General Maintenance Person

General Maintenance Person

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.

The General Maintenance Person works under directive general supervision in accordance with recognized maintenance methods, techniques, practices, established standards and administrative policies of Akron General Medical Center, performing general maintenance tasks. Some of these tasks may include inspections, painting, repair work, cleaning coils and operating the building automation system. Maintaining the proper equipment can lead to a positive experience for both our caregivers and patients. This role offers the chance to be a part of a family-oriented team that is work-life balance focused and can lead to growth into supervisor positions.

A caregiver in this position works days from 7:00AM – 3:30PM, including rotating weekends and holidays.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Perform general maintenance repairs, inspections and tests.
• Inspect areas, rooms and elevators from a prepared check list.
• Complete preventive maintenance tasks and service repairs via the work request system.
• Write work orders for additional work to be completed.
• Keep track of supplies, take inventory, record time and materials used and enter collected data on forms and reports.
• Coordinate work assignments with Nursing, Admitting, other departments and staff.
• Paint walls, floors, ceilings and other items as directed.
• Assemble furniture, shelving, carts and other equipment and make and install signs.
• Repair floors, walls, ceilings, lights, furniture, medical gas outlets, plumbing, electrical, kitchen equipment, counters and cabinets, doors and related hardware, cove base, wheeled equipment, wheelchairs and other equipment or devices.
• Clean ice machines, louvers, steam coils, hot and chilled water coils and condensers and evaporator coils.
• Snake drains and change air filters.
• Perform HVAC troubleshooting and repair and investigate water leaks and unidentified odors.
• Assists in yard work, snow and ice control and perform demolition work.
• Operate the building automation system and respond to critical alarms and all operations related emergencies including but not limited to: restoring electricity (power failure reset), water, steam, medical gases, heating, cooling, resetting the main fire alarm system and devices.
• Assist and trains others and perform other similar or lesser skilled duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School graduate or the equivalent with math proficiency through high school algebra
• Two years of an apprenticeship or trade school or acceptable equivalent work experience in at least two of the following fields: general shop or machine shop procedures, boiler/steam operation, refrigeration, HVAC, basic carpentry, basic electricity, electronics or basic plumbing
• Valid Ohio driver's license
• Any employee who is determined to be uninsurable under AGMC's plan will not be permitted to drive a company vehicle
• Experience in general building or hospital maintenance blueprint and one-line wiring diagram reading
• Ability to learn specific equipment maintenance methods by reading the manufacturers manuals

Physical Requirements:

• willingness to work under undesirable conditions (dust odors heat cold noise and construction hazards) when necessary.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.