Building Maintenance Worker

Building Maintenance Worker

Salary: $32,036

Successful candidate will be required to complete an Oneida County Civil Service Application for approval.

Mohawk Valley Community College provides accessible, high-quality educational opportunities to meet the diverse needs of our students. We are the community’s college, committed to student success through partnerships, transfer and career pathways, and personal enrichment.

The College is looking for exceptional colleagues to join the MVCC community. We are currently seeking three full-time Building Maintenance Workers in our Facilities and Operations department. This position entails semi-skilled work involving responsibility for independently performing a variety of building maintenance tasks. General instructions are received and work is performed under immediate or general supervision depending upon the nature of the task. The incumbent performs related work as required.

Typical Work Activities:

• Performs general building and grounds maintenance and housekeeping duties;
• Serves as general handyman performing a variety of semi-skilled duties;
• Performs semi-skilled work in masonry, carpentry, electrical and painting operations;
• Helps to install and repair wiring systems and electric fixtures and equipment;
• Repairs windows, doors, floors, walls and other parts of buildings;
• Does interior and exterior painting where quantity rather than fine quality of work performed is the principal object;
• Helps to install and repair general plumbing equipment, such as sinks and baths;
• Assists in cleaning and repairing boilers, pumps, heaters, pipe lines, valves and traps;
• Mixes plaster and concrete and assists in laying brick, plastering walls, finishing concrete work, etc.;
• Operates air compressors and other motorized equipment;
• May calculate cost of labor reports;
• May maintain records of equipment preventative maintenance;
• May prepare requisitions for the purchase of materials relating to building/ground and maintenance operations.

Qualifications:


Full performance knowledge, skills, abilities and personal characteristics : Good knowledge of modern buildings and grounds maintenance and repair practices; working knowledge of the practices and techniques of one or more of the standard trades; mechanical aptitude, industry; dependability; manual dexterity.


Minimum Qualifications: Either:
(A) Graduation for a regionally accredited of New York State registered college or university with an Associate’s Degree in construction, engineering technology, or a closely related field; OR
(B) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma AND two (2) years of experience in custodial, building maintenance, or grounds maintenance activities; OR
(C) Three (3) years of experience in custodial, building maintenance, or grounds maintenance activities.

*Note: Verifiable part-time and/or volunteer experience as described above will be pro-rated toward meeting full-time experience requirements.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Applicants will be required to complete an Oneida County application for review and approval: https://oneida-portal.mycivilservice.com/. Official academic transcripts required upon hire.

Review Start Date: 1/2/2023

Mohawk Valley Community College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and diversity. MVCC maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and global worldview. We value the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. We are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in a world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, different abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.