Maintenance Technician

The Maintenance Worker is responsible for:

• To maintain, repair and clean mechanical areas/equipment and to assist other trade mechanics in their duties to ensure a safe, clean and well maintained hotel.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Maintenance Worker’s primary responsibilities will include:

• Work with all trade mechanics as required to help with repairs and maintenance.
• Must have good mechanical ability and be willing to learn and take direction from trade mechanics.
• Skill in the use of basic hand and electric tools and familiarity with parts and materials is required.
• Must be able to work in hot, cold and wet conditions and be able to stoop, kneel, crawl and climb on all types of surfaces.
• Requires the lifting of tools, equipment or materials weighing up to 75 lbs.
• Use of ladders and climbing on equipment up to 30 feet high will be required to maintain equipment.
• Grasping, lifting and holding tools and having good finger dexterity is required.
• Change filters on all supply air fans and fan coil units requiring the ability to grasp hand tools and adjust and maintain equipment.
• Clean and paint all mechanical spaces.
• Must have the visual ability to identify and match colors for painting color coded steam pipes and identifying color coded electrical wires, and the ability to perform duties in confined spaces and awkward positions.
• Clean ceiling diffusers, return air registers and toilet exhausts.
• Must climb ladders or use a lift, occasionally working at heights above 30 feet.
  
  

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITY

• Basic knowledge of skilled trade activities in plumbing, carpentry, electrical and mechanical work and painting.
• Basic mechanical aptitude for operation and repair of hotel equipment.
• Skill in the use of a variety of skilled trade tools (including both hand and electric tools).
• Basic English language communication and mathematical skills in order to communicate with co-workers fully comprehend job assignments and perform accurate, simple arithmetic functions.
• Ability to move and work throughout the hotel for the duration of shift.
• Ability to perform tasks requiring bending, stooping and kneeling.
• Ability to push and pull objects or materials weighing up to 100 lbs.
• Ability to climb stairs and ladders, working at heights up to approximately 30 feet for extended periods of time, with the ability to extend arms, often times overhead.
• Ability to grasp, lift or carry items weighing up to 75 lbs. waist high.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Education –High school diploma preferred.
• Experience – Some experience in related field preferred.

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.