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SENIOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKER

Code: 03227 Local Non-Competitive

Because Senior Building Maintenance Worker is non-competitive, hiring leans on your background rather than a test score: meet the requirements and apply to the agency directly.

Qualifying turns on 1 year of relevant experience.

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Where this title is used

Senior Building Maintenance Worker is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.

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Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction, takes the lead over one or more Building Maintenance Workers and performs varied, simple, routine, and moderately physically strenuous tasks involved in the cleaning and maintenance of buildings and grounds; does other related duties as required.

Examples of work

  • Takes the lead over other Building Maintenance Workers in the performance of their duties.
  • Scrubs, strips, waxes, and polishes floors using heavy (industrial type) powered scrubbers and buffers.
  • Washes walls using a powered wall washing machine.
  • Vacuum cleans rugs using heavy (industrial type) vacuum cleaners.
  • Adjusts, cleans, and oils the above machines and changes brushes, rollers, buffers, and other attachments.
  • Washes and replaces venetian blinds and washes ceiling fixtures and room partitions using ladders and scaffolds.
  • Moves heavy furniture, supplies, and equipment.
  • Does the full range of cleaning duties in an assigned area (building, hospital ward, and so forth) following general instructions on the work to be done.
  • Uses various preparations to clean and maintain linoleum, wood, marble, and various kinds of floors, wall and ceiling surfaces, and furniture.
  • Removes stains from a variety of surfaces using chemicals and cleaning solutions.
  • Occasionally works on ladders and scaffolds to change light bulbs, replace venetian blinds, wash walls, and so forth.
  • Cleans business offices, cafeterias, living quarters, classrooms, halls, gymnasiums, auditoriums, hospital wards, lavatories, and other buildings.
  • Burns trash in incinerators.
  • Moves furniture and sets up tables and chairs in an auditorium or hall.
  • Polishes metal fixtures and trimmings.
  • May tend low pressure boilers used to produce hot water and heat.
  • Tidies working areas by arranging equipment, materials, and articles in an orderly manner.
  • Deposits sweeping in trash cans.
  • Services water coolers.
  • Mows lawns, trims hedges, rakes and burns leaves and refuse, and trims driveway and sidewalk edges using spades and hoes.
  • Shovels snow from driveways and sidewalks, and spreads sand, salt, or ashes on icy surfaces to prevent slipping.
  • Aids carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and steamfitters and other trades persons by carrying tools and materials, placing and removing ladders, and cleaning up after work has been done.
  • Keeps simple records.
  • When so directed, receives, reviews, and adjusts complaints, and gives assignments to assigned employees.
  • Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Experience

One (1) year of experience in the cleaning and maintenance of furniture, fixtures, offices, and buildings.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Knowledge of problems, procedures, and methods used in inspecting, analyzing, and determining the cleaning and maintenance work to be done, and of materials needed.
  • Knowledge of procedures and methods effective in large scale cleaning and maintenance work.
  • Ability to comprehend established cleaning and maintenance practices.
  • Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and written directions and to learn quickly from oral and written explanations and from demonstrations.
  • Ability to keep necessary records.
  • Ability to handle and control heavy cleaning equipment and to lift and move moderately heavy objects.
  • Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
  • Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
  • Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.