Facilities Trades Worker

The City of Roanoke is seeking a Facilities Trades Worker to support the repair, maintenance, and operation of City buildings, facilities, and equipment. In this role, you will perform work across multiple skilled trades, including mechanical, structural, and HVAC systems.

You will assist skilled trades staff with a variety of repair, maintenance, and installation activities, which may include electrical, carpentry, plumbing, welding, mechanical, HVAC, and related work. You will use standard hand tools, power tools, and equipment associated with these trades while helping ensure City facilities and equipment remain safe, functional, and well maintained.

Your assignments may vary depending on the needs of the work area, giving you the opportunity to develop and apply skills across multiple trades while working as part of a skilled facilities maintenance team.

The City of Roanoke is an Equal Employment Opportunity/AA/M/F/Disability Employer.To elevate the performance of the organization, we are committed to respecting, celebrating, and embracing the collective mixture of differences and similarities between our employees as a rich tapestry. Our behaviors will demonstrate open communication, and we will seek opportunities to learn, recognizing and rewarding actions that promote acceptance while suspending judgment. By doing this, we will foster an inclusive, open work environment that delivers excellent service and creates a more vibrant and inviting community.

This is a non-exempt position. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

May include the following depending on area of assignment

• Performs unskilled manual work in the completion of carpentry projects. 
• Assist a skilled carpenter (worker)
• Operates and maintains various types of hand and small power tools. 
• Assist in maintaining inventory control for tools.
• Assist with event support, snow removal and other emergency tasks may include nights, weekends or holidays as needed
• Adheres to established safety procedures.
• Must be able to climb/work on ladders/lifts to reach high ceilings or walls 
• Required to wear some type of respiratory protection in the performance of their duties. Pulmonary test will be provided by the city. 
• May be required to take classes or training to enhance job performance

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); Minimum of 6 months related experience in construction or mechanical environment

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and comprehend instructions. Ability to understand and follow specific oral or written instructions

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense carry out written or oral instructions.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Requires a valid appropriate driver's license issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia

May be required to pass CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Systems) background check due to working in secured areas, depending on area of assignment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

This is a job description and not an individualized position description. A job description defines the general character and scope of duties and responsibilities of all positions in a job classification, but it is not intended to describe and does not necessarily list the essential job functions for a given position in a classification.