Maintenance Mechanic

Overview Full time: 8-hour shifts. 2nd Shift 1500-2300. Join a team dedicated to creating a safe and reliable healthcare environment. In this hands-on role, you will maintain and repair a wide range of building systems and clinical support equipment, perform preventive maintenance, and help ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Working alongside colleagues and vendors, you'll use your technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and commitment to service to support exceptional patient care while keeping critical hospital operations running smoothly. Why UnityPoint Health? At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members. Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you're in. Here are just a few: Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program. Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members. Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family. With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together. And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health. Responsibilities Accepts and responds to work requests for general maintenance and repair of closures, mobile equipment, installed facility systems, various piping systems, minor plumbing, minor electrical, move requests, simple temperature complaints, and other assignments from management Repairsandmaintainsfacility equipment such as beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, kitchen appliances, exercise equipment, nursecalland other communication systems, as assigned Performs minor carpentry, painting, plastering, andelectro-mechanicalrepairs; performs repairs and preventive maintenance on pneumatic tube systems and medical gas outlets Ensuresurgent requests are handledtimelyand that repairs are made correctly and completely whilemaintainingpositive relationships and communications with patients, visitors, and staff Keeps shops and mechanical rooms clean and free of unnecessary items; observesaccepted procedures in the care and use of equipment and tools Cooperates with supervisors andco-workers to maintain equipment, parts, and supplies, and makes recommendationsregardingdesired changes in operation and maintenance procedures Performs preventive maintenance orders for facility departments to ensure compliance with healthcare standards; updates and creates preventive maintenance schedules as equipment is installed Inspects and initiates repairs to life safety equipment and systems including fire doors, fire/smoke walls, fire barriers, medical gas systems, egress and emergency lighting, fire sprinkler and suppression systems, and fire alarm systems Understands,observes, andcomplies withall safety precautions and procedures; performs assigned duties during internal and external disasters, codes, and drills Completes regulatory reports related to life safety equipment and systems and conducts Infection Control Risk Assessments, obtaining permits as required for work in patient areas Utilizes logs andmaintainsdocumentationrequiredin accordance withstandard operating procedures and applicable authorities havingjurisdiction Records time, date, labor, and materialsexpendedon jobs andmaintainsfiles of pertinent records on machinery and equipment in the work order maintenance system Communicates with supervisors andco-workers to achieve understanding in a positive manner; balances team and individual responsibilities, gives and welcomes feedback, and contributes to positive team goals. Participates in department training groups and attends and teaches training subjects in formal, informal,computer-based, and on-the-jobsettings; keeps informed through training and other sources to further job knowledge Suggests improvements to equipment or management policies to supervisors; displays initiative and judgment indetermining the extent of repairs and selectingappropriate materials, methods, and techniques Maintains responsibility and accountability for knowledge of conditions of assigned mechanical equipment and assumes responsibility fortimelycompletion of job responsibilities Qualifications Education: High School Diploma/GEDor equivalent job experiencerequired. Associate's degree in industrial technologies ora relatedskilled trade (e.g., HVAC, electrical, electronics, mechanical); completion of a trade/technical school program or trade apprenticeship ispreferred. Experience: Five (5) years' experience in operations, including maintenance and/or repair, with familiarity with mechanical systems and building maintenance techniques for systems and equipmentrequired. Two (2) years safety systems/low voltage field experience preferred. Four (4) years of healthcare/hospital maintenance experience preferred. Five (5) years of maintenance experience in a commercial setting preferred. License(s)/Certification(s): Valid Driver's Licenserequired. Certification in Low Voltage Systems issued by NICET preferred. #J-18808-Ljbffr UnityPoint Health