Groundskeeping Equipment Technician

<div style="text-align: justify;" data-pasted="true"><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;">MOS Code: 001519 (Navy), 1142 (Marine Corps), 2A612 (Air Force), 91C (Army)</strong> </div><br><div style="text-align: justify;"><u>Education and Experience</u>: High School Diploma or GED, or higher, and two (2) years of experience repairing small engines.<br><br><u>Licenses and Certificates</u>: Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the date of appointment.</div><p style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt; text-align: justify"><span style="color: inherit">Under general supervision, oversee maintenance shop operations and perform mechanical maintenance and repair of a variety of groundskeeping equipment.</span></p><p style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt; color: inherit; text-align: justify">Repair, recondition, and maintain a variety of groundskeeping equipment including riding mowers and miscellaneous small equipment. Involves: Diagnose, analyze, refer and/or undertake repair and maintenance tasks. Coordinate repair work with other departments as necessary. Identify parts, supplies, and materials needed and maintain adequate stock of parts and supplies for maintenance operations. Inspect, diagnose, and repair riding or push mowers and small equipment such as blowers, trimmers, water pumps, aerators, and chainsaws. Remove, inspect, install/reinstall/replace a variety of parts as necessary. Perform regularly scheduled, field and preventative maintenance work. Coordinate storage and disposal of hazardous materials such as used solvents, paint thinners, waste oil, etc. Maintain accurate maintenance records including service logs, expenses, and equipment inventory.</p><p style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt; color: inherit; text-align: justify"><br></p><p style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt; color: inherit; text-align: justify"><span style="color: inherit">Oversee assigned personnel. Involves: Assign, review, and inspect completed work for conformance with standards. Guide task performance. Train new employees and guide workers in more difficult or complex repairs. Complete employee performance appraisals. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Promote the observation of safe work practices at all times. Interact with supervisors, vendors, contractors, employees, and other departments. Provide accurate information to inquiries, resolve problems, and respond to inquiries.</span></p><p style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt; color: inherit; text-align: justify"><br></p><p style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt; color: inherit; text-align: justify">Perform related duties as required. Involves: Perform duties of coworkers or subordinate personnel as necessary to ensure continuity of operations during absences.</p><p style="margin: 0 0 0.0001pt; color: inherit; text-align: justify"><br></p><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;" data-pasted="true">For complete job description, click <a href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/elpaso/classspecs/newprint/719119" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-uw-rm-vglnk="" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/elpaso/classspecs/newprint/719119" data-uw-rm-ext-link="" target="_blank">here.</a></div><br><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong><strong>Important Note: The r</strong></strong></strong></span><span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong><strong>equired Supplemental Questions and answers are considered an examination component and will generate a score.  </strong></strong></strong></span></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;"></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;">Applicants are being tested on a conditional basis pending a review of minimum qualifications. Applications will be reviewed for applicants who pass the Supplemental Questions exam.</strong></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;"></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: justify;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong><strong>Per CSC Rules & Regulations, after review of the minimum qualifications for applicants that pass the Supplemental Questions exam, a passing score, combined with applicable seniority points and veteran points, will be used to create a list of candidates.</strong></strong></strong></span></div><br><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"><strong>Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.</strong></strong></div><br>Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)<u> </u><strong><u>prior </u></strong>to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit <a href="https://www.naces.org/members" title="https://www.naces.org/members" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.naces.org/members" data-uw-rm-ext-link="">www.naces.org/members</a> for more information.<br><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;">A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.</div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;">To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history.  We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.  </div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: justify;">Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.</div>

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