Maintenance Specialist, Senior

This class maintains and repairs City property, equipment, and facilities through the performance of semi-skilled and skilled labor and technical work. Incumbents provide specialized, skilled general maintenance based on assignment to a city department or maintenance function. Incumbents may serve as lead workers or first-level maintenance supervisors over a small crew, typically reporting to a second level maintenance supervisor who oversees multiple crews. Work may include providing lead direction to work crews or teams including establishing schedules and making assignments; reviewing/inspecting work products; training employees; assisting lower-level staff with complex tasks; making performance evaluation recommendations; gathering maintenance data; maintaining and updating databases; maintaining files and records; preparing reports; monitoring maintenance requirements; and making repair recommendations.

Incumbents assigned to hazardous materials oversee crews and perform repairs and maintenance of hazardous chemical metering equipment, boilers, water treatment equipment, and corrosion control chemical dosing equipment.

Incumbents assigned to tree maintenance oversee and perform all functions in the maintenance and removal of trees and limb debris on City property; verify cleanup activities; plant and instruct on the placement and care of trees; instruct on the use of pesticides; and spray trees for disease and insect control.

As assigned, incumbents may serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion. Incumbents may also supervise paraprofessional and support staff including conducting performance evaluations, coordinating training, and implementing hiring, discipline, and termination procedures.
Supervision Exercised/Received:

• Exercised: This classification may supervise other employees or serve as a lead worker, assigning work and monitoring work completion or supervise paraprofessional and support staff.

• Received: This classification typically reports to a manager or supervisor.

• Note: Other reporting relationships may apply

TYPICAL CLASS ESSENTIAL DUTIES: These duties and percentage of time are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.

Typical Percentage of Time (none less than 10%)

1. Leads, performs, and assists in skilled maintenance work in the assigned area including scheduling, assigning work, and performing the more complicated tasks. As assigned, serves as lead worker and supervises/directs work maintenance crews engaged in maintenance and operations including scheduling and assigning work assignments, monitoring work for performance, maintaining time sheets and leave records, etc.60%.

1. Instructs and participates in proper usage of tools and equipment and ensures safe work environment. Collects and calculates data. Maintains, records, and enters data/information into spreadsheets, databases, or other specialized systems; creates, prepares, and records various reports, spreadsheets, data, forms, and other documentation such as violation/inspection or investigation complaint reports, requests, etc.20%.

1. Investigates citizen complaints. Meets with property owners, citizens, contractors, etc. to discuss and address issues. 20%

1. Performs special assignments and other duties as assigned.10%

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. The essential duties of this classification may require the ability to regularly stand, walk, push, pull, finger, talk, see, hear and use repetitive motion; frequently feel, grasp, finger and see; frequently talk and hear; and occasionally balance, stoop, crouch, stand, pull, grasp, and feel. The working conditions may include environmental hazards. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be heavy work, exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.