Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Julie Billiart Schools serve children in grades K-8 with unique learning differences. Currently, we have campuses in Akron, Brecksville, Lyndhurst, and Westlake that offer unique learning environments for students with autism, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, specific learning deficiencies, and social learning challenges. We are Catholic, non-public schools that respect diverse faith traditions.

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for maintenance issues and maintaining the cleanliness of the plant and grounds of Julie Billiart Schools campuses. This includes walkthroughs of the building to audit and ensure janitorial duties have been completed by cleaning staff.

A successful Maintenance Technician must be able to adequately perform each essential duty, and have met the required job qualifications.

The following is a list of primary duties and responsibilities. Other duties to be assigned as needed. Reasonable accommodations can be made to employees with qualified disabilities who can perform the essential functions of the job, so long as there is no undue hardship created upon the organization or other employees within the organization.

• Complete maintenance requests at campus locations as scheduled or requested which consist of light construction, plumbing, light electrical repair, painting, and other general light maintenance issues that can be handled without contracted services.
• Utilize work order software to prioritize maintenance requests and document completion of service requests.
• General upkeep of the plant and grounds at each campus, including preventative maintenance needs.
• Upkeep of the perimeters of the grounds (parking lot, playgrounds).
• Removal of snow from all sidewalks, including salting all sidewalks and driveways as needed.
• Assist the Director of Facilities with special projects and requests as directed.
• Provide exceptional customer service to both internal and external customers.
• Travel to assigned Julie Billiart Schools campuses as requested based upon high priority requests and projects as needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum of 2 years' experience in a Maintenance Technician role. Will accept a new college graduate from a technical school or other Maintenance Technician related program.

• Basic maintenance trouble shooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent skills in both verbal and written communication
• Ability to work both independently and with a team
• Proficient at communicating with internal and external customers
• Results-driven with the ability to be flexible

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time.
• Speak, stand, talk, walk, sit, see, and hear (corrected or uncorrected).
• The employee is occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Reports to and is evaluated by the Director of Facilities. None

Julie Billiart Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Julie Billiart Schools complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.