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8/16/2021 - Building Maintenance Worker / Maintenance Worker 1, Grounds Department of Public Works & Property

Building Maintenance Worker / Maintenance Worker 1, Grounds
Department of Public Works & Property
Starting Salary: $31,277


Duties:
Under direction, performs various routine maintenance and moderately physically strenuous tasks involved in cleaning and maintaining offices, furniture, buildings, and grounds; assist in making repairs to buildings or equipment.

Knowledge and Abilities:
Cleans rooms, offices, bathrooms, restrooms, dusts, washes and cleans windows.
Mops or scrapes sticky or heavy liquids from floors.
Knowledge of equipment used in stripping, waxing of floors, vacuuming, and polishing wood, tile, glass, etc.
Runs power-cleaning equipment, floor machines, cleans and oils the equipment and changes brushes and accessories.
Ability to obtain, store, safeguard, distribute, and properly use equipment, materials, and supplies.
Handling cleaning problems, lift and move moderately heavy objects, organize cleaning work, and develop work methods.
Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in performing general maintenance work
Moves heavy furniture, supplies, equipment; loads and unloads trucks.
Works from ladders, scaffolds and platforms
Performs the routine work involved in creating concrete structures, mixes and pours cement and aggregates.
Repair’s brick and concrete structures, repairs plastered walls and ceilings.
Prepares and paints interior and exterior surfaces consisting of metal, wood, and masonry.
Performs general plumbing services such as replacing washers and gaskets.
Repairs roofs, drains, rainspouts, and so forth, using general sheet metal techniques.
Performs general electrical maintenance such as replacing light bulbs, wall plates, switches, receptacles and light fixtures.
Performs routine operation checks on blower motors, and reports malfunctions immediately.
Methods in performing general maintenance and repair work.
Mow’s lawns, trim hedges, rakes leaves etc. plant and care for flowers, trees, and shrubs.
Shovel’s snow, salts icy surfaces to prevent slipping and requires knowledge of motorized snow removal equipment.
Maintains and makes minor repairs to hand tools, automotive and mechanical equipment, and facilities.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.
Required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems.

License:
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey.

Hours:
Shifts vary and may include days, nights, weekends, and holidays. 40 Hours per workweek.

Note:
Offers of employment for this title are contingent upon successful completion of physical fitness testing that includes
drug screening, criminal background check, and verification of clean driving record.
Position includes ongoing random drug and alcohol testing.

Applicants should submit a cover letter and Resume to:
Wheeler Fazenbaker
Department of Personnel
wheelerfa@co.cumberland.nj.us or fax to 856-453-0361.

Posting is open until positions are filled.

The County of Cumberland is an Equal Opportunity Employer striving for diversity in the workplace.

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164 W. Broad St., Bridgeton, NJ 08302
Phone: (856) 453-2125