Senior Building Maintenance Worker

Job Description

THE POSITION

The Senior Building Maintenance Worker serves as a lead-level maintenance professional responsible for planning, assigning, and performing skilled work across multiple building trades. This position conducts maintenance and repairs involving carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, mechanical, and welding tasks, while providing daily guidance and support to Building Maintenance Workers. This position also includes conducting facility inspections, coordinating repairs with Facility Management and contractors, and ensuring City facilities are safe, functional, and well maintained to support public operations and scheduled events.

IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT

The ideal candidate is an experienced, dependable, and safety-conscious maintenance professional with strong skills across multiple trades, including carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, and general mechanical repair. They demonstrate the ability to lead and train maintenance staff, coordinate work assignments, and ensure a high quality of work. The ideal candidate excels at troubleshooting facility maintenance issues, conducting inspections, coordinating with contractors, and maintaining accurate records while providing exceptional customer service.

To perform skilled work in a variety of trades in the maintenance and repair of City facilities, equipment, and buildings, and to provide lead guidance and direction to assigned personnel.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

The Senior Building Maintenance Worker is independently responsible for the completion of assignments in general building maintenance work. This class differs from other trade classes such as Carpenter, Electrician, and Painter, in that they perform journey level work in single trades only. This class differs from Building Maintenance Worker in that the Senior level is responsible for providing lead guidance to several subordinate Building Maintenance Workers in addition to personally performing the work; or independently oversees, coordinates, and performs general maintenance duties for a large facility or group of facilities.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

General supervision is provided by the Structural or Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor. Provides lead guidance to several of subordinate Building Maintenance Workers, limited term, and part time employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plan, schedule, and assign work to subordinate personnel.
  
• Perform routine maintenance on City facilities, equipment, and buildings by performing carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, and welding work.
  
• Lead and assist Building Maintenance Workers in remodeling, repairing, and constructing such items as partitions, room additions, door hardware, counters, tables, book cases, floors, roofs, and mechanical equipment.
  
• Install, maintain, and repair carpeting, floor tile, linoleum, wood floors, ceramic tile, and other floor coverings or finishes.
  
• Operate mechanical saws, buffers, lathes, drills, paint sprayers, drill presses, arc and acetylene welding units, and other shop machinery and tools.
  
• Fabricate and repair brackets, braces, and fasteners.
  
• Requisition and purchase materials.
  
• Keep records on tools, equipment and materials including service, maintenance, and repair work performed.
  
• Train subordinates.
  
• Coordinate repairs, maintenance, and improvements to City facilities with Facility Management personnel.
  
• Coordinate with contractors on various City related projects.
  
• Review and process repair, maintenance, and improvement requests.
  
• Inspect facilities for structural problems, vandalism, roof damage, proper elevator operation, pest infestations and proper lighting.
  
• When assigned to City Hall, set up tables and chairs for special meetings and insure all equipment is on and functioning properly.
  
• Stock and monitor janitorial and building maintenance supplies.
  
• Provide exceptional customer service to those contacted in the course of work.
  
• Other related duties may also performed; not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual holding this classification.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge of:

• Standard methods, equipment, and practices used in commercial carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, welding, mechanical, and related trades.
  
• Occupational hazards and safety precautions of those trades.
  
• Building materials, supplies, and tools used in the various trades (including their proper uses and sizing) including, but not limited to:

Carpentry: Grades and types of lumber, screws, nails, glues, and other fasteners.

Electrical: Basic test equipment; sizes, types, and capacities of hardware, wires, and fuses.

Painting: Types and uses of paints, stains, lacquers, varnishes, and the other coatings; methods of preparing surfaces.

Plumbing: Sizes, types, composition, and uses of pipes and fittings used in water and sewer plumbing.

Mechanical: Ducting, registers, fasteners, and filters.

Welding: Types, sizes, and uses of welding rods and materials used in arc and gas welding.

• Common hand and power tools used in carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, and welding work.

Ability to:

• Speak, read, and write English at a level necessary for effective performance.
  
• Understand and follow oral and written instructions.
  
• Carry out work assignments under minimal supervision.
  
• Perform a variety of skilled trade-related work in building maintenance and repair.
  
• Use a variety of hand and power tools competently and safely.
  
• Supervise and train subordinate employees.
  
• Assist supervisors in the evaluation of subordinate employees.

Experience and Education:

Experience:

Five years of experience performing a variety of commercial maintenance and/or construction work in one or more of the following trades: carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, mechanical, and welding.

-OR-

Three years of experience performing a variety of maintenance and/or construction work including work in one or more of the following crafts: carpentry, electrical, painting,plumbing, mechanical, and welding AND completion of at least two years of a recognized apprenticeship program in one of the trades.

Substitution:

Successful Completion of a certification program in mechanical, electrical technology or related certification program from an accredited institution may substitute two years of the required five years of work experience.

PROOF OF EDUCATION

Should education be used to qualify for this position, then proof of education such as, but not limited to, university/college transcripts and degrees should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment . Unofficial documents and/or copies are acceptable.

An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States must have education records evaluated by a credential's evaluation service. Evaluation of education records will be due at time of appointment.

PROOF OF CERTIFICATION

Should certification and/or license be used to qualify for this position, then proof of said certification and/or license should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment .

PROBATIONARY PERIOD:

Employees must complete twelve (12) months of probation at a satisfactory performance level prior to gaining permanent status.

THE SELECTION PROCEDURE

Please note, the City of Sacramento's preferred method of communication with applicants is via e-mail. As such, please ensure you verify the e-mail address on your application, and check your e-mail frequently, including your spam and junk folders. All e-mail notifications can also be accessed through the governmentjobs.com applicant inbox.
1. Application: (Pass/Fail) - All applicants must complete and submit online a City of Sacramento employment application by the final filing deadline ;

• Employment applications must be submitted online; paper applications will not be accepted.
• Employment applications will be considered incomplete and will be disqualified:
  • If applicants do not list current and/or past job-related experience in the duties area of the "Work Experience" section. Note: Qualifying experience is based on full-time experience (40 hours per week). Qualifying experience is calculated to the full-time equivalent (pro-rated if less than 40 hours/week).
  • If "see resume" is noted in the "Work Experience" section; a resume will not substitute for the information required in the "Work Experience" section.

• Proof of education such as, but not limited to, university/college transcripts and degrees should be submitted online with your application. Proof of education will be required at time of appointment.
• Proof of certification and/or license should be submitted online with your application. Proof of certification and/or license will be required at time of appointment.
• Position/job titles will not be considered in determining eligibility for meeting the minimum qualifications for this position.
• If you’re requesting Veteran’s credit, a copy of your DD214 must be submitted online with your application or emailed to the Employment Office by the final filing deadline . Information regarding the use of Veteran’s credit can be found in the Civil Service Board rules under rule 4.9C.
• Applicants are responsible for attaching a copy of their DD214 to each position for which they apply.

2. Training and Experience Exam : (Weighted 100%) - The questions located at the end of the application are the Training and Experience (T&E) Exam. Responses to the T&E questions will be rated and scored. This exam will evaluate the relevance, level, and progression of a candidate's education, training and experience. The exam score will determine your ranking on the eligible list for this job. When completing the T&E questions, please note:

• Responses to the T&E questions must be submitted online; paper questionnaires will not be accepted.
• A resume will not substitute for the information required in the T&E questions.

3. Eligibility : Candidates who pass the Training and Experience Test will be placed on the eligible list. The hiring department may contact candidates for interview at any time during the life of the one-year list. Candidate’s eligibility expires one year from the date of notification of a passing score for the Senior Building Maintenance Worker examination.

4. Screening Committee : (Pass/Fail)- All candidates that pass the examination and are in one of the top three ranks will have their application forwarded to the hiring department for review. The hiring department will select the most competitive applications for further consideration. Human Resources will only evaluate employment applications for the minimum qualifications, as stated on the job announcement, for applications selected by the hiring department.

5. Conditional Hire: Upon receipt of a conditional offer, the selected candidate must complete and pass LiveScan/fingerprinting. If applicable, candidates may also need to pass a pre-employment medical exam, controlled substance and/or alcohol test, and possess any required licensure or certification prior to receiving a start date from the Department. Failure to meet these prerequisites will be grounds for withdrawal of your conditional offer of employment.

QUESTIONS: For questions concerning this job announcement and the application process:

• Please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/Home/ApplicationGuide for a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the application process.
• For technical support between 6 AM - 5 PM PT, contact Live Applicant Support at (855) 524-5627.
• Visit the City of Sacramento Human Resources Department website at https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/HR/employment ;
• Send an email to employment@cityofsacramento.org ; or
• Call the Human Resources Department at (916) 808-5726

Bilingual Pay
Did you know that the City offers bilingual pay? That's right, most labor agreements offer the option of providing employees with bilingual pay if the department deems it to be operationally necessary.

Pension Reform Act
The City of Sacramento is covered by the California Public Employees' Retirement System, and as such, must adhere to the California Public Employee's Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) of 2013. Please note that the provisions within this act may affect or impact an applicant's eligibility and/or selection for open vacancies at the City of Sacramento.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The City of Sacramento is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Additional Information
Civil Service Rules: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/content/dam/portal/hr/documentlibrary/CivilServiceBoardRules62012.pdf

Union Contracts: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/HR/labor-agreements.html

Salary Schedule: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/content/dam/portal/hr/documentlibrary/SalarySchedule.pdf

Closing Date/Time: 10/6/2026 11:59 PM Pacific