Weatherization Specialist I

Nueces County Community Action Agency


Date: 1 day ago
City: Corpus Christi, TX
Contract type: Contractor
Benefits:

  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Training & development


This is a temporary position that is Grant funded through June 30, 2025

PROGRAM: Community Services

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Non-Exempt

DEPARTMENT: Weatherization

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Regular, Full-time

REPORTS TO: Weatherization Program Manager

WORKING HOURS: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

SUPERVISES: None

LOCATION: Central Office, 101 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78405

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This position requires assuming responsibility for the daily operation of the Weatherization Program under the direct supervision of the Weatherization Manager.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

  • Maintains client applications and client waiting lists.
  • Visits homes and sketches a blueprint of the home.
  • Updates income eligibility when assessing the home.
  • Determines client eligibility when assessing status and rates priority accordingly.
  • Conducts blower door test and transports equipment.
  • Uses the NEAT Audit Software Program.
  • Performs Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) Audits
  • Inspects home for holes and air infiltration by checking the windows, doors, interior walls, partitions, ceilings, floors, attic, roof, and exterior of homes.
  • Performs a gas analysis on appliances and measures meter kilowatts on refrigerators and air conditioners.
  • Estimates and assists in preparing material and labor costs on specific projects.
  • Performs cost analysis of jobs.
  • Maintains communication with subcontractors on carpentry problems encountered on Weatherization projects.
  • Maintains communication with Weatherization vendors.
  • Assists in coordinating the daily activities of subcontractors.
  • Assumes responsibility for monitoring and evaluation of subcontractor’s work.
  • Assists in maintaining compliance with Weatherization contracts.
  • Assists in compiling monthly reports as required be the funding source.
  • Assists in establishing work plans and schedules for each stage of program activities
  • Assists in maintaining compliance with all contracts.
  • Assists in identifying and making recommendations on the program's budgetary and operational requirements by collecting, analyzing, projecting, and drafting program information.
  • Assists in establishing work plans and schedules for each stage of the program activity.
  • Creates a production timetable and assures production is met in a timely basis.
  • Ensures program services comply with applicable obligations or restrictions associated with the program.
  • Assists in the upkeep and maintenance of Weatherization records.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

  • Normal physical activity includes frequent sitting, standing, and walking in a usual workday.
  • Requires the occasional ability to move furniture items in order to access portions of the home in need of inspection and analysis.
  • Requires frequent bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, crawling, climbing a ladder, and reaching above shoulder level.
  • Requires employee to occasionally lift and carry heavy objects such as a blower door, lumber, wood or metal doors, equipment, and supplies.
  • Requires occasional twisting at desk when answering the telephone or typing at the computer.
  • Requires retrieving files by pulling out & pushing in potentially heavy filing cabinet drawers.
  • Uses head in static position frequently and flexing/rotational movements occasionally.
  • Requires use of the five senses (hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, and tasting) to perform various job duties and in dealing with staff, clients, and outside.
  • Requires employee to use hands, arms, feet, legs, neck and head while performing Agency tasks.
  • Requires extensive speaking in person and on the telephone with staff, clients, and the general public.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

  • Knowledge in the risks of lead based paint with the ability of obtaining Lead-Safe Weatherization certification.
  • Knowledge in compiling reports, and ensuring grant compliance.
  • Able to calculate client utility consumption history.
  • Accepts responsibility for the direction, control, planning and implementation of program activities, events, and tasks.
  • Able to gather relevant data, conduct an analysis, and arrive at conclusions in order to develop recommendations for management action on various cost related issues.
  • Deals with people in a courteous, cooperative, conscientious, and tactful manner.
  • Performs job duties in a precise, thorough, and meticulous manner.
  • Able to handle various projects at the same time in an effective manner.
  • Demonstrates effective problem-solving skills, as well as verbal and written communication skills towards all Agency staff, contractors, and the public.
  • Ability to work with all levels of target population.
  • Exercises independent judgment in the course of carrying out over all responsibilities.
  • Has strong organizational skills and be able to work independently.
  • Has strong computer skills (Word, Excel, Access.)
  • Uses creativity, self-expression, or imagination in performing duties.
  • Influences people in their opinions, attitudes, or judgments about ideas.
  • Makes judgments or decisions based on measurable or verifiable data.
  • Performs repetitive tasks according to set procedures with precision and thoroughness.
  • Performs under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations or in situations where working speed and sustained attention are "make or break" aspects of the job.
  • Provides oral and written instructions to subcontractors.


MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • High School diploma or GED, and
  • Preferred, four (4) years of technical training in building trades or may substitute related experience in lieu of training.


SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug test.
  • Must successfully pass and submit a pre-employment TB test.
  • Must successfully pass and submit a pre-employment physical examination within two weeks from the date of hire.
  • Must have transportation and current liability coverage on vehicle to be used in the performance of job duties. Moderate travel on a daily basis may be required.
  • Must possess a valid Texas Driver's license (Operators-Class C), and driving record must be approved by insurance company on an annual basis.
  • Able to effectively use spreadsheet, word processing, and the NEAT Audit software program.
  • Dresses in appropriate business attire and is professional in appearance and mannerisms.
  • Proof of work eligibility must be provided.

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