Job Details

Carpentry Repair and Maintenance Technician

This position is responsible for performing carpentry repair and maintenance on city-owned facilities. An incumbent in this position may be designated "Master Electrician."

Responsibilities include:

• Changes light bulbs and ballasts; replaces faulty receptacles, switches, contactors, breakers, motors, and belts.
• Assists plumbers, HVAC technicians, telephone technicians, and representatives of the prison maintenance department and the civic center maintenance department as needed.
• Repairs cell locks and sliding doors.
• Performs plumbing and minor HVAC duties as necessary.
• Repairs kitchen equipment and fire alarms.
• Performs preventive maintenance.
• Organizes work orders by priority; determines supplies needed to complete tasks.
• Supervises and transports inmates.
• Assists with sporting events and special projects such as Christmas lighting and community festivals by installing and maintaining temporary electrical services as needed.
• Installs electrical outlets.
• Wires cubicles.
• Repairs or replaces speaker controls, cameras, monitors, and electric motors; maintains the emergency generator.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities required include:

• Knowledge of electrical supplies and materials.
• Knowledge of correctional rules and regulations regarding the supervision of inmates.
• Knowledge of supervisory techniques.
• Knowledge of national electrical codes.
• Skill in reading voltage meters, blueprints, and electric schematics
• Skill in electrical wiring, pipe running, wire pulling, and transformer hookup.
• Skill in the use of hand tools, a bucket truck, voltmeters, and amprobes
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Ability to operate machinery used in performing essential job functions.
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Minimum educational and training requirements include:

An associate's degree, two (2) years of progressively responsible related experience and the education, training, and experience that provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job's essential functions. Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver's license issued by the State of Georgia for the type of vehicle or equipment operated. This position is required to supervise state inmate labor. Employee must pass the Department of Corrections three-day certification within the time frame required by this department which is normally six (6) months but may be altered.

Physical requirements include:

The work is typically performed while intermittently sitting, standing, stooping, walking, bending, or crouching. The employee frequently lifts light objects, occasionally lifts heavy objects, climbs ladders, uses tools or equipment requiring a high degree of dexterity, and distinguishes between shades of colors.

Additionally, the work is typically performed in an office, library, computer room, stockroom, warehouse, or outdoors, where the employee may be exposed to noise, dust, dirt, grease, machinery with moving parts, contagious or infectious diseases, irritating chemicals, and cold or inclement weather. The work requires the use of protective devices such as masks, goggles, or gloves.