General Maintenance Worker

Description:

The General Maintenance Worker performs general maintenance and repair of equipment and buildings requiring practical skill and knowledge (but not proficiency) in such trades as painting, carpentry, plumbing, masonry and small engine repair. Work involves a variety of the following duties: Trouble shooting and servicing lawn equipment, repair or replace furniture and fixtures; using plaster or drywall compound to patch minor holes and cracks in walls and ceilings; repairing or replacing sinks and clearing blocked sewer drainage lines, water coolers and toilets; painting structures, walls, and equipment; repairing or patching concrete floors, steps and sidewalks; replacing damaged wall paneling and floor tiles; hanging doors and installing door locks; and performing general maintenance on equipment and machinery.

Responsibilities
 

• Perform facilities repair and preventive maintenance requiring mechanical, small engine, plumbing, welding, loading dock doors, signs, fuels, sheet metal, masonry, roofing, generators, carpentry and plastering maintenance and repair.
• Assist skilled plumbers, electricians and other maintenance staff in performing more complex maintenance, repair and construction activities.
• Paint buildings and equipment, patch plaster walls and repair or replace tiles and other wall coverings.
• Repair and assemble wood and