Skilled Maintainer Full-time l Second shift Recruitment # 250113-0427TC-001 Location Stamford, CT Date Opened 1/15/2025 12:00:00 AM Salary $49,377 - $64,482/year (*New State Employees start at the minimum of the salary range) Job Type Open to the Public Close Date 1/24/2025 11:59:00 PM Go Back Apply View Benefits (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits) + + + + Introduction Are you skilled at working with your hands to handle, install, and position materials while operating machinery or tools with precision? Do you thrive in roles that combine hands-on tasks with building strong, collaborative relationships? If so, we want to hear from you! Join the Connecticut (https://portal.ct.gov/) Technical Education and Career System ( CTECS (https://www.cttech.org/) ) as a Skilled Maintainer (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/specs/classspecdisplay.asp?ClassNumber=0427TC&R1=&R3=) at Wright Technical High School in Stamford, CT! Responsibilities + Perform ground care and landscape maintenance on school grounds and large facilities. + Complete routine maintenance tasks on school buildings and other large facilities. + Apply specialized landscaping techniques for tasks such as flower garden landscaping, athletic field preparation and maintenance, and other remarkable landscaping functions. + Clean service areas and sidewalks of school grounds and large facilities, including snow and ice removal. + Manage weed, pest, and disease control to maintain the health and beauty of outdoor spaces. Work Schedule This is a full-time position on the second shift, from Monday to Friday, 2:00PM to 10:00PM. You will be based at the Wright Technical High School in Stamford, CT. Benefits (https://youtu.be/y6n9M1Qd5fo?si=v3qrE-NLsR9MGGG4) At State of Connecticut, we prioritize the well-being of our employees and recognize the importance of maintaining a harmonious work-life balance. Alongside competitive compensation, we provide a range of benefits, including: + Medical, dental, and vision insurance + Retirement plans + Paid time off + Professional development opportunities + Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=Benefits) page! + Join a Forbes-recognized company! Connecticut is featured on America's Best Employers by State and Best Employers for New Grads in 2024. With our growing job market and dedication to encouraging a growing workforce, Connecticut is an excellent choice for professionals and fresh graduates looking to start their careers. Why Join Us CTECS serves around 11,200 full-time high school students. We have brand new classrooms and industry-standard equipment in every shop, giving students a well-rounded, modern education. By joining State of Connecticut, you will become part of a team that is dedicated to providing excellent maintenance and support to our educational facilities. You will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where your contributions will be valued, and your ideas will be heard. Join us and help craft the future of our state's educational spaces. Selection Plan + In order to be considered for this job opening you must be a current State of CT employee of the agency listed above for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language, and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application. + Please visit our ' Applicant Tips on How to Apply (https://www.jobapscloud.com/ct/sup/applicanttips2023november.pdf) ' page or view our tutorial (https://youtu.be/Y8sOb10qYXQ?si=w4GRBV2u8wvhTKLL) . + The only way to apply to this posting is via the ‘Apply’ or ‘Apply Online’ buttons on the official State of Connecticut Online Employment Center job posting. + The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified. + Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process. + In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. + This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam. + Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position. + Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Liz Pinette at elizabeth.pinette@ct.gov . + This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules. + The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class. + All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov . + For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other. + Read through this helpful link to prepare for your interview (https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/jobs/?b=IT&preview=1) . PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK) In a state agency this class is accountable for performing one or more tasks of a skilled nature (requiring prior experience or training, below the level of a specialized trades worker which would give the incumbent proficiency in required knowledges, skills and abilities on the first day of the job) in addition to performing lower level duties. Only complex tasks should be learned on the job. Tasks performed will be in one or several of the following areas: + Building and equipment maintenance (operational and remedial) including the operation of trucks of five (5) ton or greater capacity or complex motorized equipment; + Grounds care as a supervisor and/or specialized landscaping functions; + Assists Qualified Craft Workers or other higher level employees in the trades areas. EXAMPLES OF DUTIES Examples of Duties by General Work Areas FOR ALL AREAS: + Keeps records and prepares reports (this should be related to the duties and not a full time office recordkeeping position); + Performs related duties as required. GROUNDS CARE (OUTSIDE SERVICES): Incumbents in this area perform in one of the following ways: 1. Working supervisor: + Directs a crew of subordinate maintainers in such areas as planting and maintenance of lawns, shrubs, trees and flower beds (including planning and scheduling); + Maintenance and installation of fencing; + Cleaning of grounds, service areas and sidewalks (including snow and ice removal); + Operation and maintenance of grounds equipment; + Planting, cultivating, harvesting and storage of vegetables (including a vegetable growing program); + Weed, disease and pest control; + Performs other grounds tasks listed in the specification for lower level maintainers; + Supervisory tasks can include such things as planning and scheduling work; + Completing service ratings; Performance appraisal; + Handling disciplinary problems; + Staff training; + Making certain work standards are being met; + Maintaining necessary supplies and equipment; + Submitting requisitions when needed; + An incumbent in this position should be considered a working supervisor. 2. Substantial amount of time (75%) operates and makes minor and emergency repairs on complex equipment such as front end loaders, very large tractors and the like. 3. Performs specialized landscaping tasks such as flower garden landscaping, athletic field preparation and maintenance, and other non-routine landscaping functions. MISCELLANEOUS: + May perform custodial functions as required. MOTOR EQUIPMENT SERVICES: In addition to motor equipment services tasks performed by lower level maintainers performs the following tasks for a substantial amount of the time (75%): + Operates and makes minor emergency repairs on motor trucks of five (5) ton capacity and over and large buses for purpose of transporting goods, equipment and/or individuals services by the agency and staff; + Maintains vehicles in good condition including cleaning, lubrication and preventative maintenance; + Supplies motor vehicles with gas, oil, water and other fluids; + May pump fuel; + May dispatch vehicles. TRADES: In addition to trades tasks performed by lower level maintainers performs the following skilled tasks for a substantial amount of time (75%) as an assistant to a trades person: + Construction, maintenance and repair as a painter, plasterer, carpenter, electrician, mason, plumber and/or steamfitter, tinsmith or comparable trades person. These are only examples of types of tasks a Skilled Maintainer may be expected to perform. Incumbents in this class will also be expected to perform related duties as required. Tasks should only be assigned if they are of the appropriate skill level (as defined in the Purpose of Class). KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY + Considerable knowledge of methods, tools, equipment, materials and procedures of specific trade or work area concerned; + Knowledge of maintenance problems and their proper handling; + Skills + manual and machine operations of trade or work area skills; + interpersonal skills; + oral and written communication skills; + Ability to + follow written and oral instructions; + utilize computer software. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE Two (2) years of experience in one of the following areas: + One of the skilled trades; + Landscape maintenance or vegetable gardening; + Operation of motor trucks or large buses. The experience area should reflect the needs of the position. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED Graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of subject requirements in a maintenance trade area may be substituted for the General Experience. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS + Experience in a school or large building. + Experience performing ground care/landscape maintenance on school grounds or large facilities. + Experience performing minor maintenance on school buildings or other large facilities. + Experience with specialized landscaping tasks such as flower garden landscaping, athletic field preparation and maintenance, and other non-routine landscaping functions. + Experience with cleaning of school grounds/large facility service areas and sidewalks (including snow and ice removal). + Experience with weed, pest, and disease management. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS Incumbents in this class may be required by the appointing authority to possess and retain appropriate current licenses, permits and/or certifications. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS + Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties. + A physical examination may be required. WORKING CONDITIONS + Incumbents in this class may be required to lift moderate to heavy weights and may be exposed to significant levels of dust, heat, noise, extreme weather conditions and risk of injury from equipment and assaultive and/or abusive individuals. + The appointing authority may require completion of an asbestos removal program consistent with EPA guidelines for operations and maintenance during employment in this class. Incumbents may be required to use protective equipment such as respirators and safety goggles. Conclusion AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility. Click on a link below to apply for this position: Fill out the Supplemental Questionnaire and Application NOW using the Internet. Apply Online