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Job Description
Job Summary
Join our team as a Facilities Trades Foreman and become the cornerstone of safety and excellence at our work sites! In this crucial role, you'll lead by example, ensuring the highest standards of safety while performing a diverse range of tasks including HVAC, plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, and more. Your supervision will guarantee top-notch quality assurance, while your training and scheduling expertise will empower our technicians to excel in their maintenance and repair activities. With your administrative skills, you'll streamline operations by managing materials and equipment efficiently. When emergencies arise, your readiness to respond will be vital in safeguarding our facilities during weather events. If you're ready to make a real impact and be a part of a dynamic team, apply now and help us maintain excellence in Facilities Services!
Essential Job Functions- Leads, directs, and supervises personnel by ensuring duties of crew are performed safely, and assigning work duties; observing and monitoring work tasks; providing feedback to employees; evaluating work performance; and assisting employees to correct issues.
- Monitors project work by ensuring a safe working environment for crews; planning, requesting estimates for securing the needed materials, services, and equipment; ensuring projects are completed in a timely manner; inspecting work; and provide problem solutions as needed.
- Completes administrative duties by preparing daily work orders; preparing various reports; processing overtime and daily leave requests; completing accident forms; and monitoring equipment and supply inventories.
- Maintains equipment by inspecting for damage and performing routine maintenance. Establishes Preventative Maintenance (PM) schedules, and prioritization of work. Maintains and updates a work order asset computer-based system. Monitors and interacts with Building Controls System.
- All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.
- Regular and dependable attendance is required.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:- Education: Training beyond high school. Could include some college hours, technical school, or correspondence course.
- Experience: Over 6 years of related experience. Ability to operate a computer and the associated programs. Experience with Building Management Systems.
- Licenses: Valid Driver's License required.
The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide. Summary of Benefits
Closing Date/Time: 5/30/2025 5:00 PM Central - Leads, directs, and supervises personnel by ensuring duties of crew are performed safely, and assigning work duties; observing and monitoring work tasks; providing feedback to employees; evaluating work performance; and assisting employees to correct issues.
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Special Instructions
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Grand Prairie
Show moreWelcome to the City of Grand Prairie! We Live Life Grand here – about 200,640 residents call Grand Prairie home, and we’re still growing. Grand Prairie is the 16th largest city in Texas and the 125th largest city in the United States, but we still have small town values. We are rated the #1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S., 2nd Happiest City in Texas, 5th Best City for First-Time Home Buyers in Texas, 7th Safest Large City in Texas, and in the Top 50 U.S. Best Place to
Raise a Family!We have attractions that draw almost 10 million visitors a year to:
- Epic Waters Indoor Water Park showcasing 80,000 square feet of year-round water fun referred to as a “cruise ship on land”
- The Summit Active Adult Center with state-of-the-art fitness training, indoor infinity edge pool with lap lanes and exercise vortex, theater, game room, sauna
- PlayGrand Adventures (10-acre, all-accessible playground) is an exciting opportunity to provide a safe and fun playground experience for all ages and abilities (open late 2019)
- Firehouse Gastro Park restaurant downtown (conversion of historic Firehouse #1)
- Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Horse Race Track
- The Theatre at Grand Prairie concert venue
- Historic Uptown Theater in downtown
- IKEA, Living Spaces and the Premium Outlet Mall
- Traders Village
- Lake Joe Pool
- Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! And Palace of Wax
- Epic Central Park, a 172-acre park with five lakes, a Grand Lawn amphitheater, trails and a water and light show
- Chicken N’ Pickle
- Bolder Adventure Park
- The Epic Arts, Fitness and Entertainment Center with $1 million in cardio and strength training equipment, indoor walking/jogging track, group fitness and more
Grand Prairie recently welcomed more than 50 new restaurants and retail stores along SH 161, and development continues at a brisk pace. The city offers a vibrant lifestyle, with the best parks in the nation, more amenities than most, affordable to affluent housing and friendly neighbors.
City employees work hard to ensure Grand Prairie is known as an organization that creates Raving Fans by delivering world-class service. Our employee family and elected officials constantly live our values, aggressively move toward our vision and are always looking for ways to make the business of running a city even better.The hard work, positive input and optimism of all our city employees all play a key role in our success. We look forward to you joining our
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