Job Description
Essential and Marginal Duties and Responsibilities
Essential and other important responsibilities and duties that must be performed, with or without reasonable accommodation, may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Perform electrical maintenance and repairs, utilizing basic electrical skills to troubleshoot the systems and replace components such as light bulbs.
- Install, renovate, paint, and repair bus stops, sunshades, metal benches, trashcans, and anchor plates.
- Responsible for repairing bus lifts, bus wash equipment, and other related equipment.
- Accountable for performing various maintenance repairs, including but not limited to plumbing, changing light bulbs, changing air filters, etc.
- Assist with modifications to office space.
- Perform preventive maintenance inspections on various shop equipment, outdoor light fixtures, fuel-dispensing equipment, and station equipment.
- Perform some welding, painting, and carpentry work.
- Perform duties using a variety of general-use hand and power tools and equipment.
- Report accidents/incidents to supervisory personnel, promptly completing all reporting documentation.
- Maintain work area in clean and safe working conditions, emptying trash containers, putting up cleaning material and equipment, cleaning up spills, and cleaning the bus wash area.
- Use all equipment, tooling, and machinery appropriately and safely, identifying and reporting all such equipment that is broken, damaged, or unsafe.
- Prepare various areas for special events.
- Complete all required reports and records in a timely and accurate fashion.
- Establish and maintain an effective professional working relationship with those contacted in the course of work.
- Wear personal protective equipment and comply with safety regulations.
- Maintain confidentiality and interact with others in an effective professional manner.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Include
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Occupational hazard, standards, safety practices, and Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) regulatory requirements.
- Basic maintenance procedures, including carpentry, painting, plumbing, welding, masonry, and landscaping; basic electrical skills.
- Basic computer skills, including spreadsheet and word processing software.
- Safe operating practices and precautions for forklifts, buses, and various tools, including power drills, scrubbers, sweeps, generators, and handheld tools.
- Comply with CCRTA policies and procedures and federal, state, and local government regulations.
- Work independently in the absence of supervision.
- Learn to perform a variety of skilled maintenance work in the area of work assigned.
- Use good judgment as it relates to safety, professional conduct, and work-related matters.
- Operate a service truck or vehicle, occasionally a forklift, and a motorized industrial sweeper and scrubber.
- Work immediately before, during, or immediately after an emergency as required as part of the CCRTA’s Emergency Response Team to provide emergency services to the general public during emergencies.
- Willingly foster a positive work environment by interacting courteously and effectively with a diverse internal customer base and responding to public inquiries professionally and respectfully.
- Understand and follow oral and written instructions and have a basic understanding of math to use checklists, complete written accident/incident reports, and mix/use cleaning solutions and materials properly and safely.
- Communicate in English effectively, verbally and in writing with an emphasis on clarity of expression.
- Maintain a dependable attendance record.
Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will predominantly work outside and in a shop environment. The employee is exposed to extreme weather conditions, as well as wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and an environment where there is potential exposure to chemicals and fumes. The work environment includes moderate to high noise levels. An average amount of overtime and extended work hours is required.
Physical Requirements
Standard physical activity includes, but is not limited to, standing and walking. Essential and marginal functions require grasping, twisting wrists, using arms to push/pull/hold/carry, and bending, kneeling, squatting, and twisting safely. Work requires lifting to 60 lbs. and storing at shoulder height or higher. Machinery and tool operation require safety equipment, including eye safety glasses and work boots.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. It is the CCRTA’s business philosophy and practice to provide reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental disabilities of qualified individuals, according to applicable state and federal law, and may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. To request reasonable accommodation regarding your application for employment or the performance of the essential functions of your job, please contact the Human Resources Department at (361) 903-3524.
Experience and Training
This position requires any equivalent combination of the following training, education and experience that provides the individual with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job.
Education
Associate degree in a related field.
Experience
Minimum one (1) year of general work experience.
License or Certificate
Must possess a valid Texas Driver's License, prefer a licensed electrician, and/or certified HVAC Industrial Chiller.
Other Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age. Any job offer and continued employment are contingent upon completing and passing a pre-employment job agility evaluation, physical, drug, and alcohol screen, and background investigation.