The United Independent School District Maintenance and Operations Department is comprised of 150 employees, highly trained, skilled and licensed professionals that are specialized in their fields, dedicated to providing the best learning environment for the children that attend our school district. We maintain 40 schools and 17 student support office buildings for a total of 4,594,082 square feet and growing. We work closely with city, state and federal agencies to make sure all building guidelines are met.

Our operation includes 110 service vehicles that transport our craftsmen and their equipment to the school campuses and repair sites. Our service area encompasses 2,448 square miles. We also rely on 30 trailers to move equipment and materials, 9 mowers to maintain our grounds, and a list of other heavy equipment that has been acquired throughout the years to enhance and facilitate the upkeep of our districts growing needs.

We maintain a web based work order system to expedite repairs and track preventive maintenance; while at the same time cutting down of paper waste. This system provides valuable information in identifying problem areas, equipment failure rate, and aids in budgeting. We process about 2,500 to 3,000 work request per month on average.

The maintenance and operations department strives to maintain a 60% preventive 40% corrective ratio for general routine work. However we maintain an 85% preventive 15% corrective ratio on our air conditioning and heating equipment. This has allowed us to provide a more stable environment while at the same time reducing the cost of equipment repairs, down time, and conserving energy.

We also keep a warehouse, independent of the districts supply warehouse, of parts and material specific to our department. This warehouse inventory is linked to our work order system. It provides a checks and balance for our materials and tracks costs per work order.

Other shops in our department include the carpentry shop, were special fine wood work is built to meet unique district needs, the welding shop which supports the departments welding needs and the mechanic shop which repairs and services all of our grounds equipment.