Maintenance And Operations Manager

Description

Under administrative direction, to assist the Director of Maintenance, Operations, Facilities and Transportation in the operation of the maintenance and operations activities; to supervise and manage the school district's maintenance program; to give direction, coordinate work, and cross-train workers in the school district's operations program; to perform skilled work in all building trades, and to do related duties as required. This is a management position.

SUPERVISION:
The person in this classification is supervised by the Director of Maintenance, Operations, Facilities and Transportation. The person in this classification has supervision control of journeymen and senior maintenance workers; gives direction and coordinates work with the Grounds Supervisor; and cross-trains other maintenance employees.

Examples of Duties

• Supervises and performs maintenance work in the repair, installation, and alteration of electrical equipment and wiring systems, carpentry work and structures, concrete/plaster and asphalt, heating/ventilation and refrigeration systems, and plumbing/valves/water piping, gas piping, locks/lockers/closers, panic devices, and welding;

• Operates tools and equipment related to maintenance assignments;

• Assists in the confirmation of maintenance worker assignments;

• Diagrams work, contacts vendors, estimates costs, requisitions costs, makes assignments, and inspects;

• Evaluates the need for present or future maintenance work;

• Supervises repairs during emergencies and breakdowns;

• gives direction and coordinates operations work for sprinkler systems, floor finishing, pest control, furniture repair, small equipment repair, carpet repair, and floor coverings;

• Makes assignments and assists in the cross-training of maintenance workers for maintenance work;

• Assigns maintenance workers as maintenance helpers;

• Conducts in-service training programs;

• Develops procedures for improving the quality of service;

• Maintains records and prepares reports;

• Maintains proper inventories of supplies and equipment;

• Assists in maintaining budget control;

• Participates in the selection of designated personnel; and

• Participates in the performance appraisal of designated personnel.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Knowledge of basic methods, techniques, materials, tools, and equipment used in maintenance, repair, and construction work;

• Knowledge of rules, regulations, and operational procedures pertaining to the repair, maintenance, and construction of school buildings, machines, and equipment;

• Knowledge of principles and methods of effective selection, supervision, and evaluation of maintenance and skilled trades personnel;

• Knowledge of safe work methods and procedures

ABILITY TO:

• Ability to communicate orally and in writing;

• Ability to supervise personnel in the absence of the Director of Maintenance, Operations, Facilities and Transportation;

• Ability to skillfully use and evaluate the use of a variety of tools and equipment used in a basic maintenance program;

• Ability to make recommendations on selection, evaluation, and termination of personnel;

• Ability to work from blueprints, shop drawings, and sketches;

• ability to estimate costs and materials for construction and rehabilitation of school buildings;

• Ability to maintain simple records and prepare meaningful reports as required;

• Ability to provide in-service training to maintenance and operations staff as assigned;

• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written directions with minimal accountability controls;

• Ability to instruct and work cooperatively and effectively with others.

Typical Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to graduation from high school supplemented by coursework or training in basic repair, maintenance, and/or construction.

Three years of progressively more responsible paid experience equivalent to journey level in basic repair, maintenance and/or construction and one year of supervisory experience, including the selection and evaluation of personnel.

Supplemental Information

ENVIRONMENT:

• Indoor and outdoor work environment

• Driving a vehicle to conduct work

• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts

• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration

• Occasionally works in outside weather conditions

• Noise level-usually moderate

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate hand tools, objects or controls, computer keyboard, and other specialized tools and equipment

• Hearing and speaking to exchange information

• Reaching overhead, over the shoulders, and horizontally

• Lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling heavy objects weighing up to 50 pounds

• Sitting or standing for extended periods of time

• Bending at the waist, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling

• Good visual acuity including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

• Walking, Climbing or Balancing

• Taste or Smell

All offers of employment are conditional, based upon the successful completion of the following: Fingerprint/conviction clearance, physical examination including a drug screening by a District approved physician, and a test for tuberculosis.