Weatherization Specialist I

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 subcontractors 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
• 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.