MAINTENANCE MECHANIC

Maintenance Mechanic

Job Number: 2600028V

Primary Location: United States-Florida-Key West

Organization: Key West

Pay Range: $29.34

Job Summary: Performs various maintenance tasks involving construction and alteration repairs of NEXCOM Hospitality Group NHG buildings and equipment. Plans and lays out work in accordance with drawings sketches blue-prints and own knowledge of construction or needed repairs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs work in at least three of the following trades in the maintenance and repair of buildings and related fixtures:
• Plumbing: Makes plumbing repairs to sinks, faucets, commodes, tanks, urinals, P-traps, shut-off valves, washing machines, and water supply that can be accomplished by removing, cleaning, resealing, replacing defective parts or units. Installs water heaters, garbage disposals, faucets, and sinks. Involves installing, modifying, and repairing new and existing utility supply and disposal systems and equipment, water closets, tubs, fire sprinkler systems, and showers. Works from building plans, blueprints, and sketches to plan and lay out the routing, placement, slant, slope, fall, and proper operation of systems and equipment. Installs, modifies, and repairs systems like those described above by locating and tapping main lines, setting up system routes, placing and cutting route openings, placing hangers for proper level and slope, and determining and installing valves, traps, and unions needed for proper operation of systems.
• Washer Dryer Repair: Performs routine maintenance on washers and dryers to include cleaning lint ducts and vents, replacing hoses and fittings as required, and referring more complex problems to supervisor for action.
• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC): Recognizes cause of faulty equipment and makes repairs on a variety of HVAC units. Installs equipment, recognizes the causes of faulty equipment, and makes repairs on a variety of domestic and commercial refrigeration and air conditioning units and systems. The systems are used to condition areas and to cool equipment such as water dispensers and small structures or areas that use unit comfort coolers, window units, and other similar equipment. Mechanics work from oral instructions, blueprints, and work orders. They trace and locate defects to determine the type and extent of repair needed and they plan the work, select the proper tools and testing devices, and accomplish repairs according to accepted trade practices.
• Electrical: Repairs are accomplished by removing, replacing, tightening, splicing, soldering, and insulating defective wiring controls equipment and fixtures such as broken and bare wiring, burned out switches and relays, loose connections and fittings, damaged light fixtures, and poorly operating thermostats. Replaces fluorescent and incandescent ballasts, bulbs, and tubes. May install or repair electrical systems incidental to the construction or maintenance of facilities. Receives work orders, oral instructions, and wiring diagrams that indicate the nature of the repair or installation to be made, the layout and placement of circuitry fixtures and controls, and the types of wiring parts and equipment installed. They locate broken, worn, damaged, or poorly operating wiring fixtures, controls, and equipment through visual check or through use of a small variety of test equipment for example test lamps, voltage testers, ammeters, and polarity testers. They complete needed repairs to installed systems and rearrange and hook up items such as outlets, switches, light fixtures, regulators, and circuit breakers.
• Carpentry: Uses skilled techniques to construct, install, repair, and modify wood and wood substitute structures and items requiring close tolerance fit and structural soundness. Constructs and repairs a wide variety of structural items such as building frames, rafters, concrete forms, walls, staircases, door and window frames, interior and exterior trim, and miscellaneous items such as workbenches, counter tops, bookcases, equipment cabinets, computer consoles, and items requiring limited decorative trim and molding. Set up and operate a wide variety of wood working machines and tools. Assemble items with a variety of joining techniques such as miters, rabbets, dados, biscuit and uses glues and adhesives to secure wood pieces, veneers, and counter tops. Uses wood, metal, and various composite materials when installing or replacing interior partitions, flooring panels, suspended ceilings, counter tops, and moldings. Interprets drawings, blueprints, and specifications independently and determine the layout and work sequences and types of lumber or special related materials. Plan and carry out projects from initial layout to completion.
• Painting: Coating work is accomplished by any of the accepted methods of the trade including special finishing techniques such as marbling and graining by using coating materials that are prepared in special as well as common ways and by applying coating techniques that ensure surfaces have a smooth textured and decorative appearance and meet thickness and level requirements. Incumbent determine the methods, techniques, devices, and materials that are best suited to the surface finish required for example glossy finish, grained effect, or a finish that must meet specified thicknesses and levels. Prepares surfaces by methods such as smoothing with pumice and rottenstone, filling, shaping, and leveling with metal and synthetic resins, and mixing and applying pre-coating agents for example pickling and alkali compounds. They prepare coating materials by tinting, toning, matching, blending, and mixing in various additives. Applies coating materials with any of the accepted trade devices including those designed to give special effects for example brushes, rollers, spray guns, and graining devices. They see that the coating finish meets match texture, decorative thickness, and level requirements. Performs other related duties as assigned.

General Experience: One year of experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of general maintenance practices involving the upkeep of buildings, grounds, fixtures, equipment, etc.

Substitution of Education for Experience: One year of high school education may be substituted for 3 months of general experience up to a High School Diploma or GED for one year of general experience.

Specialized Experience: Three years of general maintenance work in involving variety of trade practices associated with such occupations as air conditioning and refrigeration, electrical work, plumbing, carpentry, masonry, and painting, etc. Including knowledge of safety and environmental rules and regulations concerning procedures, tools, mechanical and electrified equipment, chemicals, and basic safe work practices.

Physical Requirements: Standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, climbing, and work in tiring and uncomfortable positions. Frequently lifts and carries material weighing up to 50 pounds. A recognized professional certification or license in one trade plumbing, HVAC, electrical, carpentry, or painting trade is preferred.

Schedule: Full-Time (35 + hours)

Unposting Date: Jul 14, 2026, 3:59:00 AM