General Maintenance

Description Supervised By : Transportation Manager

Supervises : No supervisory responsibility

Position Summary Under the supervision of the Transportation Manager, is responsible for general upkeep and maintenance of bus facility and vehicles used to support the transportation needs of Otsego County.

Examples of Duties

Essential Job Functions An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the duties, which the employee may be expected to perform. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

• Performs general facility maintenance duties include cleaning offices, bathrooms, windows, mowing/snow plowing facility grounds and painting and other to maintain facilities.
• While engaged in facility maintenance, identifies repair issues and needs. Attends to minor problems and repairs and reports more complex maintenance needs to the Transportation Manager or mechanics.
• Performs daily walk through of the bus facility and grounds to identify problems and resolve issues at the earliest point-in-time.
• Washes, sanitizes and cleans buses.
• Performs general support and maintenance duties in any area of operations requiring unskilled or semi-skilled labor input.
• Performs other duties as directed.

Typical Qualifications Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Minimum Qualifications : The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, abilities and minimum qualifications necessary to perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job.

Requirements Include The Following

• High school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of experience in facility maintenance.
• The county, at its discretion, may consider an alternative combination of formal education and work experience.
• Possession of a valid Michigan Commercial Driver’s License.
• Negative results on pre-employment and random USDOT drug and alcohol screens as required for a “safety sensitive” position.
• Knowledge in the usage of tools and equipment used in facility maintenance.
• Knowledge and skill in the use of a variety of landscape equipment and hand tools used in grounds maintenance and the repair, installation, and maintenance of county buildings and property.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships and use good judgment, initiative and resourcefulness when dealing with county employees, contractors to the county, representatives of other governmental units, professional contacts, elected officials, bus patrons and the public.
• Ability to learn new technology required for the job.

Supplemental Information

Physical Demands And Work Environment The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, sit, walk, climb, use hands and fingers, talk and hear. The employee uses hand strength to grasp tools and may work on uneven surfaces. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, such as to operate and repair vibrating machinery, use wrenches, hand tools, etc., and operate motorized equipment and vehicles. The employee must lift or push/pull objects of up to 50 lbs. without assistance. Accommodation will be made, as needed, for employees required to lift or move objects that exceed this weight.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outdoor weather conditions. The employee works near moving mechanical equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, but can be very loud.

Otsego County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

**Benefit Summary

Teamsters Bus Local 214

MERS (Municipal Employees' Retirement System)** Defined Contribution Plan, Employee elects 1-3% and County contributes 2%

Normal Retirement Age: 60

Vesting – 3-6 years graded vesting

Health Benefits Employees will cost share 20% of medical and Rx premiums. All cost shares will be deducted by pre-tax payroll deduction. New employees will be eiigible to enroll on the first day of employment.

Medical/RX Priority Health HMO

Priority Telemedicine 24/7 Access to physicians

Dental 100/75/50/50, $1,000 ortho max, $1000 annual max

Vision Insurance 12/12/12

Medical Opt-out Option Eligible employees electing not to participate in the Employer’s group medical care coverage will receive an annual stipend of $2,000, to be paid quarterly. Non-participants will provide proof of coverage(s) from another source. Employees who elect to return to the Employer’s hospitalization medical insurance shall be added as soon as allowed by plan requirements. Employees that are covered under the Employer’s plan through a spouse that also works at the Employer are not eligible for the annual Medical Care Opt Out Stipend.

Life/ADD/Disability Life Insurance $10,000

ADD $10,000

Short Term Disability up to 26 weeks of coverage 66 2/3% of pre-disability earnings Max: $500 per week

Holidays New Year’s Day Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Thanksgiving Day

Good Friday Day after Thanksgiving Day

Memorial Day Christmas Eve Day

Independence Day Christmas Day

New Year’s Eve Day

3 Floating holidays: may be used anytime during the calendar year

Voluntary Benefits Additional voluntary benefits are available such as, medical flexible spending accounts and dependent care reimbursement accounts, additional life insurance, cancer and additional disability policies as well as 457 voluntary retirement programs.

Personal Time Every January, all regular full-time employees will be credited with personal hours. Employees that work 40 hours per week will be credited with 72 personal/ESTA leave hours.

Vacation Time Each regular full-time and regular part-time employee shall earn, on a pro-rated basis, vacation time as follows:

From start date up to and including 5 years of service 80 hours

From 6 years and up to and including 10 years of service 120 hours

From 11 years of service and over 160 hours

Vacation time will be credited to the employee’s bank on a bi-weekly basis. Employees can only have up to their base vacation accrued in their vacation bank at any one time and they may not use more than what is currently in their vacation bank. Vacation leave may not be taken until the employee has been employed for six (6) months

Wellness Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to our on-site wellness room and access to our County membership at Powerhouse Gym.

EAP Program We recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and that an investment in your well-being is a sound investment for everyone.

We understand that each of us will be faced with a personal problem in our lives. Such common difficulties may or may not impact our work lives, but will certainly affect the satisfaction in our lives. Most personal concerns can be resolved, or their effects minimized, through appropriate assistance. A counselor helps people work through concerns much like a coach helps an athlete improve through supportive, objective feedback and suggestions.

The Life Advisor Employee Assistance Program is a completely confidential, short-term counseling service, utilizing a practical approach toward problem resolution. Sometimes we are so close to a problem that it becomes hard to look at it, and therefore, we may have a difficult time identifying the solutions. Professional assistance can make the difference between a problem repeating itself, and resolving it for good the first time it occurs.

• This is intended as an easy-to-read summary only. It is not a contract. The current Teamster Bus Local 214 contract can be viewed here