Building Maintenance Supervisor

Salary : $77,064.00 - $93,724.80 Annually
Location : Merced County Department of Public Works 715 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Merced, CA
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number:
Department: DPW - Building Services
Opening Date: 10/20/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Bargaining Unit: 20D Management (Full-Time Only)

Examples of Duties

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plans, assigns, schedules, supervises, and evaluates the work of other employees involved in the maintenance, painting, repair, alteration, and construction of County buildings, facilities and equipment.
• Makes cost estimates for building maintenance, painting, and projects.
• Keeps a variety of records and reports for projects done by a building maintenance crew.
• Trains new staff and ensures work completed is in conformance with established work standards.
• Inspects buildings, facilities, equipment and systems to determine preventative maintenance needs.
• Performs work which includes structural repair or remodeling in the maintenance, alteration and construction of buildings, facilities and equipment, including gas and electrical, plumbing, partitions, forms, cabinets, floors, roofs, doors, windows.
• Monitors and reports building conditions and needed repairs and obtains supplies and materials.
• Confers with management personnel to plan and execute work and interpret specifications.
• May confer with management personnel to resolve complaints.
• Responds to after-hours calls and performs a wide variety of emergency maintenance/repair tasks.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:
Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience in building repair and maintenance work.

Licenses:
Possess a valid California driver's license at time of appointment and maintain.

SOME POSITIONS IN THIS CLASSIFICATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECKS PURSUANT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECTION 2, B.
Essential Functions

• Direct, plan and coordinate building maintenance projects.
• Communicate effectively with others in person, in writing and over the telephone.
• Analyze data, interpret policies, procedures and regulations, develop appropriate conclusions, and prepare reports.
• Meet deadlines under stressful conditions.
• Resolve conflicts and respond appropriately to complaints.
• Complete multiple priority projects with conflicting deadlines.
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
• Work from ladders, various heights and awkward positions.
• Frequently lift and move with help objects weighing over 100 pounds.
• Train, evaluate and supervise staff.
• Walk, stand, stoop, kneel or crouch on narrow, slippery or uneven surfaces under various environmental conditions.
• Perform a full variety of emergency maintenance and repairs.
• Work in a correctional facility.
• Frequently work around dust, dirt, strong odors and noise.
• Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision and color perception.
• Sit, stand, or walk for extended periods.
• Occasionally reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
• Occasionally kneel, bend, twist, squat, climb, balance and crawl.
• Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
• Frequent use of a data entry device including repetitive hand and arm motion.
• Regular attendance is an essential function.

Knowledge of:

• Standard tools, methods, practices, and materials involved in one or more of the carpentry, painting, plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning trades, preferably with an emphasis on more than one of these trades.
• Applicable provisions of building, electrical, and plumbing codes.
• Work safety standards and programs.
• Plumbing and electrical systems in building, facilities and airport.
• Methods and practices followed in the maintenance of tools, machinery and equipment.
• Machinery and equipment repair.
• Welding, both arc and electrical techniques.
• Methods of supervision and training.

Ability to:

• Plan, layout, schedule, supervise and evaluate the work of others.
• Provide training to new employees.
• Demonstrate great proficiency in various building trades work assigned.
• Assist with preparation of Division budget.
• Recognize and locate conditions which require maintenance and repair work.
• Estimate time and materials needed to perform maintenance, construction, and repair jobs.
• Read and interpret plans and specifications, blueprints, and drawings.
• Keep a variety of records and reports.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted during the course of work.
• Train, schedule, supervise and evaluate the work of others.

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Can you explain how you would handle several maintenance requests that come in at once while short staffed.
02

How do you make sure your team is following safety rules, completing preventative maintenance, and keeping up the quality of their day-to-day work.
03

How would you handle a difficult after-hours emergency situation? What would your approach be of assessing the problem and communicating with the right people.
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Have you managed a maintenance or construction project before? If so, what was your role, and what challenges did you run into along the way.
Required Question