Senior Maintenance Technician I- John Adams

Official Title: Senior Maintenance Technician I- John Adams

Pay Grade: Grade 13S

Salary Range: 13S Entry Level Pay $59,948.20/yr. to Pay Range Maximum $88,354.76/yr.

Starting Pay $59,948.20/yr.

Salary Notes: This position is designated as a Union position. All new hires must start at the entry level rate for this role per the collective bargaining agreement/MOA with OPEIU, Local 6. Pay may advance within the salary band according to the CBA/MOU.

Departmental Mission Statement: The Facilities Management and Capital Planning department provides for the management and maintenance of 62 state-owned courthouses, and 42 leased facilities located in ten counties of the Commonwealth. The Department is committed to administering effective property management, facility operations, facility renewal, and the delivery of quality customer service in support of the administration of justice throughout the Commonwealth.

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE:

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/trial-court-facilities-management

Notes:

• This position is considered essential personnel in certain emergencies and may be required to work outside of regularly scheduled hours, including staying late or coming in early.
• The hours for this position is 6am-2pm.
• There maybe occasional traveling in this position
• The stated salary is effective July 13, 2026. 

Position Summary: Performs one of a variety of skilled, unlicensed maintenance trades: including but limited to painters, masons, and carpenters. Maintains mechanical equipment and building infrastructure to ensure safety and uninterrupted facility operations. Uses central building insight system to track facility needs and ensure safe operations.

Supervision Received: Works under the direction of a Facilities Systems Supervisor.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Maintains courthouse building and grounds.
• Contributes to the efforts of maintaining a clean facility.
• Provides preventative maintenance to equipment, machinery and tools.
• Performs painting, patching and general building repairs.
• Repairs, installs and tests multiple systems and equipment.
• Maintains heating, ventilation and cooling equipment.
• Initiates request for various , parts and equipment as necessary.
• Schedules and escorts contractors.
• Fills out daily lock out/ tag out log.
• Performs other duties as required.
• Ability to travel to court locations as necessary.

Job Competencies: 

Ethics and Values: Communicates and demonstrates the ethics and values of the Trial Court.

Mission Driven: Employees are fully committed to fulfilling the Trial Court and associated Departmental missions.

Professional Development: Employees are committed to participating in ongoing Trial Court training and educational offerings to advance their professional development. Managers are equally committed to affording those opportunities to those they supervise as scheduling permits.

Customer Service: Conducts oneself in a courteous and professional manner towards both Trial Court employees and the public.

Applied Knowledge: Understands standard facility methods, codes, equipment, and operational best practices.

Problem Solving: Accurately assesses maintenance problems of a routine nature and initiates corrective action.

Commitment to Diversity: Promotes an environment of diversity through understanding, respect, and positive communication with persons of varied racial, ethnic, economic, and cultural backgrounds.

Collaboration: Works with others cooperatively, and promotes teamwork, contributing to a work environment that focuses on shared departmental goals.

Minimum Requirements: Education and Experience
• High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalency
• Four (4) years of related work experience
• Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered for meeting minimum qualifications
• Applicable trades certification is a plus

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge of in one or more of the following areas:
• Masonry
• Painting
• Carpentry
• Machinery
• HVAC systems

Additional knowledge, skills and abilities preferred:
• Building structures
• OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
• Bio-hazard clean up
• Building evacuation clean up
• Chemical handling
• Safety equipment
• State and local electrical codes
• Lock out/tag out
• Purchasing
• Maintenance software


Skill in:
• Verbal and written communication
• Maintenance and repair
• Systems maintenance
• Use of hand and power tools
• Paint application and other finishes

Ability to:
• Maintain accurate records.
• Use measurement devices
• Climb and work from scaffolds and ladders

Supervisory Responsibility: This position serves as a lead worker to others.

Working Conditions: Work is frequently performed in indoor, outdoor, warehouses or shops/facilities environments.

Work requires some exposure to extreme cold (below 32 degrees), moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals or substances and loud noises 85+ decibels such as heavy trucks, construction.

Physical Demands: This position requires medium work:

Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.