Description: The Building Trades Specialist is a stand alone class. Incumbents are responsible for performing skilled building trades activities depending on area of assignment such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and painting. Based upon assignment, duties may include performing electrical repairs; running electrical wires; maintaining and installing plumbing fixtures; installing equipment such as circulator pumps, dishwashers, garbage disposals, water heaters and drinking fountains; maintaining and installing piping systems and fire suppression systems; building and repairing furniture; building cabinets and countertops; putting up drywall; taping, texturing, and finishing drywall; removing graffiti; spraying and rolling paint onto prepared surfaces; staining wood; making signs; designing, laying out, and setting up masonry jobs; providing technical advice; reading and interpreting blueprints; responding to emergency calls; filling out related paperwork; and, estimating project costs.
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Qualifications: High School Diploma or GED and four (4) years of related facilities maintenance and repair experience is required; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above. Arizona Driver's License required. Valid IVP Level One AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card is required.
Employment Information: 26/27 school year; 40 hours per week; 260 days per year
Salary: Band B23 $22.46/hour entry level (with benefits, ACA and vacation time)
Kyrene School District is one of Arizona’s leading public school districts, providing excellence in education for more than 135 years. Kyrene is known for high academic achievement, with schools consistently outperforming peer districts, charter schools, and state averages on AzMERIT and other academic benchmarks.
Kyrene is comprised of 22 schools (15 elementary, 6 middle and one K-8). District boundaries encompass all of Ahwatukee and parts of Chandler, Guadalupe, Tempe, and the Gila River Indian Community. Kyrene enrolls approximately 13,000 students in grades K-8 and offers preschool options on many elementary school campuses.
K-8 program offerings include world languages (Spanish and Mandarin), STEM, college prep, fine arts, performing arts, and computer science immersion. Kyrene is also home to a Traditional Academy and an IB World School. Kyrene also offers an impressive selection of courses and program options that occur before, during, and after school hours.
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The Kyrene School District boasts a variety of programs to promote health and well-being, such as paid sick days, personal or vacation days, an employee assistance program, life insurance, medical, vision, dental, flexible spending and 403b/457b benefits for eligible employees.
Recent district wellness awards include being named Arizona's Healthiest Employers for the second year by the Phoenix Business Journal, A Fit-Friendly Company by American Heart Association, and A Leader in Wellness Innovation by the Wellness Council of AZ. Our employee wellness program, WOW - Win on Wellness, is integrated with the Let's Move in Schools, Kyrene initiative.
