adjustments and service to facility equipment such as, but not limited to, compressors, HVAC system, and assist in maintaining records on operational and maintenance activities

Assume primary responsibility for the safe condition of electric elements in the facilities owned or operated by the school district

Perform general maintenance work inside and outside the physical plant such as ceiling, roof, electrical, welding, plumbing, concrete, masonry, glazing, insulation, tile, pump, and fan repairs

Perform general labor inside and outside the physical plant including districtwide groundskeeping, handling materials and supplies, moving equipment, operating power-driver equipment, truck driving, snow plowing, mowing, etc.

Recommend supplies and equipment for purchase

Conduct periodical inspections of the facilities

Promote good safety practices and procedures

Repair and maintain HVAC, motors, and filters

Inspect roofs for leaks and repair

Repair and maintain electrical components, e.g., install new circuits, run new wire, install new breakers

Renew plumbing components, e.g., clean sewer lines, replace fixtures

Assemble and install educational equipment

Repair doors, windows and vents

Repair masonry structures

Assist with custodial or maintenance duties

Maintain all safety and code requirements of the federal, state, and local board of education guidelines

Order and account for material and labor relative to assignments

Maintain the inventory of district-owned hand tools, equipment, hardware, materials and supplies

Conduct routine and periodic inspections of school and facilities as part of a preventative maintenance program

Assist in the control of all maintenance and custodial tools and supplies

Ensure the care, condition, appearance, repair, or replacement of all physical equipment, buildings, facilities and grounds

Complete paperwork as necessary

Perform other duties as assigned by the Buildings and Grounds Supervisor

High school diploma or equivalent

Experience or knowledge of all building trade skills

Valid driver's license

Alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

Ability to work effectively with others

Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing

Effective, active listening skills

Organizational and problem solving skills

Basic understanding of electricity, plumbing, carpentry, roofing and glazing

Training in the proper care and storage of chemicals, e.g., hazards communication training

Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, written warnings, and labels

Ability to operate machinery

Ability to distinguish colors for electrical wiring purposes

Training in OSHA/PERRP rules and regulations

Pickup truck

Carpentry tools

Electrical tools

Various hand tools and power tools

Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue

Occasional operation of a vehicle in inclement weather conditions, i.e., must be prepared to come to school on all scheduled work days except calamity days

Occasional evening/weekend work

Frequent travel between buildings and to get supplies

Occasional repetitive hand motion, e.g., use of hand tools

Frequent requirement to work near moving mechanical parts, e.g., drill press, circular saw, table saw, hand tools

Occasional requirement to work in high places

Occasional exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic, dangerous, or caustic chemicals, e.g., chlorine, asbestos, welding dust

Occasional exposure to loud noises, e.g., power tools

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor, appointing authority.