Facilities Maintenance Operator I

Position Summary

Do you love working with your hands? Join the City of Bozeman as a Facilities Worker to support our Strategic Services Team and help keep City buildings safe, functional, and welcoming for the community. No two days are the same in this position, from repairs and preventative maintenance and the next construction support and upkeep of grounds. The ideal candidate brings a mix of technical skills, enjoys problem-solving, teamwork, and takes pride in maintaining spaces that serve the public.

Bargaining Unit: Teamsters
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-Exempt
Work Week: Typically, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only)

• Performs facility maintenance including daily operational checks, and preventative maintenance and responding to service requests
• Operates, services, maintains, troubleshoots, repairs, and performs preventative maintenance tasks on building related equipment, pumps, boilers, and mechanical systems including HVAC;
• Manage access control including programming fobs, tracking and managing physical inventory of keys, and installing door hardware;
• Troubleshoots and performs minor repairs of electrical and lighting systems including lighting fixtures and ballasts;
• Utilize building management systems to monitor building systems and operations;
• Maintain and update records in Computerized Maintenance Management System;
• Provides snow removal for City facilities using mechanical equipment and shovel;
• Completes basic maintenance tasks including painting, cleaning, plumbing, moving furniture and equipment and office modifications;
• Contacts, coordinates, and monitors the work of vendors and contracted service providers hired to perform work on city owned buildings, grounds, and equipment;
• Observes safe work methods and makes appropriate use of related safety equipment as required;
• Operates and maintains light equipment and trucks, including pickups, trailers, utility vehicles, scissor lifts, and other related equipment;
• Operates a variety of construction hand and power tools and equipment;
• Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition, including securing equipment at the close of the work day;
• Keeps immediate supervisor and designated others accurately informed concerning work progress, including present and potential work problems and suggestions for new or improved ways of addressing such problems;
• Attends meetings, conferences, workshops, and training sessions and reviews publications and audio-visual materials to become and remain current on principles, practices, and new developments in assigned work areas;
• Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner. Provides outstanding customer service to City of Bozeman residents, employees, and customers;
• Communicates and coordinates regularly with appropriate others to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of interdepartmental operations and activities;
• Performs other duties consistent with the role and function of this classification.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; and
• Some (1-3 years) of experience in facility operation and maintenance; and
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Substantial knowledge of equipment, materials, and supplies used to do minor facilities repairs and maintenance;
• Substantial knowledge of the safe and proper use of basic hand tools, power tools, and other related equipment;
• Substantial knowledge of the maintenance and operation of related light duty equipment;
• Substantial knowledge of basic safety principles and practices;
• Some knowledge of building mechanical equipment and controls;
• Some knowledge of basic principles and practices of building construction, maintenance, and repair activities;
• Some knowledge of the techniques, methods, and materials related to facility maintenance;
• Some knowledge of construction, mechanical, and electrical drawings;
• Ability to work outdoors for extended periods of times with exposure to varying weather conditions;
• Ability to efficiently operate related light and medium duty equipment, hand and power tools, and other equipment;
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language;
• Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions;
• Ability to prepare and present accurate and reliable reports containing findings and recommendations;
• Ability to operate a personal computer using standard or customized software applications appropriate to assigned tasks;
• Ability to use independent judgment within prescribed standards and procedures;
• Ability to use logical and creative thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and/or oral instructions;
• Ability to perform a wide variety of duties and responsibilities with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines;
• Ability and willingness to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information and/or technology;
• Integrity, ingenuity, and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.
• Consistently performs assignments in accordance with the City’s Core Values of Integrity, Leadership, Service and Teamwork.

Preferred Qualifications

• Must possess a current valid Driver’s License and have the ability to obtain a Montana Driver’s License within six months of employment;
• Offers for employment are conditional upon satisfactory response to appropriate conditional offer process.