Bellefontaine City Schools has an opening for a Maintenance Worker.
Electrical experience is a plus.
Hours are 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday - Friday.
Salary range is $21.26 - $26.22/hour.

Application deadline is January 22, 2024.

Interested applicants may obtain applications at the Board of Education Office, 820 Ludlow Road, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., or online
at http://www.bellefontaine.k12.oh.us/district/employment

BOARD OF EDUCATION
JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Maintenance
Reports to: Buildings and Grounds Supervisor
Employment Status: Regular/Full-time
Description: Perform maintenance duties which relate to the school plant, buildings,
facilities, equipment, and grounds operation


NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

Essential Functions:
• Ensure safety of students
• Perform normal operator adjustments and service to facility equipment such as, but
not limited to, compressors, HVAC system, and assist in maintaining records on operational and maintenance activities
• Assume primary responsibility for the safe condition of electric elements in the facilities owned or operated by the school district
• Perform general maintenance work inside and outside the physical plant such as
ceiling, roof, electrical, welding, plumbing, concrete, masonry, glazing, insulation, tile, pump, and fan repairs
• Perform general labor inside and outside the physical plant including districtwide
groundskeeping, handling materials and supplies, moving equipment, operating power-driver equipment, truck driving, snow plowing, mowing, etc.
• Recommend supplies and equipment for purchase
• Conduct periodical inspections of the facilities
• Promote good safety practices and procedures
• Repair and maintain HVAC, motors, and filters
• Inspect roofs for leaks and repair
• Repair and maintain electrical components, e.g., install new circuits, run new wire, install new breakers
• Renew plumbing components, e.g., clean sewer lines, replace fixtures
• Assemble and install educational equipment
• Repair doors, windows and vents
• Repair masonry structures
• Assist with custodial or maintenance duties

Other Duties and Responsibilities:
• Maintain all safety and code requirements of the federal, state, and local board of education guidelines
• Order and account for material and labor relative to assignments
• Maintain the inventory of district-owned hand tools, equipment, hardware, materials and supplies
• Conduct routine and periodic inspections of school and facilities as part of a preventative maintenance program
• Assist in the control of all maintenance and custodial tools and supplies
• Ensure the care, condition, appearance, repair, or replacement of all physical equipment, buildings, facilities and grounds
• Complete paperwork as necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Buildings and Grounds Supervisor

Qualifications:
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience or knowledge of all building trade skills
• Valid driver’s license
• Alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of
Education may find appropriate
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Effective, active listening skills
• Organizational and problem solving skills
• Basic understanding of electricity, plumbing, carpentry, roofing and glazing
• Training in the proper care and storage of chemicals, e.g., hazards communication training
• Ability to read and understand verbal and written instructions, written warnings, and labels
• Basic understanding of electricity, plumbing, welding, carpentry, roofing, and glazing
• Ability to operate machinery
• Ability to distinguish colors for electrical wiring purposes
• Training in OSHA/PERRP rules and regulations

Equipment Operated:
• Pickup truck
• Carpentry tools
• Electrical tools
• Various hand tools and power tools

Additional Working Conditions:
• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Occasional operation of a vehicle in inclement weather conditions, i.e., must be prepared to come to school on all scheduled work days except calamity days
• Occasional evening/weekend work
• Frequent travel between buildings and to get supplies
• Occasional repetitive hand motion, e.g., use of hand tools
• Frequent requirement to work near moving mechanical parts, e.g., drill press, circular saw, table saw, hand tools
• Occasional requirement to work in high places
• Occasional exposure to fumes, airborne particles, toxic, dangerous, or caustic chemicals, e.g., chlorine, asbestos, welding dust
• Occasional exposure to loud noises, e.g., power tool