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Weatherization Specialist I
Corpus Christi
Weatherization Specialist I
Full Time • Corpus Christi
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.
Compensación: $17.00 per hour
Somos un empleador con igualdad de oportunidades y todos los candidatos calificados recibirán consideración por el empleo sin distinción de raza, color, religión, sexo, origen nacional, estado de discapacidad, estado de veterano protegido o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley.
Nueces County Community Action Agency changes peoples lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other.
The Nueces County Community Action Agency is a non-profit organization serving residents in our community in an effort to reduce or eliminate poverty through a comprehensive approach. We focus on multiple needs through a wide-range approach. We are fortunate to have partnerships with many community organizations, businesses and school districts.
Our Agency prides itself by operating under the direction of a tripartite board which includes representatives of public officials, representatives of organizations and representatives of the low-income community. We include our Policy Council members, which are comprised of parents of the Birth-to-Five Head Start program, to be a part of the Agency’s decision making process.
The Board of Directors, Policy Council Members, staff and community partners strive to eliminate the causes of poverty and to help each family transition out of poverty. It is our goal to serve family, community and agency by adhering to our mission. To that end, we will be relentless in our efforts to fulfill the “Promise of Community Action!”
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Leave & Holidays
As an employee of NCCAA, you will receive twelve (12) paid holidays per year. In addition, you will accumulate personal and sick leave monthly.
Health Coverage
Employees of NCCAA are eligible to participate in the agency’s medical plan. All employees must enroll in the plan or waive coverage. Coverage takes Additionally, there is an annual Open Enrollment period every November for coverage effective the following January 1.
Dental/Vision Care
Employees have the option to elect dental and/or vision coverage for themselves and dependents at competitive rates and coverage levels.
Life Insurance/ Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
NCCAA offers its employees a life policy for $10,000. Additional coverage may be elected during the first ninety (90) days of employment.
Cafeteria Plan
The Revenue act of 1978 created Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code that allows employees to pay for fringe benefits with untaxed dollars, such as medical, life, cancer, and disability insurance.
Retirement/Pension Plan
The Agency provides an employee retirement pension plan at no cost to the employee. An employee is eligible for the plan the month preceding their first year of employment.
NCCAA also offers its employees discounted services and rates to the following:
Corpus Christi Athletic Club, Freedom Fitness, Sam’s Club Membership Drives, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Texas State Aquarium, And more….