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Maintenance Repairer 1, 2 or Master

Salary

$2,978.00 - $5,360.00 Monthly

Location

Lake Charles, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

212993

Department

Sowela Technical Community College

Opening Date

09/16/2025

Closing Date

10/6/2025 11:59 PM Central

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+ Benefits

About this Job

Responsible for overseeing the general upkeep of the building and its infrastructure, maintaining building operations and ensuring that the facilities are safe and functional at all times. Responsible to repair and maintain buildings, facilities, equipment and appliances.

Minimum Qualifications

One year of experience or training in the building construction trades, building maintenance, maintenance or repair of mechanical equipment, or as a parks building and grounds attendant; OR

Six semester hours in construction management, construction technology, or engineering, or any combination of these courses.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=128650) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Makes general repairs to buildings, interiors, exteriors, furniture, fixtures, air conditioning/heating systems and other mechanical and related fields such as plumbing, carpentry and electrical.

• Responsible for knowledge of proper operation and use of all equipment necessary for the upkeep of the buildings and grounds. Equipment can include but not limited to lawnmowers and chainsaws, vacuum cleaners, carpet cleaners and small hand tools. Perform preventative maintenance inspections of equipment.

• Maintains restrooms and restroom facilities in proper working order to include minor repairs, such as repairing/replacing faucets, valves, traps, doors and paper holding hardware.

• Responsible to act as first responder to HVAC concerns. Daily review and report of HVAC controls and mechanical issues.

• Identify and report building conditions and needed repairs, as well as safety hazards to supervisor, provided with clear oral and/or written expertise.

• Communicate and work onsite with vendors on approved repairs as needed. Act as point of contact for outside customers and/or contractors as needed.

• Janitorial cleaning services of the building, to include cleaning, mopping, stripping, and waxing of floors, cleaning and shampooing of carpets and general room cleaning. Move, rearrange, and dust furniture and fixtures.

• Cleans bathrooms, offices, classrooms, hallways and any other assigned areas by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, vacuuming and polishing. Remove spider webs and dead insects throughout buildings.

• Moves furniture and equipment as needed.

• Responsible for knowledge of and safe handling of chemicals used. Follow proper sanitization procedures outlined by the CDC.

Empties and decontaminates trash containers. Dispose of infectious waste when assigned.

• Washes blinds, windows, and walls with prescribed solutions.

• Assist Master Mechanic as needed.

• Perform grounds maintenance, such as grass cutting, chemical spraying of grass and ants, tree trimming, driveway maintenance, etc.

• Check and clean drainage system.

• Clean parking lots, driveways, and grounds to include trash and leaf/limb removal, repainting of lines and symbols.

• Cleans outside door mats, sweeps sidewalk areas and tiled surfaces, pickup and empty/clean trash containers.

• Identify and adhere to all aspects of safety on job site and during equipment repair.

• Responsible for knowledge of safety data sheets for chemical usages and review of MSDS information.

• Adhere to all sections of SOWELA Employee Acknowledgement Form within Facilities.

• Complete, sign and return work orders and other written documentation upon completion of job tasks. Maintains accurate and complete records, log sheets, and inventory of equipment in computer systems.

• Assist in identifying scope of work during development of projects.

• Other duties as deemed necessary.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Maintenance Repairer 1, 2, or Master

SOWELA Technical Community College

3820 Sen. J. Bennett Johnston Ave

Lake Charles, LA 70615

M-F 7:30am - 4:00pm

How To Apply:

Please go towww.sowela.edu

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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