Trades Maintenance Technician (Tucson)

The Trades Maintenance Technician perform routine trades or craftsman duties maintaining and repairing facilities, equipment, vehicles, and their parts or surrounding grounds in direct support of a process, system or facility.

• Construct, erect, install, and repair assorted wooden items and structures. • Apply paint, varnish, stains, and other finishes to interior and exterior surfaces, trimmings and fixtures. • Evaluate and repairs roofs by applying water and weatherproofing materials, emulsified blacktops and mortar as necessary. • Install, adjust, rebuild, repair, replace, and maintain a variety of locks in Tribal facilities. • Make minor repairs and adjustments to plumbing, steam, water systems fixtures, electrical wiring, fixtures, doors, windows, and pumps. • Perform operator-level inspections, service, and maintenance of assigned tools, equipment, and vehicles. • Prepare areas undergoing repair, painting, maintenance, construction or other related activity, in collection and disposal of trash. • Operate powered maintenance and construction equipment. • Maintain manual or computerized service and usage logs and other records on vehicles, equipment, supported systems, supplies, and related materials. • Store, handle, apply, and dispose of hazardous materials required to complete work or generated by work assignments. • Cut, trim, seed and apply fertilizer, herbicide, and pesticide to turf grasses, soils, trees, and ornamental shrubs. • Maintain security and accountability for all tools, equipment and materials required for the performance of duties, particularly in a medical, detention, or correctional setting. • Maintain and uses safety and personal protective equipment. • Inspect and inventory storage containers, bulk and parts stocks and records, either manually computerized systems; the contents, quantities, levels or disposition. • Monitor and adjust equipment or supported systems for proper functioning and report deficiencies to supervisors. • Perform welding duties incidental to prescribed functions including the design, manufacture, repair, modification, removal, and installation of steel security doors and windows. • Perform other duties of a similar nature or level as requested by supervisor or director.

Knowledge of: • Operation and maintenance of basic hand and power tools, equipment and materials encountered in area of specialization of assigned work area; • Typical hazards of the assigned work-areas or encountered in the area of specialization and safety procedures of equipment required; • Basic industry practices of the area of specialization, trade, craft or skill; • Yaqui culture, customs, resources and traditions and/or a willingness to learn.

Skills and Abilities: • Perform routine trades or craftsman level duties in the area of assignment; • Operate and perform operator-level maintenance of powered equipment in the area of assignment; • Maintain written and (if applicable) computer-based documentation of activities; • Relate to homeowners and tenants in a friendly, courteous and considerate manner; • Make basic mathematical calculations at level required for assigned duties; • Work outside in varying weather conditions; • Follow oral and written instructions; • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other agencies and the public; • Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing; • Operate a variety of office equipment, including a computer and related software applications; • Good communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with co-workers, supervisor, management, Council members, and the public. Have ability to sufficiently exchange or convey information and receive verbal and written work instructions.