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Our vision is to be recognized as a worldclass leader for providing and coordinating a full array of mobility and community services. LYNX mission is to link our community by providing quality mobility options with innovation integrity and teamwork.

Description:

Performs a variety of highly skilled facilities maintenance responsibilities associated with ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness of LYNX facilities and passenger/transit amenities.

Essential Functions:

• Performs work relative to installation renovation construction repair maintenance and preventative
• maintenance inspections of buildings premises and property.
• Performs complex electrical plumbing carpentry welding hydraulic pneumatic heating refrigeration ventilating air conditioning and other facilities maintenance work.
• Diagnoses problems and makes repairs or replacements of worn or defective parts of equipment.
• Reads and interprets blueprints schematics and technical manuals pertaining to facilities and equipment installed and serviced.
• Surveys work requirements; measures and calculates materials labor and systems requirements; prepares materials lists and carries out required tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
• Measures and installs pipes fittings and fixtures for heaters fans water and drainage systems; cuts and threads pipes; assembles and installs valves and fittings; joins and caulks pipes; replaces washers; mends pipes; and opens drains.
• Cuts and installs windows and doors; installs walls light fixtures and ceilings; builds and installs counters cabinets and partitions; verifies structure trueness using plumb bob and level; installs or replaces door knobs and locks.
• Patches concrete and asphalt paving; patches asphalt roofs; repairs pit boards and gratings in garages.
• Moves furniture and office equipment.
• Safely operates electrical and air powered tools pipe fittings welding hydraulic pneumatic and other mechanical tools equipment and/or heavy equipment assigned to the department.
• Textures walls; paints interiors and exteriors of existing or remodeled premises; lays out and paints parking or traffic lanes and signs; repaints or fabricates route signs.
• Repairs or removes bus shelters benches signs and poles; provides general maintenance and upkeep of these facilities.
• Installs or makes repairs to lights and electrical systems in bus shelters;
• Records completed maintenance tasks on work orders; uses computer terminal for data entry inquiry and modification.
• Performs other duties as may be required or assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED; plus
• One year of full time training or education at a trade school or apprenticeship program in a directly related area; plus
• Three years of fulltime experience performing carpentry facilities construction and maintenance work or mechanical equipment maintenance.
• An additional two years of fulltime experience performing carpentry facilities construction maintenance work or mechanical equipment maintenance.
• An additional year of full time of fulltime experience performing carpentry facilities construction maintenance work or mechanical equipment maintenance beyond the minimum required may be substituted for trade school or apprenticeship program.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Florida drivers license and safe driving record.

Desired Qualifications:

• Certification in 608 for A/C systems

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Knowledge and experience in the installation maintenance and repair of plumbing air conditioning heating ventilation pneumatic and hydraulic equipment pipe fittings and welding.
• Knowledge of methods practices and terminology used in building and facilities construction maintenance and repair.
• Knowledge of federal state and local laws regulations rules and standards for employee safety environmental and hazardous materials programs; ability to follow safe working practices.
• Skills in the use of the tools and performance of the tasks of the various trades utilized to repair systems.
• Ability to read and understand technical manuals schematics blueprints and technical trade code books pertaining to facilities and equipment serviced.
• Ability and willingness to learn new systems and system upgrades.
• Ability to use a personal computer and software utilized by the department.
• Ability to read write speak and understand English.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with those encountered in the course of work using principles of excellent customer service.
• Ability to exhibit a professional courteous demeanor.
• Ability to work in a diverse environment.

Work Environment and Special Considerations:

• Will be available to work days nights weekends and holidays.
• Must possess required standard trade tools (see tool list) prior to the completion of probation.
• Regular exposure to outside weather conditions loud noises and hazardous materials.
• LYNX provides the community with much needed public transportation and it is important for the Agency to resume its services as quickly and as safely as possible in the event of any natural technological or humancaused emergency or disaster. This position is considered a mission critical member of LYNXs emergency preparation and response efforts during an emergency or disaster and as such requires 24hour availability in the event of an emergency or disaster.

LYNX fully commits itself to providing equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race color national origin sex age religion or disability.