Facilities Maintenance - Building Service Specialist

SUMMARY:

Repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as engines, motors, HVAC systems, and facilities, utilities machines and equipment by performing the following duties. Installs and repairs electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical and electronic components of industrial machinery and equipment by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Includes the following:

• Monitors, maintains, and performs standard repairs to building electrical, facilities and systems, such as tubes, fixtures, switches, photocells, and outlets; assists other technicians.

• Monitors performance of heating, ventilation, and cooling systems for the facility; performs standard repair/replacement of components, as appropriate, and maintenance tasks such as cleaning of heating and cooling fan coil units and adjustment of system controls.

• Monitors and performs maintenance of plumbing systems, to include standard repair of leaking fixtures, cleaning obstructed waste lines, and/or performing modifications to plumbing and water supply systems.

• Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practice.

• Documents facilities maintenance requirements maintains appropriate records of work performed.

• Observes mechanical devices in operation and listens to their sounds to locate causes of trouble.

• Dismantles devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.

• Examines form and texture of parts to detect imperfections.

• Inspects used parts to determine changes in dimensional requirements.

• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments.

• Repairs or replaces defective parts.

• Performs preventive maintenance facilities equipment and utilities.

• Install special functional and structural parts in devices.

• Starts devices to test their performance.

• Sets up and operates grinder, power tools and other shop tools to make and repair parts.

• Initiates purchase order for parts and supplies.

• Connects low voltage power supply wires to machines and equipment and connects cables and wires between machines and equipment.

• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as low voltage motors, and lighting fixtures and replaces damaged or broken lighting fixtures.

• Replaces blown fuses, reset breakers and overload relays for lighting and equipment.

• Tests malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with other maintenance workers to diagnose malfunction.

• Operates cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.

Measures, marks, and scribes’ dimensions and reference points on metal stock surfaces.

• Replaces defective parts with new part or repairs or reproduces part from various kinds of metal stock.

• Operates forklifts, scissor lifts and other equipment necessary to perform tasks.

• Fills up logs for inspection and preventive maintenance of equipment’s and utilities.

• Fills up work order upon completion of job/task.

• Performs plumbing and piping repairs.

• Performs other duties as required and miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

• Reports to Manager or Supervisor status of pending and ongoing jobs.

• Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Two-year certificate in the mechanical or electrical field from a college or technical school; or a minimum of 3 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of employees, supervisors, and managers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to work with mathematical mechanical and/or electrical concepts. Ability to apply such concepts to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to the risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals (cleaning agents, water treatment chemicals, etc.); and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.