Building Maintenance Worker / Maintenance Worker 1, Grounds
Department of Public Works & Property 
Starting Salary: $33,000

Duties:
Under direction, performs various routine maintenance/repair tasks either singularly or in any combination thereof in the following fields:  masonry, plastering, carpentry, painting, plumbing, sheet metal, electrical, glazing, mechanical, general cleaning of buildings and does related work as required.

Knowledge and Abilities:
Moves heavy furniture, supplies, equipment; loads and unloads trucks.
Works off ladders, scaffolds, and platforms. 
Ability to obtain, store, safeguard, distribute, and properly use equipment, materials, and supplies.
Performs the routine work involved in creating concrete structures, mixes and pours cement and aggregates.
Repairs brick and concrete structures, repairs plastered walls and ceilings.
Prepares and paints interior and exterior surfaces consisting of metal, wood, and masonry.
Performs general plumbing services such as replacing washers and gaskets.
Repairs roofs, drains, rainspouts, and so forth, using general sheet metal techniques.
Performs general electrical maintenance such as replacing light bulbs, wall plates, switches, receptacles, and light fixtures.
Performs routine operation checks on blower motors, and reports malfunctions immediately.
Knowledge of standard tools, materials, and methods involved in performing general maintenance and repair work.
Runs power-cleaning equipment, floor machines, cleans, and oils the equipment and changes brushes and accessories.
Knowledge of procedures, materials, and tools used in stripping, washing, waxing, vacuuming rugs and other work.
Cleans rooms, offices, bathrooms, restrooms; dusts, washes, and cleans windows. 
Mow lawns, trim hedges, rakes leaves, etc. plant and care for flowers, trees, and shrubs.
Shovels snow, salts icy surfaces to prevent slipping and requires knowledge of motorized snow removal equipment.
Maintains and makes minor repairs to hand tools, automotive and mechanical equipment, and facilities.
Knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions involved in performing general maintenance work. 
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.
Required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems.

License:
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey.

Note: 
Offers of employment for this title are contingent upon successful completion of physical fitness testing that includes drug screening, and verifications of clean driving record. 

The County of Cumberland is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to recruit and hire qualified individuals without discrimination and regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, breastfeeding, gender identity or expression, disability, liability for military service, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait and genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing).
Cumberland County employment is governed by the rules and regulations of the NJ Civil Service Commission.