Maintenance Generalist Journey

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

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The Division of Juvenile Justice is recruiting to fill a Maintenance Generalist, Journey position located at the Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility.

What You Will Be Doing

Observing strict safety and security requirements, this position will independently perform the installation, maintenance, and repair of building components and systems at the Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility, a secure institutional setting. Additionally, it performs janitorial services for the facility and surrounding grounds.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

Through Restorative Justice, we hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior; promote the safety and restoration of victims and communities; and assist offenders and their families in developing the skills to prevent crime. Our core values include:

Prioritizing Safety

– of our youth, staff, families, and communities

Responsiveness

– providing timely response to youth, families, victims, staff, and justice partners.

Professional Relationships

– recognizing that successful treatment services provided to our clients, coworkers, victims, and others rely on positive, respectful, and collaborative relationships and a spirit of inclusiveness.

Dedication

– doing the right things for the right reasons and modeling relentless integrity and leadership.

Respect

– for the inherent value of each person's unique strengths and individual differences.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

Join our team of dedicated technicians, solving complex facility issues in a 24-hour juvenile justice facility. Your creative troubleshooting and repair skills will be challenged as you work on our various facility systems. Advancement within the division is always encouraged and supported.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

This position is located within the Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility which is a 24-hour secure facility located at 405 Marathon Road in Kenai. This is a full-time position with work hours from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. This includes a lunch period from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm.

Who We Are Looking For

In addition to the Minimum Qualifications below, we are looking for a candidate with the following competencies:

Interpersonal Skills:

Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or destressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.

Creativity and Innovation:

Develops new insights into situations; questions conventional approaches; encourages new ideas and innovations; designs and implements new or cutting-edge programs/processes.

Self-Management

: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Integrity/Honesty:

Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.

To view the general description and example of duties for the Maintenance Generalist, Journey please go to the following link:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/alaska/classspecs/891247?keywords=maintenance%20generalist&pagetype=classSpecifications

Class Definition:

This job class is part of a series of competency-based class specifications created for career areas within the Labor, Trades, and Crafts Unit. The class specification identifies the levels of work and wage grades within the career area, the core and specific competencies of the career area, required work behaviors, certifications, and physical requirements. The competency specification for this job class is available

at

http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/fileadmin/Classification/pdf/LTC_Specs/MAINTENANCEGENERALIST.pdf

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Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience providing the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully and independently perform assignments that are typical of the occupational field.

Essential Core Competencies:

Knowledge of basic mathematics and the safe and proper use and care of tools common to equipment and building maintenance.?

Ability to locate and use shop and manufacturer’s reference books and manuals;?perform limited construction and maintenance repairs using appropriate tools;?perform minor maintenance and repair on hand and power tools and equipment used in the work;?perform physically demanding work;?read and write; follow and apply written and oral directions and safety sheets;?complete written reports, e.g., time sheets, incident reports, material requests;?learn and safely handle construction, maintenance wastes and hazardous materials;?and respond to emergency situations following established procedures.?

Position-Specific Competencies:

Journey level workers are required to have the required skills to handle difficult problems encountered; have comprehensive knowledge of the subject or occupational area; use judgment in determining actions; exercise independence in determining actions; plan and lay out work

(i.e., determine how to do one’s own work); make appropriate choice among alternatives; complete work with only limited instruction and/or little or no advice; and proceed with work without having results or products generally reviewed in progress.

Additionally:

Knowledge of and ability to apply standard woodworking techniques and shop mathematics; perform fundamental electrical and plumbing maintenance and repairs; perform fundamental repairs and maintenance of boilers/furnaces and heating/air conditioning systems; utilize basic procurement procedures and warranty provisions; and use computer applications in the course of the work.

Ability to perform visual examinations and operational tests to determine the need for, and the performance of, repair work; work from sketches, work orders, basic blueprints, and instructions; demonstrate proficiency in the use of a variety of tools; make minor modifications in assignments as situations occur; and recognize and respond quickly to dangerous situations or emergencies using emergency response equipment.

BUILDINGS:

Knowledge of and ability to install, repair, and maintain exterior and interior structures, systems, facilities, and related fixtures and utilities; the operation, maintenance, and repair of boilers/furnaces, heating/air conditioning systems and controls, air compressors, and pressure vessels; power generation systems and physical plants; sprinkler, alarm, and security systems; computer systems, networks, and related devices; computer building control systems (Direct Digital Control); maintenance of plumbing subsystems and equipment; and the performance of skilled work in cleaning, finishing, and painting of interior and exterior surfaces, including methods, techniques, devices, and materials that are best suited to the surface finish required.

Knowledge may include woodworking techniques and advanced shop mathematics to plan and lay out complex and exact projects with features such as arcs, tangents, and circles; and carpentry to complete total structure work rather than only a segment or specialized part of a structure.?

Ability to make changes and adjustments, i.e., to keep heating equipment operating safely and efficiently; fabricate and design, such as wood and metal modifications for a variety of structures or mechanical, plumbing, environmental systems and equipment repairs; and service pneumatic controls.

GROUNDS

Knowledge of and the ability to mix and