FACILITIES AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE
Maintenance-Grounds Technician
Summary
Maintenance/Grounds Technician Second-level vocational employees responsible for performing a variety of semi-skilled work in the alteration, maintenance, and repair of state buildings and facilities. An employee in this position will also perform custodial duties involving the cleaning of state offices or facilities, as well as maintaining inventory of supplies and performing maintenance on cleaning equipment. Employees work in a variety of trade areas such as electrical, plumbing, carpentry, concrete and masonry, painting, plastering, and mechanical repair in settings such as facilities and grounds. May also oversee a crew engaged in custodial and maintenance tasks.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- In addition to those identified in the previous levels within this career path: Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful interpretation, explanation, and application of all assigned areas of facilities and grounds maintenance, as well as the laws, principles, and practices as they are related to implementation within the agency.
- Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful interpretation, explanation, and application of the agency's policies, procedures, rules, and regulations in the performance of duties.
- Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate successful operation and use of designated facilities and grounds maintenance equipment, parts, tools, supplies, and associated software systems in the performance of duties.
- Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate successful use of computer equipment and associated software/databases in the performance of duties.
- Knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful use of the principles and practices of project management techniques in the performance of duties.
- Possess and demonstrate successful communication skills in English via all modes of communication.
- Possess and demonstrate successful management and prioritization of work within predetermined deadlines and stressful/adverse situations.
- Possess and demonstrate the ability to successfully work as a team member and positively interact with a variety of people, as well as work hours as assigned.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the training and mentoring of junior staff.
- Ability to lift, move, and/or carry 50 pounds.
- Ability to work long hours while standing.
- Ability to work outdoors and in inclement weather.
- Ability to position self and equipment necessary to perform duties.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the comprehensive analysis and problem solving, as well as preventative maintenance, of facilities and grounds.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance and adherence to the rules of conduct for Patrol employees in accordance with General Order 26-02, as well as all other applicable agency policy and procedures.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance and adherence to policy and procedure in the care and maintenance of restricted and confidential information in the performance of duties.
- Ability to work with material that may be of a sexual nature relating to criminal activity (e.g., written material, photographs, and/or verbal language, etc.)
Minimum Requirements
The following represents the minimum qualifications used to accept applicants, provided that equivalent substitution will be permitted in case of deficiencies in either experience or education.):
- One year of relevant experience.
- Must be a United States Citizen, a permanent resident, or a legal resident of a country participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
Requirements that may apply and are dependent on assigned areas of responsibility:
- Must possess or obtain and maintain a valid Driver's License.
- Must be at least eighteen years old at the time of appointment.
- Must provide a DNA sample to be used only for forensic identification as required at the time of appointment and must be able to pass a polygraph examination after conditional offer of employment if assigned to a Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory
Necessary Special Requirements
- Documented successful completion of at least 26 hours of professional skill development and leadership training each calendar year.
- working hours are subject to change at the discretion of the commanding authority.