Champaign County
Job Description

Job Title: Supervisor of Building Maintenance
Department: Administrative Services
Reports To: County Administrator
FLSA Status: Exempt
Prepared Date: April, 2004

SUMMARY Supervises and co-ordinates activities of workers engaged in maintaining and repairing County buildings, mechanical equipment and utility systems.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Plans, organizes and supervises the activities of staff in proper repair and maintenance of mechanical equipment in the County buildings.

Supportsand trains all maintenance workers in installations, troubleshooting and repairing equipment.

Inspects and identifies maintenance problems, determines appropriate repair procedures and inspects upon completion for correctness.

Monitors operation of all high pressure steam boilers, energy management systems, heating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing and refrigeration systems. Ensures that all preventive maintenance procedures are carried out correctly, efficiently and according to schedule.

Attends meetings with various departmental personnel in order to prioritize maintenance requests.

Responds to requests for emergency repairs.

Maintains records of completed maintenance and repair work.

Oversees the remodeling and renovation of building structures. Assists in planning major construction on the Construction Project Teams. Assists in drawing bid specifications. Evaluates work and contracted projects in progress and upon completion.

Assists in the preparation of the annual department budget.

Obtains cost estimates for supplies, parts and equipment repair. Orders supplies and maintains inventory of parts.

May assist in the work performed by workers supervised such as welding and fabricating.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES Directly supervises 10 to 20 employees in the department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the County's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; recommending hiring and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 10 years of experience in trades, building operations and/or the construction industry.

LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read and interpret documents such as blueprints, construction documents, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before employees or managers of other departments.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to measure, add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw sketches with measurements.

REASONING ABILITY Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Certifications in Energy Management, boilers, locks, roofing and HVAC preferred. License in electricity and plumbing desirable.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; talk; or hear; and taste; or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the primary functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.