Maintenance Lead Hand

**Esquimalt Nation**:
**Maintenance Lead Hand**:
**Rate of pay**:
**Recruitment Range**: $30.17 - $34.48 per hour
**Growth Range**:up to $38.79 per hour

**Schedule**: Regular full-time hours are 32 hours per week - Monday to Thursday, 8 hours per day including a one-hour paid lunch break.

**Important notes**:
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Reporting to the Director of Lands and Natural Resources, the Maintenance Lead Hand leads the maintenance team and sets the daily schedule for the maintenance staff. Responsibilities include maintaining a work-order system and appropriately addressing any work-order requests, ensuring that the maintenance team have the appropriate tools, PPE, and training to complete their work in a safe manner, and ensuring that all maintenance tasks are completed on time following a set budget.

**PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES**
**Housing Maintenance**
- Coordinates and leads routine maintenance on Nation-owned homes
- Coordinates and leads regular housing inspections for Nation-owned homes
- Completes inspections and addresses issues on homes in preparation for inclement weather (floods, freezing, etc.)
- Responds to urgent housing maintenance issues that may occur outside of business hours

**Grounds Maintenance**
- Coordinates and leads on-reserve grounds maintenance including grass cutting, landscaping, plant removal, etc.

**Public Works**
- Monitors and maintains the Nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure in alignment with

**EOCP requirements**
- Coordinates community garbage and refuse pickup including an annual spring cleanup event

**Office and General Maintenance**
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with fellow employees;
- Interacts courteously with community members and the public;
- Coordinates the completion of all regular maintenance tasks, including creating recurring checklists and reporting the status of these to the Director of Lands and Natural Resources;
- Coordinates maintenance of Nation assets in alignment with the Nation’s asset-management plan
- Establishes and maintains an effective work-order system for staff and community members to submit maintenance requests
- Coordinates the arrangement of furniture and equipment for the purpose of providing adequate preparations for special events
- Sets the schedule for and delegates tasks to the maintenance team

**Safety Management**
- Follows all established safety protocols and ensures that work is completed in accordance to policies, procedures, and record keeping requirements.
- Wears appropriate PPE for the work being performed.
- Ensures that the other members of the maintenance team are following safety protocols while carrying out their duties;
**Departmental Collaboration**
- Supports projects with various departments within the Nation as required
- Assists skilled maintenance workers/contractors with projects (e.g. transporting and/or securing materials, completing specific tasks, etc.) for the purpose of completing projects in a safe, timely and efficient manner;
- Operates the Nation’s 15+ passenger buses to support programs as needed

**Management Team**
- As a member of the Management Team, serves as a role model of Esquimalt Nation’s core competencies and guiding principles.
- Works with Management Team to develop and implement operational work plans to support the strategic direction set by Chief and Council.
- In conjunction with Finance, develops and monitors budgets for department.
- Ensures emergency management, preparedness planning and/or pandemic planning is in place and well communicated for the community served.

Other related duties as required.

**TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE**
High school education plus five years of relevant experience in building and property maintenance including 2 years’ experience in a supervisory capacity. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- WHMIS Certification (or willingness to attain)
- Class 4 Unrestricted Driver's License (or willingness to attain)
- EOCP Small Water Operator certification (or willingness to attain)
- EOCP Small Wastewater Operator certification (or willingness to attain)
- Standard First Aid certification (or willingness to attain)
- Chainsaw operator certification an asset
- Forklift operator certification an asset
- Building maintenance worker certification an asset

**KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES**
- Physically capable of performing listed duties
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
- Ability to work under limited supervision
- Ability to stand and/or crouch for periods of time
- Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing; frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires 70% walking, and 30% sitting;
- Working conditions contain moderate risks which require planned safety precautions for limited periods of time;
**FOUNDATIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO BUILD ON**
- Knowledge