Facility Maintenance Specialist - Hays County
San Marcos, TX 78666
About the Job
Responsibilities:
- Maintains all Sheriff’s Office buildings to include jail, public safety building, mechanic’s shop, satellite buildings and pertinent outbuildings.
- Maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs cameras, monitors and lighting for all Sheriff’s Office buildings.
- Maintains and repairs electrical control devices within the jail and office areas.
- Maintains and troubleshoots electrical doors and cell locks.
- Maintains kitchen and laundry equipment including dishwasher, mixer, freezer, walk-in cooler, washing machines, dryers, and a variety of related equipment.
- Maintains emergency lighting equipment to include emergency generator.
- Maintains HVAC equipment throughout the jail, public safety building, mechanic’s shop, satellite buildings and pertinent outbuildings.
- Maintains and repairs plumbing throughout the jail, public safety building, mechanic’s shop, satellite buildings and pertinent outbuildings.
- Works inside and outside the facility providing maintenance in order to provide for the security of the jail facility.
- Performs periodic maintenance inspections of the facilities.
- Provides services in an on-call status for 24-hour periods.
- Creates and implements preventative maintenance schedules for all Sheriff’s Office buildings.
- Escorts, assists, and advises private contract personnel.
- Provides routine budgetary and status reports to jail command staff through the Lead Facility Maintenance
- Ensures weekly maintenance reports are submitted to jail command staff through the Lead Facility Maintenance
- Works in concert with the Budget Coordinator to create purchase orders for vendors in the absence of the Lead Facility Maintenance
- Reads blueprints, manuals, and schematics to ensure proper repair and/or maintenance of equipment.
- Requires the employee to be able to render credible testimony in any court proceeding to include Justice Courts, County Courts, District Courts, and any U.S. Federal Court Page 2 of 4
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge Required:
- Exceptional knowledge of the principles and practices of preventative maintenance procedures
- General knowledge of Hays County regulations, policies, and procedures
- General knowledge of security procedures required when working with power tools and other dangerous equipment in and around a jail facility.
- General knowledge of radio procedure
- General knowledge of general construction and renovation techniques to include electrical circuitry, mechanics of heating, ventilation, air conditioning equipment and plumbing.
Skills Required:
- Exceptional skill in the safe operation of power tools
- Exceptional skill in workload management
- General skill in interacting with inmates during the course of work
- General skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with County staff and the general public.
- General skill in reading and interpreting blueprints, diagrams, and schematics
- General skill in customer relations
- General skill in maintaining careful watch on tools while working around inmates.
- General organizational skills
- General skill in expressing oneself clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- General skill in interacting with people in all socio-economic levels.
- General skill using computers and software (Excel, Word, Outlook, Work Order System)
Education and/or Experience:
- Any combination of experience or training may be substituted on a year for year basis.
- Requires High School diploma or GED.
- Two years of general trades maintenance experience.
Other Qualifications, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- Class C TX Driver’s License
Supervision:
- The Facility Maintenance employee is required to satisfactorily perform the above duties and will be evaluated for technical soundness, accuracy, completeness, and adherence to instruction.
- This position does not supervise any personnel.
Source : Hays County
