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Maintenance Specialist - Senior
The City of Richmond - Public Works
Richmond, VA
Full time$1000 / week
GovernmentMaintenanceTrades
Posted 533 day(s) ago


This position involves the maintenance and repair of City property, equipment, and facilities. Incumbents perform a range of semi-skilled and skilled labor, along with technical work, tailored to specific assignments within a City department or maintenance function. Some may serve as lead workers or first-level maintenance supervisors, overseeing a small crew. They typically report to a second-level maintenance supervisor managing multiple crews.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide specialized, skilled general maintenance based on assignment.
  • May lead work crews or teams, establish schedules, assign tasks, review work, and train employees.
  • Assist with complex tasks, make performance evaluations, gather maintenance data, maintain records, prepare reports, monitor maintenance needs, and offer repair recommendations.
  • Oversee hazardous materials maintenance including repairs of hazardous chemical metering equipment, boilers, water treatment equipment, and corrosion control chemical dosing equipment.
  • Oversee tree maintenance including tree maintenance/removal, limb debris removal, verification of cleanup, planting, instruction on tree care/placement, pesticide usage instruction, and disease/insect control.

Additional Duties:

  1. Lead, perform, and assist in skilled maintenance work, including scheduling, assigning tasks, and handling complicated tasks.
  2. Supervise/direct maintenance crews, monitor work, maintain records, and perform administrative tasks.
  3. Ensure proper tool/equipment usage and safety.
  4. Investigate citizen complaints, meet stakeholders to discuss and resolve issues.
  5. Perform special assignments as required.

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge: People management, local codes, boiler operations, MSDS, HVAC principles, tree maintenance methods, etc.
  • Skills: Communication, operating heavy equipment, budgeting, customer service, plumbing, carpentry, etc.
  • Abilities: Autonomy, problem-solving, diverse communication.

Minimum Training and Experience:

  • High School Diploma or GED (Associate's Degree preferred).
  • Five years of progressive technical field experience or an equivalent approved combination of training/experience.

Licensing, Certifications, and Special Requirements:

  • Valid Driver's License with a satisfactory record.
  • Commonwealth of Virginia Driver's License within 30 days of hire.
  • Some assignments may require a Commonwealth of Virginia Commercial Driver's License.
  • ISA certification for tree maintenance positions and pesticide certification.
  • Certification for handling refrigerants in hazardous materials positions.
Learn more at:https://www.rva.gov

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