Maintainer I - Third Shift

About MassArt:

Founded in 1873, having celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2023, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), is the nation's first and only independent, free-standing public college of art and design in the country. MassArt is an inclusive community of thinkers, doers, makers, educators, innovators and leaders striving to shape the future through art and design. We've spent 150 years demonstrating the truly amazing things that happen when a world-class art and design education is an option for every deserving student. Located in Boston's hub of arts and culture along the Avenue of the Arts, MassArt enrolls 2,000 students and offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in 18 disciplines, as well as continuing education and youth programs.

MassArt strives to be a model of diversity and inclusion; the campus community reflects the layers of cultural and self-identity that proudly make up our region, nation, and world. We build effective partnerships with co-workers throughout the College by freely sharing appropriate information and providing assistance to all and maintain an environment that is welcoming to persons of all backgrounds, nationalities, and roles.

Job Description:

Maintainer I (3 position openings)

Salary: Grade 10, Step I - $1,740.88 Bi-weekly (Annual Salary: $45,262.88)

Workdays: Sunday - Thursday

HOURS: 11:00 pm - 7:00 am

Position is governed by the AFSCME college bargaining agreement

SUMMARY OF SERIES:

• Incumbents of positions in this series perform janitorial, custodial, housekeeping, groundskeeping or maintenance tasks in a state educational institution.
• The basic purpose of this work is to perform various manual tasks required for the routine maintenance of the buildings and grounds of an educational campus.

ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS:

• Maintainer I is the entry-level service or maintenance job in this series.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES COMMON TO ALL LEVELS IN SERIES:

• Performs routine manual tasks involved in the maintenance, repair or beautification of campus grounds or roads, such as cutting grass, weeds or brush; cleaning culverts, gutters, catch-basins, drains or ditches; loading and unloading vehicles; moving and setting up furniture; spreading sand, gravel, loam or asphalt; digging ditches or post-holes; setting or pulling posts; repairing guardrails or fences; patching concrete or asphalt surfaces; maintaining, erecting or repairing signs; cleaning or marking roadways for parking lots; erecting or dismantling snow fences; painting fences, posts, guardrails or building exteriors.
• Performs routine laboring tasks to assist skilled tradespeople engaged in maintenance, repair or construction work using hand and electrical tools appropriate to craft, such as assisting with the dismantling, fabrication, alteration and construction of building structures and building systems.
• Plants, seeds, transplants, removes, prunes, trims, waters, sprays or fertilizes trees, shrubbery, grass, plants or flowers; participates in the propagation, growth and care of flowers, plant and shrubs; assists in planning and executing horticultural designs for grounds beautification.
• Sweeps sidewalks, rakes and collects leaves, collects and hauls debris or rubbish, shovels snow, sands roadways or walkways; performs other manual tasks involved with snow removal, control and disposal.
• Cleans campus property such as offices, classrooms, corridors, walls, floors, windows, furniture, woodwork, toilets, lavatories or fixtures by washing, waxing, buffing, sweeping, polishing, dusting, or vacuum cleaning; and empties and cleans waste barrels, garbage cans and other waste receptacles.
• Cleans, washes, refuels, oils or greases trucks or automobiles; performs other manual labor tasks in connection with the maintenance and operation of a garage or equipment depot.
• Performs manual labor in a stockroom, storeroom or warehouse, such as loading or unloading freight, materials or equipment; receiving, unpacking and storing goods, materials and equipment; checking item specifications against orders; assisting in taking inventories; restocking depleted stores; keeping records of goods received and issued; filling requisition orders; delivering goods to departments; weighing and packaging bulk materials; and cleaning and organizing the storeroom area.
• Locks or unlocks premises; reports hazardous and unusual situations to the appropriate authority.
• Makes general repairs of a simple nature, including minor repairs to groundskeeping equipment.
• Handles trunks, baggage and luggage arriving at, or departing from, a building.
• Operates wheel tractors, electric trimmers, buffers or other similar mechanical or power-driven equipment; drives a truck.
• Keeps simple records, such as vehicle maintenance logs or inventory counts.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS:

• Major work contacts are with agency staff and students.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

• Incumbents of positions at this level receive supervision from Maintainers or other employees of higher grade, who provide instruction, assign work and review performance through verbal reports and visual inspection for compliance with instructions and established standards.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

• Incumbents of positions at this level may exercise functional supervision (i.e., over certain but not all activities or over some or all work activities on a temporary basis) over 1 - 5 service and/or maintenance personnel.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Maintainers stand and walk for prolonged periods of time; lift and carry heavy objects; work outdoors in all types of weather; work varied shifts, weekends, holidays or nights; are exposed to the hazard of wet, slippery floors; work under exposure to the hazards to chemicals, toxic and noxious fumes, dust, excessive heat, high noise levels, high volume traffic conditions and high voltage wires; work from ladders and scaffolds; and may be required to climb trees and operate motor vehicles.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED AT HIRE FOR ALL LEVELS IN SERIES:

• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to understand and apply the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with others.
• Ability to deal tactfully with others.
• Ability to stand or walk for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to lift and carry heavy objects.
• Ability to climb and work on ladders and scaffolds.
• Physical stamina and endurance.
• Manual dexterity.
• Mechanical aptitude.

Based on the assignment, the following additional qualifications may be required at hire:

• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

QUALIFICATIONS ACQUIRED ON JOB AT ALL LEVELS IN SERIES:

• Knowledge of the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards and guidelines governing assigned unit activities.
• Knowledge of the state procedures governing the purchasing and requisitioning of supplies and equipment.

Additional qualification acquired on job in Maintainer I positions:

• Knowledge of the types and uses of small hand tools used in building maintenance such as pliers, hammers, wrenches, etc.
• Knowledge of the standard procedures followed in the storage of building custodial and cleaning materials.
• Knowledge of the methods and techniques used for the security of buildings and property.
• Knowledge of the terminology and standard abbreviations used in groundskeeping.
• Knowledge of the proper care and maintenance of equipment used in groundskeeping.
• Knowledge of the types and uses of hand-held power tools such as chain saws, hedge trimmers, etc.
• Knowledge of the techniques followed in weed control.
• Knowledge of the types and uses of pesticides.
• Knowledge of the procedures followed in pruning and cutting trees.
• Knowledge of standard storekeeping methods and practices, including the receipt, storage, issuance and delivery of varied stock items including perishable goods.
• Knowledge of the proper storage methods such as palatizing, binning, etc.
• Knowledge of the types and uses of materials handling equipment used in storekeeping.
• Knowledge of the standard methods and techniques for handling hazardous products and fragile, durable and perishable goods.
• Knowledge of the standard record keeping techniques and procedures used in storekeeping.
• Knowledge of the principles and methods of inventory control of supplies and equipment.
• Knowledge of standard procedures, methods and materials used in packaging materials and supplies for shipment.
• Knowledge of the various methods used in transporting goods, materials and equipment.
• Knowledge of the terminology, coding, symbols and standard abbreviations used in storekeeping.
• Knowledge of the methods followed in building custodial, maintenance, groundskeeping and storekeeping work.
• Knowledge of the types and uses of materials, tools and equipment used in building maintenance, groundskeeping and storekeeping work.
• Knowledge of safety practices and procedures followed in building maintenance, custodial, groundskeeping and storekeeping work.
• Skill in the use of small hand tools used in building maintenance such as pliers, hammers, wrenches, etc.
• Skill in the use of hand held power tools, such as drills, chain saws and hedge trimmers.
• Skill in the use of a variety of motorized equipment such as snow blowers, lawn mowers, forklifts, dollies, rototillers, etc.
• Ability to maintain accurate records.