General Trades Worker (37.5 Hour)

Introduction

The State of Connecticut, Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) invites you to check out this exciting opportunity to join our team as a General Trades Worker!

Why This Opportunity Is Unique
Working at J.M. Wright Technical High School in Stamford, you will be part of a team that prides itself on excellence and ambition. Our brand-new classrooms and industry-standard equipment offer an outstanding environment where you can make a significant impact. Your work will help craft the future of our state's educational spaces, ensuring they are maintained to the highest standards. You'll enjoy a collaborative atmosphere where your contributions are highly valued, and your ideas can help us reach new heights.

As a General Trades Worker, you will

• Perform a wide range of maintenance tasks to ensure the facility operates flawlessly.
• Apply commercial landscape equipment to maintain school grounds, including lawn mowing, pruning, and trimming.
• Operate plow trucks and commercial snow removal equipment to ensure safe and accessible campuses during winter months.
• Make small engine and machinery repairs to keep our equipment in efficient condition.
• Coordinate and monitor building automation systems to control and lead all aspects of mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Conduct HVAC maintenance, including filter and belt changes, troubleshooting, and repairs.
• Collaborate with a dedicated team to successfully implement maintenance schedules and support school operations.

What We Offer
Join us and experience the benefits of working for a forward-thinking organization that values its employees. Enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the happiness of knowing that your work makes a difference. We are determined to strictly uphold the highest standards of safety and quality in all our operations, ensuring a rewarding and fulfilling work environment.

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Schedule
This is a full-time position, working 37.5 hours per week. The schedule is Monday through Friday, from 6:00am to 2:00pm.

About J.M. Wright Technical High School
Located in Stamford, Connecticut, J.M. Wright Technical High School educates students from eight towns and enrolls grades 9-12. We offer nine career technical education programs alongside our academic courses, serving approximately 11,200 full-time high school students. Our commitment to providing a 21st-century education is reflected in our state-of-the-art classrooms and industry-standard equipment.

Join Our Team
When you join the State of Connecticut, you'll work in a collaborative environment to maintain an outstanding educational facility. Your role ensures a safe, clean, and effective learning environment for students and staff.

Selection Plan

• Please visit our 'Applicant Tips on How to Apply' page or view our tutorial.
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process. 
• In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process.  
• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam. 
• Note:  At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position.  These documents may include:  a cover letter, resume, transcripts, diplomas, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.  Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications as indicated to apply for this position. 
• Should you have questions pertaining to this recruitment, please contact Liz Pinette at elizabeth.pinette@ct.gov.
• This position will be filled in accordance with contractual language, reemployment, SEBAC, transfer, promotion and merit employment rules.
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period.  It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception.  Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.
• For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.
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PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

This class is accountable for performing highly skilled trades duties in various trade areas.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Performs highly skilled maintenance and/or construction work requiring the application of trade skills, codes, and standard trade practices in a variety of trade areas including but not limited to: electrical, plumbing, carpentry, HVACR, glazing, masonry, painting work, etc; 
• Makes estimates of time, personnel, and material required on assigned tasks; 
• Keeps necessary records; 
• Performs duties related to the trade or trade areas as required; 
• In smaller trade areas, may be the sole worker running a skilled trade area; 
• At state owned airports may be required to stand by for and respond to fire and/or crash emergency situations; 
• May operate and maintain heavy earth moving equipment; 
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Considerable knowledge of and ability to apply the standard tools, materials, methods, and practices of a variety of trade areas; 
• Skills
  • interpersonal skills; 
  • oral and written communication skills; 
• Ability to
  • prepare estimates and keep shop records; 
  • utilize computer software.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Four (4) years of experience in one or more trade areas.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been performing skilled trade functions in one or more trade areas.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a Skilled Maintainer or Transportation Maintainer 2. Housekeeping, custodial, and food services duties will not be considered as qualifying experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

• Graduation from a vocational or technical school with a diploma designating completion of subject requirements in a maintenance trade area may be substituted for two (2) years of the General Experience.
• At the University of Connecticut Internship Training Program:  Possession of 4,000 registered on-the-job training (OJT) apprenticeship program hours, recognized by the Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship, along with related instruction hours in the respective maintenance trade area may be substituted for the General Experience for licensed trades (Electrical, Plumbing, HVACR) only.
• At other state agencies: Two (2) years of experience as a Qualified Craft Worker Intern may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a maintenance shop environment.
• Experience using commercial landscape equipment.
• Experience with plant and shrub maintenance such as pruning trimming, lawn mowing.
• Experience using a plow truck and commercial snow removal equipment.
• Experience using other small motorized equipment.
• Experience making small engine repairs and machinery repairs.
• Experience operating a building automation system to control and monitor mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Experience with HVAC equipment and maintenance, including HVAC filter and belt changes, troubleshooting, and repairs.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Incumbents in this class may be required by the appointing authority to possess or acquire and retain appropriate current licenses, permits and/or certifications.

CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS

At state airports: In addition to the checking of references and of facts stated in the application, a thorough background investigation of each candidate may be made before persons are certified for appointment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Incumbents in this class must have adequate physical strength, stamina, physical agility, and visual and auditory acuity, and must maintain such physical fitness as to be able to perform the duties.
• A physical examination may be required.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Incumbents in this class may be required to lift moderate to heavy weights; may be exposed to extreme weather conditions and to risk of injury from equipment.
• The appointing authority may require completion of hazardous materials training programs, such as asbestos, PCB, PFAS, consistent with EPA guidelines for operations and maintenance during employment in this class. Incumbents may be required to use protective equipment such as respirators and safety goggles.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.