Axelgaard career opportunity

Perform a variety of semi-skilled preventive and general maintenance, repair, construction, and renovation work on facilities. Areas of responsibility include, carpentry, painting, plumbing, and electrical trades work.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Prepare office spaces including painting and simple repairs
• Patch or replace plaster or plaster board and paint walls, ceilings and trim of building
• Bend and cut conduit and wire, and drill holes in walls, floors and ceilings for electrical connections
• Connect wire to fixtures and other electrical equipment, replace switches and fuses
• Bend, cut, and thread pipe, cut openings in walls, ceilings, and floors for pipes, and seal pipe joints with sealing compound
• Cut out and join parts for worktables, benches, shelves and other furnishings
• Install racking systems to utilize maximum space
• Clear clogged drains and replaces plumbing fixtures
• Perform general cleaning and other tasks as assigned

Qualification requirements:

• Must be able to perform each duty outlined above and possess the education, skills, and abilities described in this job description

Education and/or experience:

• High school education or equivalent
• 5-10 years of working experience in facilities maintenance

Mathematical skills:

• Ability to apply basic concepts of math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) using weights, measures, and percentages

Reasoning ability:

• Ability to identify problems and review relevant information to evaluate options and develop solutions and ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Physical requirements:

• Must be able to walk and stand throughout the day
• Constant use of hands and good depth perception, hearing, speech and vision (including ability to distinguish colors)
• Lifting up to 50 pounds

Other skills/abilities:

• Basic understanding of electrical, plumbing and carpentry
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Must demonstrate strong communication and interpersonal skills; customer service oriented
• Must be organized, detail oriented, self-motivated and able to multi-task