MAINTENANCE REPAIR WORKER 4

The salary range indicated in this announcement is based on the Employee/Employer retirement compensation schedule. An employer-only option is available at a reduced salary range. Generally, salaries start at the lowest level of a step 1 and increase with each year of service to the highest level of a step 10.

For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

The Position

Maintenance Repair Workers perform semi-skilled work in the building and mechanical trades to repair, construct, and/or maintain buildings, facilities and equipment.

Under general supervision, incumbents perform the full range of duties described in the series concept, and in addition, function as a lead worker to a regularly assigned crew. Leadwork responsibilities include providing training and technical assistance, work assignment and work review, and providing input to performance evaluations. In a correctional setting, incumbents function as a lead worker for an inmate crew on a regular basis and document inmate performance through completion of periodic performance reports. Incumbents are also responsible for implementing security procedures which include securing the work area from unauthorized inmates and accountability for assigned inmates, staff, tools, and equipment.

The Nevada Department of Corrections is recruiting for a Maintenance Repair Worker 4 at Northern Nevada Correctional Center, in Carson City, NV. Incumbents in these positions perform complex semi-skilled work in the building and mechanical trades to repair, construct/maintain buildings, facilities and equipment. Incumbents perform basic plumbing, carpentry, interior/exterior painting, electrical, welding/equipment maintenance functions. Functions include, but are not limited to, cutting pipes; assembling and joining plastic/metal pipes/fittings; installing and repairing valves/fixtures; modifying plumbing systems/fixtures; patching roofs; removing walls; framing/fastening sheetrock; installing doors; building forms/pouring concrete; building shelves; repairing furniture; replacing floor tiles; installing/repairing locks; exterior painting; taping/texturing sheetrock; setting up scaffolding; cutting and installing conduit; pulling wire through the conduit; cutting and connecting wires to fixtures/switches/outlets/fixtures and power equipment; testing circuits; maintaining and repairing parking lot lights; performing preventative maintenance to equipment and vehicles by replacing worn or damaged parts. The position will also be welding gates; installing ductwork; repairing boilers, oil/gas furnaces; HVAC cleaning of boilers; adding refrigerant to AC systems; replacing fuses, air handler motors and thermostats. Incumbents function as a lead worker for inmate crews on a regular basis and provide input as to their performance. Incumbents are responsible for maintaining security procedures which include securing the work area from unauthorized inmates and accountability for assigned inmates, staff, tools and equipment. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE***

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-9_0/

To Qualify:

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: